VOL 4 ·ISSUE 44
WALKER COUNTY
PRESS
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Thursday September 10, 2020
Congressman Brady Huntsville ISD Cancels Election H o s t s To w n H a l l M e e t i n g
Elected officials in attendance gathered with Congressman Brady for a group photo last Thursday. By Wade Thibodeaux Congressman Kevin Brady was in Huntsville last Thursday, September 3, 2020 to host a town hall meeting with his constituents. He updated those in attendance by informing them that half of the jobs
on the initial covid-19 epidemic have been recovered and that the extra $600.00 per week in unemployment had to be fixed in order to get many of the workers to go back to work because with the extra pay, many of them
are making more on unemployment that they would make at their old jobs. He also talked about one of the major pushes from the Republicans is that America needs to become medically (contd on page 9)
Congressman Kevin Brady visits with Walker County Judge Danny Pierce before the town hall meeting last Thursday.
Director of Curriculum Marcus Forney and Nadine Pharries(Chief Technology Officer) answer questions about chromebooks and explained to trustees that the District has enough technology for every student. Students needing any technology should contact the school. By Wade Thibodeaux District a fair sum of The board also ap The Huntsville ISD money by not having proved the purchase Board of Trustees met to contract with Walk- of the Achieve3000 in special session on er County as they pro- program for readThursday, September vide all of the election ing assistance for Pre 3, 2020 at 6:00 pm equipment for the No- K-12 campuses and with a short agenda vember general elec- also approved the before they received tion. Assistant Super- purchase of the Agsome continuing ed- intendent Bill Roberts ile Mind mathematucation hours in the advised the trustees ics software for 6th form of a board work- of a delivery problem through 12th grades. shop for the Team of with some previous- The short meeting Eight program. One of ly ordered cafeteria was adjourned at 6:21 the first items on the tables. Due to a new pm. in order for the agenda was to cancel fiscal budget year, the trustees to begin their the November 3, 2020 previous order had to continuing education election as both posi- be cancelled when the for the evening. The tions for school board tables could not be de- next regular meeting were unopposed and livered on time and a of the Huntsville ISD would be elected and new order had to be Board of Trustees will installed at the No- placed. Trustees ap- be Thursday, Septemvember regular meet- proved the new order ber 17, 2020 at 6:00 ing. This will save the for the tables. pm.