Edgewood ISD board approves superintendent evaluation and one-year contract extension after closed session

After returning from a closed session on Sept. 16, the Edgewood ISD school board voted to approve the superintendent’s annual evaluation and to extend his current contract by one year.

The board recessed into closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act citing Texas Government Code chapters 551.071 (consultation with attorney) and 551.074 (personnel). After reconvening, Trustee Mister Espinosa moved to approve the superintendent’s annual evaluation “as discussed in closed session”; Mister Gomez seconded. The motion carried, with the record noting one abstention (recorded in the minutes as “Mister Odez abstains”).

Following that vote, Mister Espinosa moved and Mister Delgado seconded a motion to approve a one-year extension of the superintendent’s current contract term. The motion passed by majority vote; no further details about contract terms, salary change or amendment text were presented in open session. The board did not provide additional public detail about the closed-session evaluation criteria beyond the approval vote.

All personnel actions were announced in open session immediately after the closed meeting; the board followed statutory procedures to take final votes in public. The motions and approval were recorded in the meeting minutes.