Feb 13, 2023 Special Called Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M DAVID STOLLE, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:31 P.M.

ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023.

AT THIS TIME, I ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.

PRESIDENT STOLLE I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

LET ME JUST VERY QUICKLY INTRODUCE THOSE OF US HERE AT THE DAIS.

WE HAVE CODY WEAVER, SHARON NOWAK, DAVID STOLLE, DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS, DR. SELENDA ANDERSON, DR.

HEATHER WANG, DR.

LAUREN TYRA. AND FILLING IN FOR JERI TONIGHT IS NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

ANGELA POWELL IS ON THE WAY, I BELIEVE, AND BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

WE ARE MOVING ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

[2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

DR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? PRESIDENT STOLLE WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

OKAY. IN ORDER FOR THIS THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING AND AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION BY SUBMITTING A COMMENT CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

COMMENT CARDS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE AND INCOMPLETE COMMENT CARDS MAY NOT BE HONORED.

IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.

FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED WILL RESULT IN THE PRESUMPTION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM WHICH WILL NOT BE HEARD AT THIS MEETING.

SHOULD AN INDIVIDUAL FAIL TO ADDRESS THE ITEM LISTED ON THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, I WILL STOP THE SPEAKER AND REQUEST THAT THEY MAINTAIN FOCUS ON THE TOPIC LISTED.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC LISTED ON THEIR COMMENT CARD ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 21 AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION MAY NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, NO FURTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REASONABLY LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON MAY BE SHARED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES EACH.

IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO STOP.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO STOP SPEAKING WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO ARE OUT OF ORDER AND THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.

SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AS A REMINDER TO SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.

IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORNING AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING WITH WORDS OR ACTIONS, THAT PERSON MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE, WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING.

WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

THE AGENDA ITEM RELATING TO YOUR COMMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH OUR FIRST SPEAKER, DR.

ANDERSON. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BETH MOLINSKY.

OKAY. MY NAME IS BETH MOLINSKY.

I'M SPEAKING ON [INAUDIBLE]. CAN I INTERRUPT YOU? I'M SO SORRY. I WANT TO ASK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 3 MINUTES.

YES. BUT WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO YOU'VE SPENT 2 MINUTES AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT, DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU NOTICE OF THAT OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO CRUISE WITHOUT IT? THAT WOULD BE FINE. BUT I THINK I'LL BE WITHIN THE THREE.

OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M GOING TO START THE TIMER.

WE'LL JUST ASSUME THAT NOBODY WANTS A ONE MINUTE WARNING UNLESS YOU TELL US WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK SINCE WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. READY? ALL RIGHT.

MY AS I SAID, MY NAME IS BETH MOLINSKY.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 3.4.

I SPENT 27 YEARS TEACHING HISTORY AND PACE AT ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE I COACHED CHEERLEADING FOR 25 YEARS.

I ALSO COACHED THE CAMPUS WHIZ QUIZ TEAM AND THE MOCK TRIAL TEAM.

IN ADDITION, I COORDINATED THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL WHIZ QUIZ COMPETITION FOR ALL 13 OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WITH MY EXPERIENCE AS A COACH AND TEACHER, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT, AND LAURA CERVANTES EXEMPLIFIES WHAT EVERY TEACHER, COACH AND CAMPUS NEEDS IN A PARENT VOLUNTEER.

IN ALL MY YEARS OF KNOWING LAURA, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS A PARENT THAT WANTS THE BEST, NOT JUST FOR HER BOYS, MICHAEL AND MATTHEW, BUT FOR ALL STUDENTS AS WELL AS TEACHERS. I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HER INVOLVEMENT, LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR NOT JUST STUDENTS, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION AS A WHOLE. FROM CLASSROOMS, TO CHOIR ROOMS, PTA MEETINGS TO BOARD MEETINGS, AND EVEN TO AUSTIN TO HELP SHAPE LEGISLATION,

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WHAT SHE HAS SHOWN AND PROVEN THROUGH ALL HER YEARS OF SUPPORTING PLANO ALL THE ACTIONS SHE HAS TAKEN, ALL THE LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT SHE HAS HELD, INCLUDING PURSUING THIS MATTER WE ARE HERE FOR THIS EVENING, SHOWS HER DEDICATION AND FOLLOW THROUGH.

SHE HAS ONE GOAL IN MIND TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS OF PISD, AND I BELIEVE THAT HER MOTIVES SHOULD NOT BE UNDER SCRUTINY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUISA KING.

HI. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MRS. KRISTIN BAXTER.

