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GOOD EVENING. I AM LAUREN TYRA, BOARD PRESIDENT PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
DURING THIS MEETING, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD OF THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 05:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2025. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE AT THIS TIME.I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR TERESA WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TYRA, I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, A CONCERN WAS RAISED REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE POSTING.
SECTION 551.051 REQUIRES THAT NOTICE BE POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF WHICH IS RIGHT OUT FRONT. THIS IS THIS WAS COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
IN ADDITION, SECTION 551.056 REQUIRES THAT THE NOTICE BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, WHICH WAS ALSO DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. WHILE THE DISTRICT HAS PREVIOUSLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS INCLUDED, WHAT IS REQUIRED BY INCLUDING LINKS TO THE MEETINGS FROM VARIOUS PAGES, SUCH AS THE ONLINE CALENDAR? THIS IS NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE LEGALLY POSTED IN THE TWO DESIGNATED AREAS AND ALSO WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME FRAME.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. THIS SEGMENT IS BEING RECORDED RECORDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS SENATE BILL 413, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 11.0621 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
BOARD MEMBERS, I WILL NOW PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL.
PLEASE KINDLY RESPOND. RESPOND WHEN YOUR NAME IS ANNOUNCED.
LAUREN TYRA I AM PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY. I AM PRESIDENT TARRAH LANTZ PRESIDENT.
SAM JOHNSON, PRESIDENT. TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOKE IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
ALISA KLEIN PRESENT. KATHERINE GOODWIN PRESENT.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE STAFF AND ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR THERESA WILLIAMS. AND TO MY FAR LEFT DOCTOR SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM THREE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AGENDA ITEMS ONLY AT BOARD MEETINGS.
[2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]
THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT TYRA. WE HAVE TWO TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.
FAILURE TO LIST AN AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED WILL RESULT IN THE PRESUMPTION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP OR OUT OF ORDER, AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.07 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAME OF DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU ARE 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 THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
AS A REMINDER TO ALL, IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.
IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED. FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.
DOCTOR FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HARPER WEAVER PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.
MR. WEAVER. ARE YOU GOING TO WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? I THINK ACTUALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'LL SAY YES. OKAY. I'M WAITING FOR THE CLOCK TO SHOW UP.
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IT'S OKAY.I CAN JUST DO IT ON MY PHONE AND WE CAN JUST TRY AND.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE CLOCK. OKAY. YEP.
THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. MY NAME IS HARP WEAVER.
I DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A GRIEVANCE THAT CONCERNS REMOVAL OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS FROM OUR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS FROM MEETINGS.
I ATTENDED THE FIRST REPLACEMENT MEETING, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST COMMENT ON MY EXPERIENCE AND THE PARTS OF IT THAT I'M UNSATISFIED WITH.
AND I GOT ONE QUESTION AND ANSWERED IT. IT WAS, CAN YOU PROVIDE DETAILS? AND I DID AND WAS NEVER QUESTIONED ANY OF THOSE DETAILS.
AND THEN A WEEK LATER, IT SHOWS UP IN AN FAQ ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH HAS SEVERAL FACTUAL INACCURACIES.
SO, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF MY COMPLAINTS WAS THAT THERE'S NO REPORTS LINKED IN AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE THE, THE IN THE INITIAL AGENDA FOR MEETINGS WHEN THIS WAS DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS IN PLANO, WHICH IS A POINT THAT I MADE, WHICH IS LEFT COMPLETELY UNADDRESSED.
THE REASON THAT WAS GIVEN ON THE FAQ IS THAT, HEY, THE REPORTS MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE BETWEEN THE TIME THEY'RE POSTED AND THE ACTUAL MEETING. AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN MEETINGS THAT THE PERSON GIVING THE REPORT NARRATES THAT THERE MIGHT BE A SMALL CHANGE IN NUMBERS HERE AND THERE.
BUT THE MOST CONCERNING PART THERE IS THAT I'VE GOTTEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THANK YOU. BEFORE THE THE MEETING IS THAT THERE IS SOMETIMES THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNING TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS THE EXACT REASON WHY THE REPORT SHOULD BE POSTED SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN COME UP AND MAKE COMMENT.
THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE REPORTS, THEY CAN'T BE INFORMED ABOUT IT.
SO WE'LL JUST SKIP TO THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE AS IT SAYS THAT THE THE BOARD DOESN'T EVEN GET THESE REPORTS BEFORE THE MEETING HAPPENS, WHICH IS UNTRUE. YOU CAN HEAR THE BOARD REFERENCE AGAIN AND AGAIN GETTING AGENDA PACKETS.
AND IT WOULD BE HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHOW UP COMPLETELY UNINFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S ABOUT TO BE TALKED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HEAR THE CONCERNING TERM ABOUT THESE THINGS BEING FOR THE PUBLIC, NOT OF THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WEAVER, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOCTOR FREEMAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MEGAN VECCHIO, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT. HI. MISS VECCHIO, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'VE SPOKEN WITH JUSTIN BENNETT AND AGREE WITH HIS GRIEVANCE REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF OUR ABILITY TO MAKE NON-AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC.
AS IT NOW STANDS, IT'S VERY HARD TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS.
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THIS IS BECAUSE OF OUR BECAUSE OUR AGENDA ITEMS LACK INFORMATION AND ATTACHED REPORTS.SPARSE AGENDAS AND THE REMOVAL OF NON AGENDA ITEM.
THE DISTRICT DOES NOT CARE TO HEAR FROM ITS PARENTS OR ITS COMMUNITY. MEMBERS WERE SUPPOSEDLY STAKEHOLDERS, BUT CLEARLY IN NAME ONLY. IF IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL, THEN PLEASE FIX IT.
SLIDES ABOUT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE INCLUDED IN A REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED.
MR. HILL SPOKE FOR 17 MINUTES ABOUT MOLD CONCERNS AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL WHEN COMPARED TO HOW BOND UPDATES WERE HANDLED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
THIS ALMOST 40 MINUTE DISCUSSION ABOUT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL DESERVED ITS OWN AGENDA ITEM.
CONCERNED PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS.
ON THE MEETING AGENDA. OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THESE ISSUES, BUT WERE DENIED THIS ABILITY BECAUSE OF THEIR REFUSALS TO PUT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL AS ITS OWN AGENDA ITEM. WE ALSO CANNOT SPEAK TO THE BOARD, SINCE OUR ABILITY TO MAKE NON-AGENDA ITEMS WAS REMOVED IN AUGUST.
THE ENROLLMENT WOES ARE INDICATIVE OF A LEADERSHIP ISSUE.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE ON TUESDAY IF THE AGENDA HAD BEEN CLEAR AND IT WASN'T.
AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. AS A TAXPAYER AND AS A PARENT, AND IF YOU REMOVE NON-AGENDA ITEM COMMENTS AS YOU'VE DONE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE RECORD AND IT'S NOT OKAY.
THANK YOU, MISS VECCHIO, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE.
[3. CLOSED SESSION I]
SECTION 551.071. THE TIME IS NOW 5:43 P.M..THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS 6:31 P.M..
[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION I]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 5.1 TO CONDUCT THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARING FILED BY MR.[5. DISCUSSION AND ACTION I]
JUSTIN BENNETT UNDER BOARD POLICY G F LOCAL. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS HEARING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OPERATING PROCEDURES UNDER GRIEVANCES, PARAGRAPH FIVE. WHEN A GRIEVANCE IS FILED AGAINST THE BOARD ITSELF, THE BOARD MAY SELECT AN ALTERNATE PRESIDING OFFICER FOR THE HEARING, INCLUDING OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL COUNCIL TONIGHT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, MR. RICHARD ABERNATHY WILL BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER FOR ITEM 5.1.AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS LEVEL THREE HEARING.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR TAYLOR. PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.07, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY REGARDING PROCESS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARINGS.
THE BOARD IS PREPARED TO CONSIDER THIS LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE IN OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME, UNLESS ANY PARTY CAN STATE THE GROUNDS FOR CLOSED SESSION OR AN OBJECTION TO AN OPEN SESSION.
