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Weslaco ISD paid a million bucks?

“Nice skirt you have on”
By G. Romero Wendorf
 
WESLACO – Two months ago, Weslaco ISD paid a stipend to 2,080 employees, ranging from $400 to $700 for a half-day training concerning what constitutes sexual harassment.
 
“Nice skirt you have on.”
 
Average daily attendance has been up this year at Weslaco ISD. School districts can’t pay bonuses mid-stream, according to state law, unless it’s already put in place at the start of the contracted year. So the superintendent and school board decided late last year that paying staff a stipend to attend a half-day Saturday training session on how to avoid getting involved in anything that smacks of sex harassment (“nice skirt”) might serve as a reward for improved district enrollment this year.
 

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