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The most time-sensitive action approved was the employment of James Butler as principal of Slaughter Intermediate School for the 2025–26 school year. Superintendent Maloney recommended the hire following a closed-session discussion. A motion to approve Butler's employment carried unanimously with a 7–0 vote. Butler addressed the board after the vote, thanking supporters and saying he was \"honored to be selected\" and looking forward to working with the Slaughter campus community.

On facilities planning and potential bond work, the board accepted the evaluation committee's recommendation to award RFQ 25-015B (long-range facility planning and bond assistance) to PBK Architects Inc. District staff said nine firms responded to the request for qualifications; five were invited for interviews and PBK was ranked highest. The motion to approve PBK as the vendor passed 7–0. During discussion, district leaders said PBK presented a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in bond planning, architecture and communications and demonstrated familiarity with the district's recent planning materials.

The board also approved the award recommendations for employee voluntary benefits under RFP 25-006B. The solicitation covered voluntary products including dental, vision, cancer, critical illness, permanent life, accident, medical transport and supplemental life insurance. Staff reported a competitive process that produced multiple responses; the board approved the recommended carriers and plan awards by unanimous vote.

Several personnel actions were approved after the board returned from closed session. Trustees approved the employment list of term, continuing noncertified, district-of-innovation and probationary personnel for the 2025–26 school year, by a 7–0 vote. The board also voted 7–0 to terminate the probationary contract of a certified employee identified in the minutes as Christopher Domkowski and to authorize administration to provide the required Chapter 21 notice. Separately, trustees voted 7–0 to propose nonrenewal of the term contract for a third-grade teacher, identified as Claudia Moreno (Sippel Elementary), and authorized district administration to provide contract nonrenewal notice as required by law.

Other board-adopted items included:

- Approval of board policy updates and administrative regulations, including DED local (paid-holiday clarification for 260-day employees) and CCA local (debt management policy moved to local policy). Motions to adopt each policy passed 7–0.
- Adoption of the board meeting calendar for the 2025–26 school year (draft 2, which moves a June meeting to Tuesday), approved 7–0.
- Certification to the Texas Education Agency of provision of instructional materials for the 2025–26 school year (TIG/TEKS certification), approved 7–0.
- Approval of the consent agenda (items A–I) and other routine business, approved 7–0.

Board members and staff said the PBK contract will lead into a facilities-assessment phase and that more detailed cost estimates and conceptual designs will follow as the firm works with a district bond-planning committee. Trustees discussed opportunities to provide input on design priorities and to avoid piecemeal additions that produce inconsistent campus layouts; staff said the RFQ process and the selected firm's approach include committee collaboration and phased design.

All motions that required public record showed unanimous support on the meeting floor, according to the minutes. Where motions or votes did not include individual roll-call names in the public record, the board recorded the tally as 7–0. Several items discussed in closed session were acted upon in public session in accordance with Texas law; the board provided the required notices and motions after returning to open meeting.

A full list of motions and outcomes appears below.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Regular Board Meeting - April 17, 2025 *Live*","oneSentenceSummary","The Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to hire a new intermediate-school principal, select PBK Architects for long-range facility planning, approve employee voluntary-benefit awards and take multiple personnel actions including a termination and a proposed nonrenewal.","taxTitle","SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD, School Districts, Texas","taxId",14337,"location","Texas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6571295,"Parents and former staff tell SCUC ISD board they were denied records, accuse former teacher of assault",215,6985000,7200000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3052052-7100fa2fe1c0f0817cd0fed657d9753d&start=6985&end=7200","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3052052-7100fa2fe1c0f0817cd0fed657d9753d/thumbnail_6985000.jpg","/articles/6571295/Texas/Parents-and-former-staff-tell-SCUC-ISD-board-they-were-denied-records-accuse-former-teacher-of-assault","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6571295-245553a5baa0836e6f15445774458ae5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199779&Signature=X5xpLOXMSZHjqsdb9yDkizTMRQPdRSO8fuSf7HagNwLvV2uOTMUOB0BnJ3Q8g5T~GXMYJ69RWth2Jd~NtyoPMYyOY7evjr7cLua-9tb9TyKUgvhSRw3fBWFGZNLCDVGz8ROksflopZLaaV0PkOQRtlIgip-vwOlBNvSOMwoxZaLpbCNGiYjdeYTqnUdDniAwNUkZQMDz8zujuwYIopfJ4F89yzm7apvpU1hTZfaQ0QRNS~LzfxVxtpyElO6qLUTqVqFS3Rs-0xz6oDXxRPfybvgndClC663bgr7Xg80-B0V2ypGrmGQvd2vczd5eLNgffkXqea3hXVUvSVHQSFWifQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday heard multiple public comments alleging student sexual assault and criticizing the district's handling of personnel records and staff injuries.

In a lengthy public statement, resident Angela Laboratory said her 14-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted in 2021 by a Clemens- and Steele-area teacher she identified as David Rios and that Rios is \"currently out on bond awaiting trial.\" Laboratory told trustees she requested Rios' personnel records from the district in 2022 and did not receive them, and said the district's attorney copied her on a letter to the Texas attorney general asking whether the district could withhold the records because Rios was under investigation. Laboratory said other previous employers had provided records she sought but that the district had not. \"The least that you guys can do is give me the records on this person,\" she told the board.

Laboratory also said she had obtained reprimands and other records from a former employer, which she said raised concerns about prior behavior and about the district's reference checks during hiring. \"If someone at Clemens doesn't have documentation of checking his references from Highlands High School, they should be fired,\" she said, attributing the assertion to her review of employment documents.

Another speaker, Joel Smith, read a list of names he said represented educators who had harmed students, and criticized the district's priorities and discipline decisions. Smith told trustees, \"Most of these were listed right here in y'all's district,\" and argued the system prioritized money and protected staff over students.

A third commenter who identified himself as Chris Dubkowski described suffering a traumatic brain injury while working in the district and said he had received no outreach or support from the district in the two-and-a-half years since the injury. \"I came in and filled in for two [people]. One that was taken out by a student and one that took a student out, ended up getting arrested. He's on your freaking list. But you abandoned me,\" he told the board.

The board did not respond to the allegations with immediate public action during the meeting. Trustees acknowledged the comments and proceeded with the agenda, which included an extended closed-session portion earlier in the evening and several personnel items voted on after the board returned to public session.

Copies of public comments and the full videotaped meeting are part of the public record; speakers at the meeting urged the board to release personnel records and to explain hiring and vetting practices. Trustees did not announce any new record releases or other procedural changes during the meeting.

The board later voted on several personnel actions and other district business in public session; those outcomes are recorded separately in the board's meeting minutes and in a separate summary of votes taken at the meeting.","At the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD board meeting, multiple public commenters alleged a former teacher sexually assaulted a student, said the district withheld personnel records, and described injuries and years of difficulty following on-campus incidents. The board did not take public action during the meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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