The Hays CISD Board of Trustees voted Monday to not change the teacher contract renewal notification time from 45 days to 10.
The proposed change had been recommended by district administrators but met opposition from teachers.
According to Esperanza Orosco, Hays Educators Association president, the proposed change was allowed under state legislation passed in 2011, but individual school boards could decide not to enact provisions of the bill.
Orosco, a fourth-grade teacher, collected 180 signatures on a petition to the Hays CISD board prior to the vote. She also said concerned teachers and local residents were filling the email boxes of board trustees about the issue.
“I am proud to work in a district that not only makes a commitment to employee morale, but takes the extra step to make that commitment real by demonstrating a clear respect for its educators,” Orosco said.
