By JIM BUTLER

School Board members may have a little extra pep in their step heading into today’s meeting.

Renewal of two essential parish-wide property taxes in last Saturday’s voting provides 10-year assurance of dedicated local funding for system holdings.

Additionally, dedicated renewals were approved in two districts and Pineville voters said yes to a $27 million bond issue for planned improvements at five schools.

And today the board gets to sign off on sales tax-funded salary supplements for employees.

The payments from sales tax revenue beyond that needed to meet agreements when initially approved by voters go to qualifying employees.

The board will learn the precise amounts, paid in a 2:1 ratio to degrees and non-degrees employees. Last May the former was $7,350 pre-deductions.

Also on the agenda is an executive session to discuss settlement of a suit by Glenda Sue Perkins, a former principal.

Minutes indicate that case was last aired in an official discussion during an executive session in April 2023.

More than 50 other suits in which the board was plaintiff or defendant were on the agenda for that same executive review.