SHE ALSO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT WE BOTH HAD PARALLEL EXPERIENCES.

SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL READ ONE STATEMENT.

IT'S BOTH OF OUR EXPERIENCES.

JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS LOUISA KING.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RESIDENTS OF PLANO AND HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS IN THE DISTRICT.

OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, I HAVE SERVED THIS DISTRICT WITH COUNTLESS HOURS OF MY TIME EFFORTS AND AT TIMES MY OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

MY JOY FOR VOLUNTEERING CAME TO AN END LAST YEAR WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN TWO BOOSTER CLUBS AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

AS THE OFFICERS OF THE THEATER BOOSTER CLUB.

WE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO THAT OF MISS CERVANTES.

IT HAS BEEN BY FAR OUR WORST VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE AND THE MOST TIME CONSUMING, PAINFUL AND UNREWARDING.

I CHOSE NOT TO FILE A GRIEVANCE AFTER I SAW HOW MS. CERVANTES WAS BEING TREATED BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND HOW LENGTHY AND PAINFUL HER EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN.

MY FAMILY AND I HAD BEEN PUT THROUGH ENOUGH HARASSING, SLANDERING AND SUSPECTED RETALIATION ALREADY, AND I COULDN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF PUTTING US THROUGH THE PUNISHMENT THAT FILING A GRIEVANCE IN THIS DISTRICT CLEARLY IS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE ACTIONS OF JASPER HIGH SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.

THE SITUATION HAS TAKEN US AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES.

IT HAS AFFECTED OUR LIVELIHOODS AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

ALL BECAUSE WE COMPLIED WITH PISD BOARD POLICY, UIL GUIDELINES AND IRS TAX LAW AND DECLINED TO FULFILL UNWARRANTED DEMANDS BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, WHICH WOULD POTENTIALLY AND IN THE END DID PUT THE ORGANIZATION WE HAD BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH AT RISK.

OUR HOPE IS THAT TONIGHT YOU WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR WITH THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY DESERVE SO THAT THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THEM TO OVERSTEP THEIR AUTHORITY, LIED TO AND MANIPULATE UNSUSPECTING PARENTS INTO DOING THINGS MANY OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW ARE WRONG AND WHICH THEY COULD BE LIABLE FOR, SUCH AS WALKING INTO A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CLAIMING TO BE OFFICERS OF AN ORGANIZATION AND TAKING OVER SUCH ORGANIZATIONS BANK ACCOUNT AS THEY DID THE THEATER BOOSTER CLUB'S BANK ACCOUNT.

I HAVE WATCHED A PARENT BREAK DOWN IN TEARS WHEN SHE REALIZED HOW SHE HAD BEEN USED BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND THE MAGNITUDE THE BEHAVIOR OF SUCH DISTRICT EMPLOYEES FOSTERS A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY, AND THEY CIRCUMVENT YOUR OWN POLICIES, AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. IT HAS BEEN APPALLING TO US AS DEVOTED PARENT VOLUNTEERS AND TAXPAYERS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT THESE EMPLOYEES ARE STILL IN THEIR POSITIONS AS THEY CONTINUE TO COERCE UNSUSPECTING PARENTS INTO BELIEVING THEIR LIES AND EVEN COMMITTING FRAUDULENT ACTS UNDER THEIR DIRECTION.

THIS ISN'T RIGHT.

I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TONIGHT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND DECLARE THE ABUSE OF POWER FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY AND CORRUPTION WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED IN OUR DISTRICT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU GRANT MS. CERVANTES THE RELIEF SHE IS SEEKING, AS WE PARTNER TOGETHER AND HOLD DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND END THEIR APPALLING BEHAVIOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MS. BAXTER.

YOU DON'T OR YOU YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK.

I FELT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME THAT AFTER WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT HER SUMMARY, I FELT LIKE IT COVERED EVERYTHING.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THIS AS NOT A ONE OFF SITUATION, THAT THERE'S BEEN MANY, MANY PARENTS THROWN UNDER THE BUS IN THIS SITUATION AND THEN OUR CHILDREN AFFECTED AS WELL.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE].

APOLOGIES IF I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

I'M THE SECRETARY FOR THE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR BOOSTER CLUB.

I CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR STUDENTS WITHIN PLANO ISD, RANGING FROM FIFTH GRADE TO 12TH GRADES, COVERING EVERY LEVEL OF EDUCATION FROM ELEMENTARY TO SENIOR HIGH.

WE'VE BEEN A PLANO ISD FAMILY FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS A PLANO SENIOR HIGH GRADUATE.

