{"id":1329615,"date":"2024-06-11T13:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1329615"},"modified":"2024-06-13T03:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T08:35:25","slug":"longview-isd-approves-raises-and-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1329615","title":{"rendered":"Longview ISD approves raises and bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \"\"The Longview ISD Board of Trustees approved several resolutions on Monday, including raises for teachers and staff. According to our news partners at KETK, the board approved a 4% raise for teachers and a 4% \u00e2\u20ac\u0153increase in the midpoint for all other district employees.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This increase in staff compensation allows us to recruit and retain competitively in each position within the region,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shalona McCray, chief human resources officer said. The trustees approved a $6.5 million reimbursement for bond projects. Dr. Wayne Guirdry, assistant superintendent of finance, said that this allows the district to pay for bond projects with existing funds, and then reimbursing those funds with bond money after they are issued.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The bonds cannot be issued more than 18 months after the expenditures are paid or the property is placed in service, and no more than three years after any individual expenditure is made,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Guidry said.<\/p>\n

The board approved $300,000 of purchases towards the districts Gaming Science and Digital Arts program, using money from the Magnet School Assistance Program (MSAP) grants. The purchase included computers, monitors, gaming peripherals, keyboards, headsets and webcams.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[The purchases] are necessary to meet the goals and objectives of the MSAP and support the district\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new Gaming Science and Digital Arts Program,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Scott Fisher, director of safety and magnet grants, said.<\/p>\n

The release said that the technology will be used at Bailey Elementary, Forest Park Middle and Longview Early Graduation High.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Longview ISD Board of Trustees approved several resolutions on Monday, including raises for teachers and staff. According to our news partners at KETK, the board approved a 4% raise for teachers and a 4% \u00e2\u20ac\u0153increase in the midpoint for all other district employees.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This increase in staff compensation allows us to recruit … Continue reading Longview ISD approves raises and bonds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1329616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/LISD-1-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Longview ISD approves raises and bonds","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 07:08:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/LISD-1-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Longview ISD approves raises and bonds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1329615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329617,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329615\/revisions\/1329617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1329615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1329615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1329615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}