I DON'T HEAR ANY, AND THUS THE HEARING WILL REMAIN OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME.
FOR THE RECORD, TODAY IS OCTOBER 23RD, 2025 AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:32 P.M..
THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE TRANSCRIBED. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU BY A COURT REPORTER TO ENSURE THAT AN ACCURATE RECORD IS KEPT.
THE BOARD'S CONSULTATION WITH ITS ATTORNEY WILL NOT BE RECORDED.
FOR THE RECORD. EACH PERSON IS ASKED TO STATE THEIR NAME, THE REASON FOR THE ATTENDANCE AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPLAINANT, IF APPLICABLE. AND WE'LL START WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.
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LAUREN TYRA, BOARD PRESIDENT. NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.TARRAH LANTZ, BOARD SECRETARY. ALISA KLEIN, BOARD MEMBER.
CATHERINE GOODWIN, BOARD MEMBER. SAM JOHNSON, BOARD MEMBER.
THERESA WILLIAMS, SUPERINTENDENT. REBECCA BRADLEY, ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE I GOT EVERYBODY I'M SORRY.
JUSTIN BENNETT. YOU'RE THE COMPLAIN CORRECT? YES.
THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU SIR. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INSTRUCT ALL PARTICIPANTS TO PLEASE AVOID TALKING WHEN ANOTHER PERSON IS TALKING, SO THE RECORDING WILL ACCURATELY REFLECT THE PROCEEDINGS.
FURTHER, PLEASE ENDEAVOR TO MAKE YOUR ORAL STATEMENTS AS CLEAR AND COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE, AND REMEMBER THAT THE RECORDING WILL NOT REFLECT GESTURES OR ANY OTHER FORM OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE POLICIES AND LAWS.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER, ALL MEMBERS, INCLUDING AUDIENCE MEMBERS, ARE EXPECTED TO ABIDE BY THE PROVISIONS STATED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING, AS NO DISRUPTION OR OUTBURST WILL BE PERMISSIBLE OR TOLERATED.
AS A REMINDER, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISRUPT A PUBLIC MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY GF LOCAL.
THE HEARING WILL BE LIMITED TO ONLY THE ISSUES AND DOCUMENTS RAISED IN THE GRIEVANCE DOCUMENTATION FILED BY MR. JUSTIN BENNETT. INCIDENTALLY, MR. BENNETT, I DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS THAT WERE FILED BY YOU.
IS THAT CORRECT? I SUBMITTED A GRIEVANCE. OKAY.
BESIDES YOUR GRIEVANCE, THOUGH, YOU DIDN'T SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION? NO I'VE NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE PARTIES PREVIOUSLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE EXHIBITS SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE DAY OF THIS HEARING.
AND THE BOARD IN BOTH PARTIES HAVE COPIES OF THAT RECORD FOR TODAY'S PROCEEDING.
THE BOARD'S DECISION MUST BE SUPPORTED BY THE RECORD PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THIS IS NOT A FORMAL LEGAL PROCEEDING, AND NO STRICT RULES OF EVIDENCE OR PROCEDURE WILL APPLY.
BED LOCAL. EACH PARTY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ITS PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
THE PARTIES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO CROSS-EXAMINE EACH OTHER.
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL, THE PARTIES, OR ANY WITNESSES. HOWEVER, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT SUBJECT TO QUESTIONING BY THE ADMINISTRATION, COMPLAINANT'S LEGAL COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER WITNESS.
THE BOARD IS CHARGED WITH TWO TASKS. FIRST, DETERMINE IF BOARD POLICY WAS FOLLOWED WITH FIDELITY, AND TWO, IF SO, WHETHER THE SUBSTANTIAL WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE BOARD'S PRIOR DETERMINATION REGARDING ADOPTION OF THE POLICY AND WAS NOT ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
REPETITIOUS ARGUMENTS ARE IRRELEVANT. INFORMATION IS NOT NECESSARY AND MAY BE EXCLUDED BECAUSE THIS GRIEVANCE IS FILED BY MR. BENNETT AS THE COMPLAINANT. HE WILL PRESENT HIS ARGUMENT BASED ON THE RECORD FIRST.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE.