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I HAVE HELPED DRY THE TEARS SHED OVER THE HURT AND DISAPPOINTMENT IN OUR DISTRICT.

I'VE WALKED ALONGSIDE ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AS THIS TOOK AN EMOTIONAL TOLL ON NOT JUST HER AND HER FAMILY, BUT MINE AS WELL.

I'VE SAT IN MEETINGS AS WE WERE LIED TO ABOUT OUR RIGHTS AND EVEN HEARD PLANO ISD ADMINISTRATION CONFESS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE BOOSTER CLUB RULES YET THEY WERE QUICK TO TELL US WHAT WE WERE DOING WRONG.

I SAT BETWEEN LAURA AND LOUISA KING AT THE BANK AS WE LEARNED THAT THE MONEY WE'D WORK SO HARD TO KEEP FROM BEING MISAPPROPRIATED WAS FRAUDULENTLY ATTEMPTED TO BE TAKEN OVER BY OTHER PARENT VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PLANO ISD ADMINISTRATION.

I HAD NEVER FELT A GUT PUNCH THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO VOMIT UNTIL THAT DAY.

I ALSO HOSTED A MEETING IN MY DINING ROOM AS LAURA TOOK US AND HER HUSBAND STEP BY STEP OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE UNFOLDED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND WITNESSED THE SHOCK AND OUTRAGE OF OUR HUSBANDS OVER THE DETAILS YOU HAVE READ OVER THE LAST WEEK.

THE DISAPPOINTMENT FELT IN THE ROOM WAS PALPABLE.

ALL THREE OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN STRONGLY INVOLVED IN THE PTA AND VOLUNTEERING AT THE SCHOOL SINCE OUR CHILDREN WERE IN KINDERGARTEN.

WE ARE NOT JUST RANDOM VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE CHAPERONED SCHOOL TRIPS, PLANNED EVENTS AND SERVED ON PTA BOARDS.

I PERSONALLY AM INVOLVED IN ALL FOUR OF MY KIDS PTAS, ALONG WITH BEING AN OFFICER AND CHAIRPERSON ON THREE DIFFERENT BOOSTER CLUBS.

LAST YEAR, TWO OF OUR HUSBANDS CHAPERON THE FINE ARTS TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD FOR PLANO WEST.

AND IRONICALLY, JUST LAST WEEK, FOUR OF US CHAPERON THE ORCHESTRA BAND CHOIR TMEA PERFORMANCE IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ONE ELSE TO DO IT.

LAST MONTH, I HOSTED A PRAYER MEETING AT MY HOME WHERE I LEARNED ABOUT A FALSE RUMOR BEING SPREAD ABOUT ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, AND I SAW THE SHEER SHOCK IN HER EYES AS SHE LISTENED TOO, BECAUSE THE PERSON SHARING THE INFORMATION DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE ANONYMOUS PERSON OF WHICH SHE SPOKE WAS SITTING IN THE ROOM WITH HER.

EVEN WORSE THAN HEARING THE RUMOR ITSELF WAS THE FACT THAT WE COULD NOT DEFEND AGAINST THESE ALLEGATIONS OF DEFAMATION.

SO WE JUST HAD TO LISTEN AS THESE LADIES TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS ANONYMOUS WOMAN SHOULD BE THROWN IN JAIL.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL AND DISTRESS THE ENTIRE PROCESS HAS HAD ON LAURA, HER FAMILY, AND THE OTHER TWO FAMILIES OF THE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR BOOSTER CLUB OFFICERS.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, LAURA CERVANTES'S NAME MAY BE ON THIS GRIEVANCE, BUT THERE ARE THREE OF US BEHIND IT.

THANK YOU. MARCO FIGARO.

HELLO. I'M HERE FOR SPEAKING FOR 4.3 IN FAVOR OF LAURA CERVANTES.

SO LET ME KNOW WHEN TO START.

THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO START MY PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU WHY WE'RE HERE.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU WHY WE'RE HERE.

IF WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THE KIDS, THEN I THINK WE'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE, ALL OF US.

SO I KNOW THE FAMILY FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER SIX YEARS, AND I KNOW THEIR HEART.

IT'S RIGHT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND IS WHICH TO ELEVATE AND TAKE THE KIDS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, TO PUT IT IN A FUTURE THAT IS BETTER THAN THE FUTURE THAT WE HAD.

SO THE VALUES THAT THESE FAMILY REPRESENTS REALLY TOUCH WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, BECAUSE EVERY DAY I'M WORKING AND I'M NOT WORKING FOR THE KIDS, I'M WORKING FOR MYSELF, I'M TRYING TO HELP MY KIDS.

