Pulaski County employees will soon have some more insurance options. Last week, the county commissioners agreed to let R & R Benefits offer supplemental medical policies to employees.
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Boosting attendance, graduation rates, and student achievement are some of the goals outlined in the Culver Community Schools Corporation’s school improvement plans. The principals presented their plans to the school board last week, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman.
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Eastern Pulaski Elementary School is hoping to launch a new preschool program in January. Principal Jill Collins told the school board last week that the school has received grant funding to purchase materials and hire an instructor.
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Oregon-Davis teachers would see their first pay raises in over a decade under the proposed 2019-2020 teacher contract, but not all teachers are happy with it. The tentative agreement would raise the starting salary for new teachers and offer veteran teachers a retirement incentive. But during a public hearing on the contract Monday, Teacher Elisabeth Cooper argued that it should have focused more on teachers in the middle.
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The Pulaski County Community Development Commission may be willing to give the county commissioners a chance to weigh in on prospective at-large members.
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The Knox School Board has finalized the 2019-2020 teacher contract. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart says board members ratified the agreement with the Knox Federation of Teachers during last week’s meeting. “So teachers will be getting their raises, effective back to the beginning of August on that.,” he says.
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The Culver Community Schools Corporation continues to move forward with heating and cooling upgrades. Superintendent Karen Shuman says the school board has opted to use the U.S. Commodities Procurement process to get new chillers, control systems, and a boiler.
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While architects recently raised their cost estimates for a potential renovation of the Pulaski County Courthouse, the county commissioners are worried that costs could end up being even higher.
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The Hamlet Park Board has decided to hold off on any potential upgrades, pending the outcome of Constellation of Starke’s Stellar Community efforts. For months, board members have been discussing the possibility of completing at least one project in the Town Park this year, if money is available.
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The Starke County Election Board is making its final preparations for next week’s North Judson town election. Last week, board members spent several minutes discussing the delivery of voting machines to the precinct polling places.
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The Culver Community Schools Corporation continues to see some encouraging enrollment figures.
Continue readingMembers of the public will have the chance to weigh in on the Oregon-Davis School Corporation’s proposed teacher contract tonight. It calls for most teachers to get a raise of $1,100 to their base salaries. If approved, the new starting pay level would be $32,000, with a maximum salary of almost $54,000. The proposal also includes a retirement incentive for teachers with at least 15 years of service and at least 57 years of age.
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Pulaski County Sheriff Jeff Richwine warns that if his budget gets cut much more, he’ll have to start cutting services. “I’ve been kind of quiet about all the budget cuts, but it finally comes down to where you just can’t cut anymore and you’ve got to start cutting services,” he told the county commissioners Monday. “So we’re already kind of starting to look at that, to see where we could cut some things that wouldn’t necessarily jeopardize somebody’s safety and all that.”
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Now that Hamlet’s Railroad Street paving project is complete, sections of the street’s sidewalk will soon get an upgrade. Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Pitts told the town council Wednesday that two residents there have applied to take part in the 50/50 sidewalk replacement program.
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The Knox Community School Corporation’s 2020 budget was adopted by the school board Monday. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart says the board approved the budget without any public comment.
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The Culver School Board has finalized this year’s teacher contract. Superintendent Karen Shuman says the 2019-2020 collective bargaining agreement was ratified during Monday’s meeting.
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A former Eastern Pulaski School Board member will be memorialized on the schools’ campus. Carol Short asked board members Monday for permission to install a bench in memory of her father, Richard Werner, who passed away just over a year ago.
Continue readingAfter the Pulaski County Council narrowly rejected a tax restructuring plan Monday, Council President Jay Sullivan hopes to get to work on a new proposal relatively soon. He told the rest of the Community Development Commission Tuesday that he doesn’t expect the council to wait an entire year before taking action.
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The Pulaski County Commissioners are voicing their continued support for a pretrial release grant. They signed a letter of support for the grant funding on Monday, at the request of Superior Court Judge Crystal Brucker Kocher.
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