Typically, Wylie Superintendent Cecil Davis presents an agenda item before the board and offers his recommendation on how the trustees should vote. But that wasn't the case Monday when board members exited their closed meeting and asked if the superintendent's contract should be extended and his pay raised. Although pleased with his board's vote of confidence, Davis there are still lots of areas for improvement. The superintendent also hopes to see continued facility improvements in the years to come, he said.
Plans are already in motion to accomplish a list of improvements for the next five years.
Board members will review staff suggestions handed out at Monday's meeting and bring their top 10 suggestions to the February meeting. Contracts, donations and pledges will nearly cover the cost of building the complex, Davis said, but the funds probably won't become available for the next several years. Board members asked for a monthly financial update on the project so they could determine which improvements should begin first. Trustees were asked where the 2000 graduation ceremonies should be held, a decision they decided to delay until February. Graduations have recently been in the gymnasium, but complaints were raised last year about space constraints.