Quitman ISD board sets $13.7 million budget

By Larry Tucker
editor@wood.cm
Posted 8/20/20

Quitman ISD trustees adopted a budget of $13,750,957 Monday, which is slightly more than last year’s $13,452,700. The proposed tax rate for 2020-21 is $1.2339 per $100 valuation. 

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Quitman ISD board sets $13.7 million budget

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Quitman ISD trustees adopted a budget of $13,750,957 Monday, which is slightly more than last year’s $13,452,700. The proposed tax rate for 2020-21 is $1.2339 per $100 valuation. 

In the proposed tax rate, $1.0517 is maintenance and operations (M&O) and the interest and sinking (I&S) is $.01822 for a $1.2339 total.

Superintendent Rhonda Turner reported a total of 947 total in-person students on Monday’s first day. Add to that 175 students who are doing virtual at-home studies to give the total number of 1,122 students. 

“We had a fabulous first day back to school. The teachers and staff were excited to see the students, and the students seemed excited to be back,” Turner said. “There were things about the day that were different, like wearing masks, but so many things were just the same, like students meeting their teachers, finding their classes and changing schedules. The familiar things were very comforting.”

In another matter, the board approved a resolution to close the district’s old payroll clearing account and an old CD investment account at BTH Bank.

The board ratified an inter-local agreement with Region 4 Education Service Center for the QISD’s participation in the Operation Connectivity Inter-local Acquisition Agreement. 

The revision to call for the election of QISD board of trustees to be held Nov. 3 was approved, as was the calendar for board meetings over the next year. Also approved was an inter-local agreement with Certain Education Services with an annual cost of $12,000.

The board approved the QISD asynchronous plan for students who are choosing to stay at home instead of coming to in-person classes.

Asynchronous means not keeping time together, which refers to students’ ability to access information, demonstrate what they’ve learned and communicate with classmates and instructors on their own time – they don’t have to be in the same classroom or even the same time zone to participate. 

While asynchronous learning allows students to access materials, ask questions and practice their skills at any time that works for them, synchronous learning requires attendance at scheduled meetings or lectures. While this could be in-person in a traditional classroom, the term is most often applied to online courses.