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For a budget discussion, it got a little heated Thursday when a Lamesa school board member, requesting financial budget numbers prior to voting on pay raises, was told numerous time those figures won’t be known until next month’s board meeting.Board member Kevin Telchik asked for estimates on where the district is financially before voting on two-percent median pay raises for the district’s more than 300 staff members.“We need to know right now where we’re at,” Telchik said. “We have a responsibility to taxpayers.”Telchik said he wasn’t against pay raises. He just wanted estimates on where the district’s finances might be ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177