ANNOTATIONS. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THOSE PROCEDURES OF THE HEARING, IT'S TIME TO DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR AND CONSIDER THIS MATTER IN A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL MANNER. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD FEELS THAT HE OR SHE CANNOT HEAR OR CONSIDER THIS MATTER, THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD SO STATE AT THIS TIME AND NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS HEARING.
MR. BENNETT, WHO WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION ON YOUR BEHALF? I ASSUME YOU WILL BE, I WILL BE. ALL RIGHT, SIR.
YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
DO YOU WISH TO RESERVE ANY PORTION OF THAT ALLOTTED TIME FOR ANY REBUTTAL.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT YOUR TEN MINUTES UP. WELL, I WOULD SAY WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER, WE CAN USE REBUTTAL. OKAY. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR REBUTTAL.
MISS TARRAH LANTZ WILL KEEP THE TIME AND WILL INDICATE TO YOU WHEN YOU HAVE.
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SO SHE'S NOT GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU. OKAY. OKAY.YOU MAY PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
THERE IT IS. SURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR HEARING MY GRIEVANCE.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN BENNETT, AND I'M A PARENT OF THREE STUDENTS HERE IN PLANO ISD.
ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVISED POLICY TO RESTRICT PUBLIC COMMENT AT REGULAR MEETINGS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY. SHIFTING ALL NON-AGENDA COMMENT INTO NEW COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS PER VERBAL.
THEY WILL HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS. HOWEVER, NOWHERE IN THIS IN THIS STATE OR NOWHERE IS THIS STATED IN THE POLICY APPROVED BY PISD ON AUGUST 19TH. TO THE DISMAY AND DISAPPROVAL OF THE AUDIENCE IN ATTENDANCE, ON 819 WORKSESSION PISD MEETING, THE ROOM WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE.
ALL BUT ONE OPPOSED THE NEW POLICIES. THE POLICIES SAY THAT THEY ARE REPLACING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS WITH THE LET'S TALK ON THE WEBSITE NOTED IT WAS DOWN UNTIL I NOTIFIED THEM ON SEPTEMBER 4TH AND SEPTEMBER 5TH.
DATED EMAILS PLANO ISD OFFICIALLY OFFICIALLY PLANO ISD IS OFFICIAL COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS.
TRUSTEES ARE PERMITTED TO INTERACT WITH PARENTS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 55 551.007. THIS STATUTE REQUIRES THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE OR DURING THEIR CONSIDERATION, BY SHIFTING ALL NON AGENDA TOPICS OUT OF REGULAR MEETINGS. PLANO ISD COMPLIES WITH THE BARE MINIMUM OF 551.007, BUT UNDERMINES THE STATUTE'S PURPOSE OF ENSURING TIMELY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TIED TO BOARD DELIBERATION. STAKEHOLDERS ARE FORCED INTO A VENUE DISCONNECTED FROM BOARD DECISION MAKING.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.004. SECTION FOUR AND 551 .042.
A MEETING OCCURS WHENEVER A PUBLIC FORUM DISCUSSES PUBLIC BUSINESS, OR RECEIVES INFORMATION IN A PUBLIC OR IN A BOARD CAN CONDUCT A GATHERING. IF TRUSTEES ATTEND COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS IN QUORUM AND ASK QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS, OR DISCUSS OR OR JUST ON DISTRICT BUSINESS. THOSE GATHERINGS ARE TOWN MEETINGS, REGARDLESS OF DISCLAIMERS.
FURTHER, WHEN CITIZENS RAISE UNPOSTED SUBJECTS, TRUSTEES RESPONSES ARE LEGALLY LIMITED TO A STATING FACTS. B RECITING EXISTING POLICY, OR C PROPOSING A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
ANY BACK AND FORTH DELIBERATION AT THESE SESSIONS SESSIONS WOULD EXCEED 51.042.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE .143 WALKING QUORUM. EVEN IF A FULL QUORUM DOES NOT ATTEND SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE USE OF OF SERIAL ATTENDANCE OR FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATIONS TO PROCESS OR ALIGN AROUND INPUT FROM COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS CONSTITUTES A PROHIBITED SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS KNOWN AS A WALKING QUORUM.
