The Greenville Independent School District is looking to offer daycare services for its staff. The Herald Banner reports the district plans to house a daycare at the Houston Education Center, located at 9315 Jack Finney Blvd., the former location of New Horizons High School.
The daycare would be a public-private partnership between the district and Small Town Dreams of Greenville. The Herald Banner reports a survey of staff conducted by the district indicates a majority of Greenville ISD staff would be interested in the district providing a day care. The Herald Banner reports the district is working on a lease agreement with Small Town Dreams to provide the space at below-market rates. That, accoprding to the district, would allow the child care services to also be offered at below-market rates.
Greenville ISD currently has a teacher turnover rate of a little more than 23 percent. Data released this week by the National Education Administration show teacher annual salaries in Texas are more than $7,700 lower than the national average.