Education
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
Teachers to see pay raises in January Round Rock ISD o cials provided an update on pay increases for teachers and sta Nov. 7. In a nutshell Voters who live in RRISD passed a ballot measure to award teachers and sta a 3% pay increase earlier this month, but increases will not be paid until January. The raises are funded by $19 million in additional tax revenue generated by the higher rate. RRISD Human Resources Director Eddie Curran said this delay is due to shorter work months in November and December. Long story short RRISD employees are eligible to receive the following pay rate increases: • All teachers will receive a general pay increase of $1,750. • Other eligible employees will see a 3% increase based on the midpoint rate for their pay grade, Curran said. District documents show employees will see the increases on the following dates, based on their employment status: • Jan. 25, 2024: All employees paid on a monthly basis • Jan. 30, 2024: All employees paid on a semimonthly basis • Raises are retroactive to the start date of sta hired for the 2023-24 school year. Retroactive payments will be included as lump sums in January paychecks.
Brushy Creek Elementary School is undergoing a $13.7 million expansion, adding 26 more classrooms.
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Brushy Creek school expansion on schedule A 25,000-square-foot expansion to Round Rock ISD’s Brushy Creek Elementary is on schedule for a fall 2024 completion, campus o cials shared in a recent bond project update. What’s happening? Sixteen classrooms, some of which will have moveable walls to allow for interclassroom collab- oration and exible space, are under construction
at the elementary school, campus Principal Jenny Strong said in the update. Funded by the 2018 bond, the expansion will eliminate the campus’s need to house classrooms in portables. The addition will be connected to the original campus structure by an enclosed corridor. The project also covers expansion and updates to the existing cafeteria and gym. The backstory In 2022, RRISD trustees capped the cost of the project at $13.74 million and included the enclosed connecting corridor at that time.
District to implement Let’s Talk platform in December Let’s Talk, a communication platform that the Round Rock ISD board voted to utilize earlier this month, will be implemented starting this December, providing a variety of ways for community members to engage with trustees and school o cials. In a nutshell Trustees voted to use the communication held Nov. 16, board President Amber Landrum said the tool would be implemented starting Dec. 12. About the program
New ways to communicate Using the Let’s Talk platform, community members will be able to communicate with school o cials through:
Two-way email communication
Let’s Talk is a platform designed to function as a customer service portal and information gathering system that will allow the board to receive direct communications from community members and address concerns shared therein, district documents show.
One-way anonymous messaging
Signing up to speak during public comment portions of meetings
platform Nov. 2 to provide feedback to the board as an alternative to general public comment, to streamline board meetings. At a second meeting
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