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Hays CISDapproves 7%cost-of-living adjustment
$2million
of federal funding
Hays CISD Meets May 16, 23 at 5:30 p.m. at the Historic Buda Elementary Campus, 300 San Marcos St., Buda 512-268-2141 • www.hayscisd.net San Marcos CISD MEETINGSWE COVER Meets May 16 at 6 p.m. at San Marcos High School, 2601 Rattler Road, San Marcos 512-393-6700 • www.smcisd.net was awarded to Texas State University to be used by Melinda Villagran, director of Texas State University Translational Health Research Center and project lead, to create a mental health map of Central Texas. The goal is to localize data in ways that help mental health service providers, community members and policy makers understand and use the best and most current data to make informed decisions. HIGHLIGHTS HAYS CISD The board of trustees approved the appointment of Lance Mo ett to director of athletics and David Pierce to deputy academic o cer April 18. Mo ett has served as a physical education teacher, head football coach and athletics director. Pierce has been the principal of Hays High School for 13 years. SANMARCOS CISD Summer school dates were announced at the April meeting of the board of trustees. The dates of June 8- July 1 were announced for pre-K, kindergarten and emerging bilingual, and will be held at Bonham Prekindergarten. Elementary and middle school instruction will be held at Mendez Elementary and Goodnight Middle schools, respectively, from June 13-July 30. End-of-course credit recovery will take place at San Marcos High School from June 7-23.
BY ZARA FLORES
HAYS CISD The board of trustees approved a cost-of-living adjustment April 25 for all employees at a rate of 7% for the upcoming 2022-23 school year. The adjustment is calculated based on the midpoint of each pay grade, according to agenda documents. The district is working to solve equity issues among sta . “All of this would have to be presented, hopefully, in the next work session for the board so that then we could adopt something at the end of May. That would be very optimis- tic,” Chief Human Resources O cer Fernando Medina said at the meeting. Several workers from the Hays CISD Transportation Department spoke during citizen comments with concerns over the hours and compensation. Melissa Torres-Whitmer, vice president of educational support professionals with the Texas State Teachers Associ- ation, spoke rst and asked for protection from retaliation as many members of the transportation department signed up to speak about their issues and concerns. The 7% adjustment approved April 25 does not re ect where the district wants to be, Medina said.
DETAILS OF THE ADJUSTMENT The cost-of-living adjustment will be based on the midpoint of each pay grade, and additional work will be done to address compression inequities. What is compression? What is the midpoint? The midpoint of a
Compression is a pay di erence between employees regardless of skills, experience or seniority that can occur when a new hire makes close to that of a current employee.
salary is the middle point of a salary’s minimum and maximum range.
SOURCE: HAYS CISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
“We will have asks and additional requests from the board to look at equity issues caused by the compression but also equity issues that are a result of the changing market,” Medina said. “We’ll bring back a compensation plan that re ects what the [Texas Association of School Boards] study is telling us but also what our people are telling us as well.”
Damphousse to be the next Texas State University president
8th grade algebra 1 policy re-examined
lone nalist for the position March 31. Damphousse will be the 10th president and
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
SANMARCOS CISD A discussion on the e ectiveness and future of SMCISD’s policy requiring all eighth grade students enroll in algebra 1 occurred during a April 19 meeting of the San Marcos CISD board of trustees. Currently 126 of the 187 ninth grade students in algebra 1 are taking it for the second time. Wendy Zeiger, district curriculum specialist for SMCISD, said algebra teachers will collaborate on a uniform curriculum this summer.
assume the role once President Denise M. Trauth retires July 1 after 20 years.
Kelly R. Damphousse
BY ZARA FLORES
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY The Texas State University System announced April 21 that Kelly R. Damphousse has been o cially con rmed as the next president of Texas State University after the Board of Regents unanimously approved the appointment. As previously reported by Community Impact Newspaper , Damphousse was selected as the
“As a rst-generation college student, I am humbled to be considered for the presidency of such an accomplished university, strategically located in the middle of the Texas Innovation Corridor and primed to become a Tier 1 research university,” Damphousse said in a statement.
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