We took a major step two years ago, knowing it was going to cost us a bunch, because we thought the one we had wasn t nearly adequate. Turner said the district s previous plan had a larger co-pay and no prescription plan. Trustee Don Vardeman, who chairs the board s finance committee, was surprised as well. Vardeman said the district s health plan is one of the best plans offered to educators in the state. And after two years of shortages in funding for the district s plan, officials are looking to change the plan next year.
School teachers say the district fares well when it comes to school safety.
Sixty-two percent say they have not witnessed crime in their schools. That s pretty good that 62 percent said no, Turner said. I think that s wonderful. Twenty-six percent said school safety is very good and 39 percent said good. Teachers also said the physical condition of their school was good on average.