The former Mineola Primary School has a new name.

With the opening of a new Mineola Primary School in August to serve grades K-3 plus Head Start and pre-K, the former primary school on W. Loop 564 will house 4th and 5th graders and will be known as Mineola Intermediate School.

That eliminates the campus named Mineola Elementary School, which previously served grades 3-5 and is being repurposed to serve as a high school career and technical education center.

Trustees approved the name change Monday.

Trustee Jill Quiambao questioned the expense for the name change, and Superintendent Cody Mize estimated it would be minimal.

Mize announced the district has one teaching position remaining to fill for the fall, a sixth grade math teacher.

Business Manager Keith Sparkman brought the board some good news on property tax collections.

Those collections had been running well behind last year’s, and the gap was growing each month.

Sparkman said an error was discovered in the formula, and he announced that collections are now more than 1.5% ahead of last year at over 97%.

When combined with delinquent collections from prior years, the district has brought in just over 100% of budgeted collections.

Sparkman noted the lowered collections didn’t make sense as there were no large outstanding tax payments due.

He gave an update on budget preparations, which show a preliminary budget with $238,000 in additional expenses, which does not include any salary adjustments.

Trustees approved the same amount for employee health insurance as last year of $442 per month, acknowledging that later in the budget, the board could increase that and approve 100% of employee health insurance.

Mize reported that the district has a total of 167 students transferring into the district, with the most coming from Alba-Golden, 74, followed by 68 from Quitman and 21 from Lindale. The farthest is from Wills Point.