The full board met on Monday (11/18). agenda video During public comment, a number of people brought up concerns that elementary children are not getting enough recess time. They made some good points and backed up their position with several scientific studies. Superintendent Golden indicated that this issue requires state-level attention. For several meetings…
The full board met on Monday (8/19). View the agenda and video. It was a relatively short meeting. A number of students got up and spoke about the unequal pay for their music and drama teachers who put on plays and musicals in comparison to football coaches etc. (Superintendent Golden’s remarks on this start at…
There was a full board meeting on Monday. Agenda video Video segments of interest are and they are approximates: Superintendent contract renewal and extension 59 Pay increases for arts teachers 1:15 School safety 1:17 Bullying 1:19 22 students failed the TCAP this year 1:19:30 Celebration of student successes 1:22 Superintendent evaluation 1:30 Amended budget 1:39…
The monthly work session has held on Thursday, June 13, 2024 agenda video This meeting was almost three hours and there was a lot discussion about the new library policy, bullying, and Title IX. Also, and very importantly, the latest iteration of the 24-25 school budget was presented. It started with Jason Golden’s contract…
The full board met on May 20, 2024: agenda video. All numbers in parenthesis are times in the video. Public Comments (34:17-1:05:54) There were 28 public comments Title IX, the new library policy, the 24-25 budget and the discrepancy in pay for music and theater teachers compared to sports coaches. Superintendent Report (1:07:33-1:21) Last Thursday,…
The full school board met on Monday the 15th. Agenda video The public comment that starts at 31:24 and ends at 54:41 was all about equity in extracurricular salaries for teachers. Most of the commenters where students, some of which were 8th graders. I was very impressed with their poise and confidence in public speaking. …
The school board met on Thursday for their monthly work session agenda video The budget was discussed and Superintendent Golden pointed out that due to a re-evaluation of the medical costs county wide, $9,000,000 has been taken out of the 2024-25 budget which has lowered the deficit to $16.6 million. Williamson county schools are unique…
There were two meetings on Thursday, March 7th. First was the policy committee agenda, audio Originally, there were three items on the agenda, but the library policy was taken off at the last minute because they wanted to tweak it some more. They promised it would be back on the April meeting. Of the two…
agenda video starts 28:49 min There were seven public comments. Three against the flag, two for the flag, one from a county commissioner on the five-year capital plan and one other on child development. For the first time, we outnumbered the opposition and one of our commenters was a student. We hope to have…
The WCS School Board met for its monthly work session on Thursday, November 16th. The meeting lasted around 3 hours. Agenda Livestream A number of issues were discussed including potential new schools, lack of bus drivers, next year’s school calendar and two grants totaling $1,081,000 to be added to the budget. It was also mentioned…