PLANO ISD LOCAL. AS REVISED, THE POLICY REVISION REMOVES A LONG STANDING FORM FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN REGULAR MEETINGS WHERE DECISIONS ARE ACTUALLY MADE. THE SUBSTITUTE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS IS EITHER A SHAM IF TRUSTEES ONLY LISTEN, BUT NEVER INTEGRATE FEEDBACK INTO DELIBERATIONS, OR AN UNLAWFUL CIRCUMVENTION OF TOMA IF THE TRUSTEES DELIBERATE AT THESE SESSIONS.
FACTS SUPPORTING THE GRIEVANCE. AUGUST 19TH, 2025.
THE STRUCTURE CREATES A NO WIN SITUATION. EITHER THE MEETINGS ARE HOLLOW OR THEY ARE ARE DELIBERATIONS AND MUST BE GOVERNED BY TOMA. MY REQUESTED REMEDIES ARE.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT PLANO ISD RESCIND OR AMEND THE THE RECENT REVISION OF BED LOCAL TO RESTORE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, OR AT LEAST PROVIDE A STANDING AGENDA ITEM FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
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ALSO, CORRECT THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS PAGE TO REMOVE THE CLAIM THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE NOT GOVERNED BY TOMA.TALMA. ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPLY TALMA TO COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS WHERE A WHENEVER A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND TRUSTEES INTERACTIONS OCCURS, INCLUDING POSTING PROPER NOTICE AND AGENDAS.
LIMITING TRUSTEES RESPONSES TO 551 .042 CODE WHEN NON AGENDA TOPICS ARISE.
KEEPING RECORDINGS MINUTES CEASE RELIANCE OF COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MEETING MEANINGFUL PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. ADOPT SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT WALKING QUORUM PRACTICES, INCLUDING EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS TO TRUSTEES.
SO THE RELIEF SOUGHT IS THAT PLANO ISD RESTORE MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AT AND EITHER BRING COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS INTO COMPLIANCE OR DISCONTINUE THEM AS AN UNLAWFUL END RUN AROUND TRANSPARENCY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SO I THINK YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS LEFT.
SO YEAH. SO THIS WILL BE THE TIME WHERE WE, WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER YOU HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AT ABOUT THE, I DON'T KNOW, 550 MARK. 642 MARK A BOARD MEMBER CAME IN.
WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, I AM TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK. ALL RIGHT, SIR.
AND DO OR DO YOU INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR GRIEVANCE? I'M JUST OBSERVING, SIR. NO, I'M JUST OBSERVING.
ALL RIGHT. SIR. SO FOR THE RECORD, YOU WILL NOT BE IN THIS ONE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN A MINUTE. WILL YOU INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ONE? YES. ALL RIGHT, SIR. THANK YOU. SO HE WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING.
OKAY. HE'LL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
REBECCA BRADLEY, ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
DO YOU WISH TO RESERVE ANY PORTION OF THAT TIME FOR REBUTTAL? YES, SIR. I WISH TO RESERVE TWO MINUTES OF MY TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
GOOD EVENING, MR. ABERNATHY. BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS.
AND MR. BENNETT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND HEARING THIS GRIEVANCE.
I FIRST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND MR. BENNETT'S POLITE PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY HERE TODAY.
IT IS NOT AN EASY ENVIRONMENT TO BE IN, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DON'T DO THIS OFTEN.
THIS GRIEVANCE IS THE EPITOME OF THE PHRASE NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.
HOWEVER, IN THE FACE OF LEGAL CHANGES, AND IN AN EFFORT TO SOLICIT MORE MEANINGFUL DIALOG, THE DISTRICT MODIFIED, NOT RESTRICTED, THE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW, INCLUDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE DISTRICT'S CONTINUED ACTIONS EXCEED THE LEGAL MINIMUM MANDATES THROUGH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. MR. BENNETT'S GRIEVANCE SHOULD BE DENIED IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR REASONS.
