[00:00:03] BOARD PRESIDENT PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES [1. CALL TO ORDER] AT 5:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 2026. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS TO PLEASE VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING. PRESIDENT TYRA. I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. ADDITIONALLY, THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IS DUE TO THE REASONABLY AND FORESEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES AND AN URGENT PUBLIC NECESSITY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT ACTION RELATED TO THE EGREGIOUS AND UNLAWFUL ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT THAT JEOPARDIZES STUDENT SAFETY. THIS ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE ACTION IS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE RETURN OF TEACHERS AND STAFF FROM SUMMER BREAK, AND TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS. THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. THIS SEGMENT IS BEING RECORDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS SENATE BILL 413, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 11.0621 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WILL REFLECT EACH MEMBER'S ATTENDANCE AND THEIR VOTE ON ANY ITEM. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPROVED MINUTES ANY ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS AND THE RECORDING OF THIS MEETING WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL. KINDLY PLEASE RESPOND WHEN YOUR NAME IS ANNOUNCED. LAUREN TYRA I AM PRESENT. NANCY HUMPHREY IS TRAVELING AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. TARRAH LANTZ JOINING VIA ZOOM. HI, I'M PRESENT. THANK YOU. SAM JOHNSON? PRESENT. MICHAEL COOK ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE JOINING VIA ZOOM. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL ANNOUNCE HIM WHEN HE ARRIVES. ELISA KLEIN? PRESENT. KATHERINE GOODWIN? PRESENT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS. TO MY LEFT. SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS. DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS. ON MY RIGHT, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY. AND LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AGENDA ITEMS ONLY. [2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY] AT BOARD MEETINGS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME. DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT TYRA, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. OKAY THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES AND BOARD POLICY, BED LOCAL. INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. 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 AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THEY LISTED UPON SIGNING ARE 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 NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, NO INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REASONABLY LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON MAY BE SHARED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES D, G, B, A, F, AND G, AND G F. TONIGHT'S SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 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 EXPECTATION OF PATRONS AT 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 IN 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. WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT. DR. FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKER. OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CODY WEAVER, PLANO ISD RESIDENT. ONE SECOND, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, MR. WEAVER, WE NEED TO NOTE THAT TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK JOINED US VIRTUALLY AT 5:34 P.M.. KATHERINE WILL TIME FOR YOU. PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. MY NAME IS CODY WEAVER. I RESIDE HERE IN PLANO. ON JANUARY 7TH, 2023, MEGAN LORRAINE ROLLINS WAS CHARGED WITH A SECOND DEGREE FELONY FOR IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN EDUCATOR AND A STUDENT. MISS ROLLINS HAD AN ACTIVE AT TEXAS EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING, GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. SHE TAUGHT AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH. COLLIN COUNTY COURT RECORDS INDICATE SHE PLED GUILTY A YEAR LATER. ACCORDING TO ANNIE GIMBEL OF CBS NEWS, VICTOR HUGO MORENO, WHO TAUGHT AT PLANO ISD DURING THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, [00:05:05] WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH INDECENCY WITH A CHILD IN AUGUST 2022. A SEARCH OF PLANO ISD AGENDAS ON THE COMMUNITY WEBSITE DID NOT TURN UP ANY BOARD MEETING AGENDAS WITH MR. MORENO'S NAME ON THE BOARD FIRING OR THE BOARD FIRING HIM. ACCORDING TO DALLAS COUNTY COURT RECORDS. HE PLED GUILTY IN MAY OF 2025. HIS TEXAS EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE IS STILL ACTIVE. SOMEONE SHOULD PROBABLY INVESTIGATE THAT. I WAS A PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE FROM 2019 THROUGH 2023 TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, THE BOARD WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS REGARDING MISS RAWLINS, AND INDEED, NO SPECIAL MEETING WAS CALLED TO DELIBERATE THE TERMINATION OF MISS RAWLINS OR MR. MORENO. SUPERINTENDENT THERESA WILLIAMS AND HER ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND LEGAL COUNSEL WHO SERVE BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD, HAVE A DUTY TO INFORM THE BOARD OF LEGAL ISSUES SUCH AS THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, PLANO ISD, UNDER THERESA WILLIAMS LEADERSHIP HAS PROVEN TO BE REACTIVE, NOT PROACTIVE, AND PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE IMAGE OF THE DISTRICT AT THE EXPENSE OF STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS. THESE TWO EXAMPLES SUGGEST THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE PLANO PD RELEASED A STATEMENT, AND YOU COULD NOT BRUSH THIS ONE UNDER THE RUG. I KNOW, I NOW KNOW THAT I WAS REPEATEDLY LIED TO AS A TRUSTEE. SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS OMISSION OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION HAS LED TO A LESS SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS. THERE IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED PATTERN OF HER AND HER ADMINISTRATION'S WITHHOLDING VITAL INFORMATION FROM TRUSTEES. IF I AM WRONG, THAT MEANS YOU WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION BEFORE PLANO PD RELEASED A STATEMENT AND DID NOT FEEL INCLINED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE TERMINATION OF MR. CAMPBELL UNTIL PUBLIC PRESSURE FORCED YOUR HAND. IF I'M RIGHT. THE DISTRICT AND THIS SUPERINTENDENT MISLED YOU AND WITHHELD INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD A DUTY TO PROVIDE. THIS LEAVES ONE OF TWO POSSIBLE RESOLUTIONS. EITHER THIS ENTIRE BOARD NEEDS TO RESIGN FOR BEING COMPLICIT IN A COVER UP, OR THIS BOARD NEEDS TO FIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HER DERELICTION OF DUTY. MAYBE THIS DISTRICT SHOULD SPEND LESS TIME FRAMING INNOCENT BOOSTER CLUB MOMS AND MORE TIME CATCHING CHILD PREDATORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD. [3. CLOSED SESSION] WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE. SECTION 551.071. THE TIME IS NOW 5:37 P.M.. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE. [4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION] OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS 7:08 P.M.. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 5, DISCUSSION AND ACTION. [5. DISCUSSION AND ACTION] ITEM 5.1 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO THE TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, PAUL CAMPBELL, FOR GOOD CAUSE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE AND BOARD POLICIES. DFBA(LEGAL), DFBA(LOCAL). I WILL INVITE DR. JOANNA KENDALL, CHIEF OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES, TO PLEASE PRESENT. THANK YOU, DR. TYRA, BOARD, DR. WILLIAMS. BOARD THE ADMINISTRATION SEEKS AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION FOR THE TERM CONTRACT OF MR. PAUL CAMPBELL FOR GOOD CAUSE UNDER CHAPTER 21 AND BOARD POLICIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. KENDALL. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO THE TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, PAUL CAMPBELL, FOR GOOD CAUSE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE AND BOARD POLICIES DFBA(LEGAL AND DFBA(LOCAL). TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE PAUL CAMPBELL, FOR GOOD CAUSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAWS AND POLICIES. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE PAUL CAMPBELL FOR GOOD CAUSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND POLICIES. TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE. WE WILL MOVE TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT TARRAH CAN I GET AN AYE {OFF MIC} , PLEASE? YAY! MICHAEL? YAY OR NAY, PLEASE! YAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE ARE SIX TRUSTEES HERE. THAT MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEM SIX, ADJOURNMENT. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD, [6. ADJOURNMENT] THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 7:10 P.M. ON THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 2026. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.