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News from Plano & Plano ISD
Veteransmemorial coming to city park
District OKs retention incentive, ups sub pay
BY WILLIAM C. WADSACK
BY ERICK PIRAYESH
PLANO ISD All active, full-time Plano ISD employees received a $750 retention incentive in January, while part-time employees received $350. The district’s board of trustees also approved pay rate increases for substitutes and deaf education interpreters during its Jan. 11 meeting. Assistant Superintendent Beth Brockman said the pay rate increases for district substitute teach- ers went into effect Jan. 10. Certified teachers with valid Texas teaching certification are now paid $130 per day, while substitutes with only a degree receive $120 per day and those with a high school diploma and no degree make $100 per day. The long-term pay rate for paraprofessionals who work with teachers was increased to $110 per day. Bonuses were also approved for substitutes who take on more work in a calendar month. The rate for PISD’s dedicated substitutes was also raised to $130 per day. Brockman said that planned daily pay rate increases for deaf education interpreters will allow PISD to better compete to fill shortages and could decrease or eliminate “an over-reli- ance on agency labor.”
PLANO The city’s Veterans Memorial Park will be undergoing renovations to construct a new plaza and trail around the park that will give residents the opportunity to honor military service members. The Memorial Park Donor Recognition Plaza project will reconstruct the looped trail around the park’s lawn area, according to city docu- ments. A new plaza and seating area will be built along with planting beds, a sculptural element and new trees to improve the park’s appearance. Those wishing to honor an armed forces mem- ber will be able to buy a brick paver to add to the walkway with the service member’s name and rank inscribed on it. City Council unanimously approved using $623,904 from the Park Improve- ment Community Investment Program fund for the project at its Jan. 24 meeting. Council Member Rick Grady said the Plano Parks and Recreation Department did a “great” job put- ting this project together for the park at 2101 Bay Hill Drive. As a veteran, he stated that honoring U.S. military members is a personal passion.
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A paved walkway memorial is planned at Veterans Memorial Park. (Rendering courtesy city of Plano)
“[Texas] has the second largest population [of veterans] in the United States,” Grady said. “In the city of Plano, there are 12,000 [veterans]. I really appreciate the work that the city and the citizens have done for the veterans of this community and for bringing this to everyone’s attention so we can honor them in another way.” A construction timeline has not yet been released.
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