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SISD full term candidates on teacher pay, support

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Five candidates have filed for two full three year terms on the Salado Independent School District Board of Trustees: Jim Reed, Sam Dowdy, Jr., Rick Marruffo, Amy McLane and Marlon Reed.

As a manner of introducing them to our readers, we asked the following questions. Their answers are below, in order of appearance on the Ballot for May 7 election.

Question 1: Question 1: In March, Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Education Agency to create a Teacher Vacancy Task Force to address ongoing staffing concerns. What can Salado ISD do to recruit and retain quality teachers when there is a looming shortage? (150 Words)

Question 2: Do you think the Salado ISD Board of Trustees adequately supports classroom teachers in the district? What does that support look like? (150 words)

Question 3: Does Salado ISD pay teachers and support staff (aides, paraprofessionals) too little, too much or an appropriate amount? (150 words)

Question 4: Do you think classroom teachers in Salado ISD have access to appropriate technology and training to do their jobs? (150 words)

Question 5: Do you think administration supports teaching staff in our district? What does that support look like? (150 words)

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SISD Candidates for unexpired term on teacher pay, support

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Two candidates have filed for one two-year unexpired term on the Salado Independent School District Board of Trustees, As a manner of introducing them to our readers, we asked the following questions. Their answers are below, in order of appearance on the Ballot for May 7 election.

As a manner of introducing them to our readers, we asked the following questions. Their answers are below, in order of appearance on the Ballot for May 7 election.

Question 1: Question 1: In March, Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Education Agency to create a Teacher Vacancy Task Force to address ongoing staffing concerns. What can Salado ISD do to recruit and retain quality teachers when there is a looming shortage? (150 Words)

Question 2: Do you think the Salado ISD Board of Trustees adequately supports classroom teachers in the district? What does that support look like? (150 words)

Question 3: Does Salado ISD pay teachers and support staff (aides, paraprofessionals) too little, too much or an appropriate amount? (150 words)

Question 4: Do you think classroom teachers in Salado ISD have access to appropriate technology and training to do their jobs? (150 words)

Question 5: Do you think administration supports teaching staff in our district? What does that support look like? (150 words)

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Library candidates on programs, services of Salado Library

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Three candidates have filed for two full two-year terms on the Salado Public Library District Board of Directors: Susan Starnes, Nancy Mills Mackey and Theresa Howard.

Salado Village Voice asked the following questions. 

Question 1: Are there children’s programs or service that are lacking or missing in Salado Library? If so, what can be done to form or extend those programs or services? (200  words)

Question 2: Are there populations of children that are not served or underserved by the Salado Library? If so, what can be done to better serve those populations? (200 words)

Question 3: Are there adult  programs that are lacking or missing in Salado Library? If so, what can be done to form or extend those programs? (200 words)

Question 4: Are there populations of adults that are not served or underserved by the Salado Library? If so, what can be done to better serve those populations? (200 words)

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Mayoral candidates on Sanctuary, disannexation

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The Village of Salado will elect a Mayor to a two-year term on May 7. Mayor Michael Coggin filed for a position on the ballot. Linda Reynolds has filed as a write-in candidate.

We asked the following question:

Question 1: What can the Village do, if anything, to improve the Sanctuary agreements? (200 words)

Question 2: A petition for disannexation of property that includes Sanctuary was presented to the Village of Salado, resulting in another disannexation election in November 2022. Do you support or oppose disannexation of the proposed area? Why? (200 words)

Question 3: What is your opinion of the Village parks? (200 words)

Question 4: What is your opinion of the Village municipal building? (200 words)

Question 5: What is your opinion of the Village Tourism department and Visitor Center? (200 words)

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Salado Eagles to face Giddings in bi-district baseball

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Salado varsity Eagles will face 20-4A District Champion Giddings Buffaloes in the bi-district round of the UIL baseball playoffs in a best-of-three series.

The first game will be played in Giddings at 7 p.m. May 6. Game two will be played at noon May 7 at Salado. If necessary, game three will be played 30 minutes following game two.

Giddings finished the regular season with an overall record of 17-9-0 and a district record of 8-2.

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Lady Eagles face Smithville in first round of playoffs

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Salado is third place team in District 19-4A

Salado Lady Eagles face the #11 Smithville Lady Tigers in the bi-district rounds of the 4A UIL Softball playoffs. The teams face up in a best-of-three series that began with a double header April 27 at Hutto High School (in games played after presstime for this edition. The first game will be held at 5:30 p.m. with the second game 30 minutes after the end of game one. A third game, if necessary, will be held May 2 at a location to be determined.

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Trouble at the ballot box for Salado

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Library election not on all ballots

Emergency paper ballots in Library race to be issued beginning April 26

By Tim Fleischer

Editor-in-Chief

Local election officials learned within minutes of early voting polls opening  at 7 a.m. today that there was an issue with the Salado Public Library District election, which has resulted in several registered voters in the Library District not being able to cast a ballot in that race at all.

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