The school board voted in open session in July 2025 to nonrenew the term contract of employee Elsa Sanchez Quintanilla, approving the superintendent’s recommendation and authorizing the superintendent or her designee to deliver formal notice, the board recorded.

The action followed a closed-session employee nonrenewal hearing held under provisions of the Texas Government Code, including sections addressing attorney consultation and personnel matters, and the board cited Texas Education Code section 21.207 as the statutory authority for conducting the nonrenewal hearing.

Board members moved and seconded the recommendation after the hearing. A board member moved that “the preponderance of the evidence supports the superintendent's recommendation to non renew miss Sanchez Quintanilla's term contract” and that the board nonrenew the contract “effective at the end of the 2024–25 school year for the reason set forth in the notice letter.” Another board member seconded. When the chair asked for a voice vote, an “Aye” was recorded and the motion passed; no recorded opposing votes appeared in the meeting transcript.

Meeting minutes and the board’s motion state only that the reasons for nonrenewal are set forth in a notice letter; the transcript does not include the content of that notice and no additional factual findings were read into the public record during the open session. The board also authorized the superintendent or her designee to deliver notice of the board’s action to Quintanilla.

The board opened a closed session at 5:34 p.m. and later returned to open session at 11:42 p.m.; the board then took the motion on item 6, the proposed nonrenewal. The meeting record shows the meeting concluded at 11:44 p.m.

The transcript does not identify the full name of the board members who moved and seconded the motion, nor does it record a roll-call vote or the number of members voting yes beyond the single recorded “Aye.” The superintendent was present and was authorized to deliver the notice; the transcript does not include any remarks from the superintendent after the vote.

Because the board cited Texas Government Code provisions related to closed sessions and Texas Education Code 21.207, the board’s deliberations were conducted under the statutory framework that governs personnel hearings and the process for nonrenewal of term contracts; the transcript does not provide further statutory interpretations or additional administrative citations.