FIRST, THE FIRST AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS DONE AND IS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED BY THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AND FAIRCHILD VERSUS LIBERTY, WHICH IS CITED IN BED LEGAL. THERE IS NO VIOLATION OR ANTICIPATED VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT BASED ON THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS. THIRD, THE DISTRICT STILL MAINTAINS MULTIPLE AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT ARE LIKELY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND FINALLY, THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO RESOLVE CONCERNS WHEN THEY ARE BROUGHT FORWARD, PARTICULARLY BY PARENTS AND IN SERVICE TO THE OVERALL GOOD OF THE DISTRICT.
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PUBLIC COMMENT IS A STATUTORY CONSTRUCT, NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL CREATION.THIS IS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT NINE IN YOUR BED. LEGAL POLICY.
THE BOARD DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SPEECH ON THE BASIS OF A SPECIFIC VIEWPOINT, WHICH IS A CONSTRAINT WHEN YOU'RE CREATING A PUBLIC A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE TO BE REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE PURPOSE SERVED BY THE FORUM, THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN BED AND THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED EACH BOARD MEETING ARE REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE PURPOSE OF THE FORUM, AND THE BOARD HAS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE PATHS FOR EXPRESSING PROTECTED SPEECH THAT ARE EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC COMMENT.
FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT IS DICTATED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND AS CITED BY MR. BENNETT, AND AS APPROPRIATELY CONSTRUED. SECTION 551 .0007.
AND AS MR. BENNETT CONCEDED, THE DISTRICT IS MEETING THE CONFINES OF THE LAW.
IT IS MEETING THE MANDATE. HOWEVER, THERE SEEMS TO BE CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD CAN CONSIDER.
AT A BOARD MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A NON AGENDA ITEM IS BROUGHT FORWARD.
AS NOTED BY MR. BENNETT, THE BOARD IS LIMITED IN THE RESPONSE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED.
NON AGENDA ITEMS CANNOT BE DISCUSSED, VOTED ON OR DECIDED.
MR. BENNETT SEEMS TO, SPECULATIVELY AND WITHOUT EVIDENCE, ANTICIPATE SEVERAL CONCERNS OR VIOLATIONS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS ARE INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED, AS STATED IN THE PROCEDURES TO ALLOW FOR BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION WITH LESS THAN A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS.
IT IS TO PROVIDE A FACTUAL RECITATION, REFER TO A POLICY, OR SIMPLY NOT RESPOND.
WHEREAS IN COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS BOARD CAN ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, CAN TAKE COMMENTS, CAN MAKE NOTES. BOARD POLICY BY LOCAL ALLOWS BOARD MEMBERS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS WITHOUT THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
AGAIN, THE GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING IS NOT HOLLOW.
WHILE MR. BENNETT APPROPRIATELY CITES TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH DEFINES A MEETING AS A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS BEING PRESENT TO DISCUSS PUBLIC BUSINESS, MR. BENNETT FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, AND AS SUCH, NO MORE THAN THREE BOARD MEMBERS WILL EVER BE PRESENT DURING A COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING.
MOREOVER, THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING IS A PLACE FOR FEWER THAN A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS TO LISTEN.
YOU HAVE 1.5 MINUTES. THANK YOU. THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN FULLY TRANSPARENT WITH THESE MEETINGS, RECORDING THEM AND EVEN POSTING AN FAQ FOR ALL TO SEE.
IF A BOARD MEMBER IS INTERESTED IN WHAT OCCURRED AT A COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING, THEN THE BOARD MEMBER CAN WATCH THE VIDEO AND REVIEW ON THEIR OWN SHOULD THEY DECIDE IT NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE. MR. BENNETT ALSO WRONGFULLY ASSUMES THAT THE BOARD WILL CONDUCT BOARD BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THOSE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS, AND DELIBERATE ON WHAT IS STATED IN THOSE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS.