SO I PRAISED THIS FAMILY THAT PUT THEIR OWN TIME TO HELP KIDS.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR LOGO, THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IS TWO HANDS [INAUDIBLE] HANDS, ONE HELPING EACH OTHER.

SO THE RIGHT HAND IS LAURA HELPING THE KIDS.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK FURTHER AND SEE WHY WE'RE HERE AGAIN.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I ASKED THE QUESTION.

SO AND I KNOW THE QUESTION BECAUSE I DO THAT QUESTION EVERY DAY.

I'M A NAVAL OFFICER WITH THE US NAVY AND WE HAVE A MOTTO WHICH IS HONOR, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT.

SO I PLEDGE TO ALL OF YOU TO HAVE THE HONOR TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE KIDS, TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO GO BEYOND THE POLICIES AND LOOK WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHY WE'RE HERE AND TO HAVE THE COMMITMENT TO DO IT NOT ONLY DAY, BUT EVERY DAY.

IT'S SO EASY TO GET IN POLICY MONEY AND WRONGDOINGS.

BUT I KNOW DEEP IN YOUR HEART THAT ALL OF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY.

THE KIDS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER.

CORRECT. DR.

ANDERSON. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.

THE BOARD WILL MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.6, WHICH ARE TO HEAR AND CONSIDER THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY DINORA FERNANDEZ AND THE LEVEL

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

PRIOR TO THE TWO HEARINGS, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT IN CLOSED SESSION WITH OUR ATTORNEY REGARDING THE LEVEL FOUR PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AS REQUESTED IN WRITING BY

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AND FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL BE BACK IN TO ADDRESS THE GRIEVANCES IN PUBLIC SESSION.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.

SECTIONS 551.071, 551.074 AND 551.0821.

THE TIME IS 5:47 PM.

THANK YOU. OK.

THE BOARD IS NOW RECONVENED BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

WE WILL MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 5.1 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY DINORA FERNANDEZ PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY

[5.1. Consideration and Possible Action regarding the Level Four Appeal Filed by Dinora Fernandez Pursuant to Board Policy FNG]

LOCAL BOARD HEARD A LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY DINORA FERNANDEZ IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

ANY ACTION REGARDING THIS MATTER MUST BE TAKEN IN OPEN SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE LEVEL FOR APPEAL FILED BY DINORA FERNANDEZ? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING THE ADMINISTRATION'S PREVIOUS DECISION AT LEVEL THREE.

I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY LAUREN TYRA A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING ADMINISTRATION'S PREVIOUS DECISION AT LEVEL THREE.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 6 TO 0.

MOVING ON TO EXCUSE ME.

THE BOARD HAS VOTED TO DENY THE REQUEST AND AFFIRM THE DECISION OF ADMINISTRATION.

MS. FERNANDEZ WILL RECEIVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF THIS DECISION.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.2, DISCUSSION AND ACTION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY LAURA CERVANTES.

[5.2. Consideration and Possible Action regarding the Level Four Appeal Filed by Laura Cervantes Pursuant to Board Policy FNG]

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY LAURA CERVANTES? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING ADMINISTRATION'S PREVIOUS PREVIOUS DECISION AT LEVEL THREE.

HOWEVER, WE INSTRUCT THE DISTRICT TO KEEP THE LEVEL THREE OFFER FOR RESOLUTION OPEN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY.

A SECOND BY LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING ADMINISTRATION'S PREVIOUS DECISION AT LEVEL THREE. BUT WE INSTRUCT THE DISTRICT TO KEEP ITS LEVEL THREE OFFER FOR RESOLUTION OPEN.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. ONE QUICK POINT.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, A MOMENT TO THANK MRS. CERVANTES FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT AND HER VOLUNTEERISM.

AND I'M SURE THAT SHE'S IMPROVED THE DISTRICT OVER HER TIME, HELPING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR DISTRICT.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WANT TO THANK MRS. CERVANTES FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL AND A VERY ACTIVE PTA MEMBER IN OUR DISTRICT, AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 6 TO 0.

THE BOARD HAS VOTED TO DENY THE REQUEST AND AFFIRM THE DECISION OF ADMINISTRATION.

MS. CERVANTES WILL RECEIVE FURTHER FORMAL WRITTEN NOTICE OF THIS DECISION, BUT WE INSTRUCT THE DISTRICT TO KEEP ITS LEVEL THREE OFFER FOR RESOLUTION OPEN.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS 9:17 P.M.

ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.