Trustees with the Port Neches-Groves Independent School may go the way of their neighbors across the tracks regarding catastrophic sick leave.

PN-GISD is set to consider disbanding the catastrophic sick leave program and putting into place a Friends Helping Friends Program during the 7 p.m. meeting on Monday, June 13 at the West Groves Education Center, 5840 W. Jefferson, Groves.

According to information from the district, the Catastrophic Sick Leave Committee is recommending disbanding the current program and transitioning to the Friends Helping Friends program. Three-hundred of the 419 members submitted their votes with 290 voting yes, to move forward with the change and 10 voting no.

Nederland Independent School District has a similar program in place that can be used when additional sick days or needed due to an employee or immediate family member illness or death.

In other business, trustees will consider two new positions for the 2016-017 school year. They include a bus driver and a teaching position/study hall at the high school.

Other agenda items include:

• Recommendation for Taft Elementary Principal
• Consider approval of 2016-2017 TREA Legal Services Program Agreement with Powell and Leon.
• Consider an order authorizing the issuance of the district’s refunding bond series 2016A
• Consider appointment of official voting delegate and alternate delegate to the 2016 delegate assembly of Texas Association of School Boards