THERE IS SIMPLY NO EVIDENCE. THIS ASSUMPTION MADE BY MR. BENNETT IS THAT THE BOARD WOULD INTENTIONALLY THWART THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS BY ASSERTING THAT A WALKING QUORUM IS BOUND TO OCCUR WHEN THE PROCEDURES OF A COMMUNITY
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INPUT MEETING ARE VERY SPECIFIC, THAT BOARD MEMBERS WILL TAKE NOTES, NOT DISCUSS THEM WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.OVERALL, MR. BENNETT IS HANGING HIS HAT ON VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE NOT OCCURRED AND WILL NOT OCCUR, AND IS NEGLECTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE MANNER, THE WAYS AND MANNERS IN WHICH COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE DISTRICT.
IT IS FOR THESE REASONS THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ASKS THAT YOU DENY MR. BENNETT'S GRIEVANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY. THANK YOU.
YOU MAY MAKE YOUR REBUTTAL PRESENTATION. OKAY.
AND AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANY WARNING OF YOUR ALLOTTED TIME OR ONE MINUTE? I THINK I'LL NEED THE FULL TIME. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY PROCEED.
BUT HAVE THEY REALLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN THEY HOLD THEM AT THE VERY END OF THE MEETINGS AND THEY GO ON A TWO HOUR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES LONGER BREAK, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW FOR FOR PARENTS THAT THAT NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WAKE UP THEIR KIDS THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR SCHOOL.
SOMETIMES THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY GO AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD START AS LATE AS 930, TEN, 11:00. I'VE EVEN HEARD OF CASES WHERE THEY GO TILL 130 IN THE MORNING.
SO IF THE BOARD REALLY WANTS TO HEAR FROM PARENTS, WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD HOLD IT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF A MEETING? ARE YOU. ARE YOU THROUGH, SIR? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THE PRESENTERS FOR YOUR CIVILITY AND YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL PRESENTATION.
AND YOU'VE GOT. AND I'M SORRY. YOU GOT THREE SECONDS LEFT.
OH, I HAVE TWO. OKAY, SO SHE GOT TWO MORE MINUTES.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A TEN MINUTE.
OKAY. NO, THAT WAS MY FAULT. YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND AS NOTED BY MR. BENNETT, THE LATE START, THEY WERE AT THE END OF THE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD THAT COULD HAVE ACTION AT THE BOARD MEETING. THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS ARE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED AT AN EARLIER TIME.
THEY ARE. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THAT MEETING IS TO COLLECT THAT FEEDBACK, INPUT AND SUPPORT AND TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS ACTUALLY MEET THE NEED THAT MR. BENNETT IS DESCRIBING.
BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ASKED THAT THE BOARD FIND THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT MR. BENNETT'S GRIEVANCE BOARD POLICY. LOCAL IS LEGALLY COMPLIANT WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
AS YOU'VE SEEN WORKING TONIGHT, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS, WHICH ARE AT AN EARLIER TIME FOR PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ATTEND, THE DISTRICT RECORDS THOSE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS AND DOES SO IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER, AND THEY'RE POSTED ONLINE.
AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS ALWAYS OPEN TO RESOLVING CONCERNS THAT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED IN A THREE MINUTE COMPLAINT OR IN A THREE MINUTE EXCHANGE DURING A COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING OR AT A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ADDRESS? IF NOT THIS CONCLUDES THE PROCEEDING FOR AGENDA ITEM 5.1.
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I NOW TURN THE MEETING BACK TO PRESIDENT TYRA.THANK YOU, MR. ABERNATHY. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6.1 TO CONDUCT THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARING FILED BY MR. CODY WEAVER UNDER BOARD POLICY G F LOCAL. AS I AM THE SUBJECT OF THIS GRIEVANCE, THE BOARD HAS AGAIN SELECTED A PRESIDING OFFICER, MISS KATIE ANDERSON, TO PRESIDE OVER MR. WEAVER'S GRIEVANCE HEARING.
GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD IS PREPARED TO CONSIDER THIS LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. CODY WEAVER IN CLOSED SESSION AT THE REQUEST OF DOCTOR LOREN TYRA, WHO REQUESTED CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
DUE TO MR. WEAVER'S CONTINUED USE OF DIVISIVE, INFLAMMATORY AND DEROGATORY RHETORIC, WHICH WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE BOARD RECORD IN EXHIBIT ONE, DOCTOR TYRA SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT PLANO ISD RESOURCES TO BE UTILIZED TO CONTINUE TO DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY.
THE BOARD WILL ALSO STAY ADJOURNED INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEM 6.2 AND 6.3.
[6. CLOSED SESSION II]
PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5.155, 1.071 AND SECTION 551.074.SURE, YOU CAN MAKE A STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD IF YOU'D LIKE.
WELL, I'M RAISING AN OBJECTION. UNDER WHOSE AUTHORITY WAS THIS DECISION MADE? SO PURSUANT TO BOTH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE BOARD POLICY, THERE'S A SPECIFIC STATEMENT IN THERE THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE PERSON, THE PERSON CAN CHOOSE THAT IT BE CLOSED.
AND IN, THAT DECISION WAS MADE. IT'S BOTH LAWFUL AND APPROPRIATE.
AND SO THIS WILL BE CLOSED. SO DOCTOR TYRA MADE THAT DECISION.
NO. YOU SAID I'M MAKING THE DECISION BASED ON THE LAW.
AND MY AGAIN. WHO ARE YOU? I'M KATIE ANDERSON.
OKAY. OKAY. I NOW ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE EXIT THE BOARDROOM.
EXCEPT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, REPRESENTATIVE FOR RESPONDENT AND MR. WEAVER. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[7. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION II]
THE TIME IS 8:08 P.M.. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8.1.[8. DISCUSSION AND ACTION II]
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MISTER JUSTIN BENNETT UNDER BOARD POLICY G F LOCAL.THE BOARD CONDUCTED THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARING FILED BY MR. BENNETT IN OPEN SESSION. AGENDA ITEM AND 5.1.
THE BOARD THEN ALSO MET IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER AGENDA ITEM 6.2.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD DENY THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. JUSTIN BENNETT UNDER BOARD POLICY G F LOCAL I SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THIS MOTION DENIES THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. JUSTIN BENNETT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S SIX. HANDS UP. ARE THERE ANY ABSTAINING? OKAY. THE RECORD REFLECT. MICHAEL COOK IS ABSTAINING.
ABSTAINING? OH, YEAH. NO. PER BOARD POLICY. SINCE I WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE HEARING, I MUST ABSTAIN. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 8.2.
CONSIDERATION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR.
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CODY WEAVER UNDER BOARD POLICY G F LOCAL, THE BOARD CONDUCTED THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE HEARING FILED BY MR. WEAVER IN CLOSED SESSION. AGENDA ITEM 6.1. THE BOARD ALSO MET.YES. OKAY. THE BOARD ALSO MET IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER AGENDA ITEM 6.3 PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, OF WHICH I WAS EXCUSED FROM AS THE RESPONDENT TO MR. WEAVER'S CLAIM. I WILL NOW ALLOW BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY TO PLEASE PRESIDE OVER THE THE VOTE.
FOR THE RECORD, I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8.2 TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. CODY WEAVER UNDER BOARD POLICY GF LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. CODY WEAVER UNDER BOARD POLICY GF LOCAL. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENY THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. CODY WEAVER UNDER BOARD POLICY GF LOCAL.
I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY.
EXCUSE ME. MY VOICE. EXCUSE ME. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ELISA KLINE TRUSTEE AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN TRUSTEE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ELISA KLEIN AND A SECOND MADE BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE FILED BY MR. CODY WEAVER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND ALL ABSTAINING. ALRIGHT.
THE MOTION PASSES. LET'S SEE. SIX. TWO. OR HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? SIX. SIX. OH, AND DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA IS ABSTAINING.
I'M NOT GOOD. I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH. SO NOW I TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER.
BACK OVER TO DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
WE ARE NOW READY FOR AGENDA ITEM NINE ADJOURNMENT.
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2025.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.