Conroe ISD trustees hold closed session on superintendent search, return without public action

The Conroe ISD Board of Trustees convened an executive session to discuss the search for a superintendent and possible interim candidates and returned to open session at 8:37 p.m., with no formal appointment announced.

Board members cited board policy BED and federal and state meeting rules when opening public comment and then moved to executive session under provisions of the Texas Government Code to consult about personnel matters. The presiding officer said any citizen who had signed up could address only items posted on the night's agenda and explained that those wishing to speak about other matters could do so at the board's May 13 meeting; speakers would be limited to two minutes and the room screens would display a countdown.

Trustee Dawson led an invocation that included praise for Dr. Curtis Null, whom speakers in the meeting described as a longtime district leader who will be transitioning to a position with Lake Travis ISD. The presiding officer told the board that Dr. Null was absent because of a longstanding speaking engagement and said the absence should not be read as a lack of engagement. The presiding officer also said the board would begin the process of finding a successor.

After calling the executive session (the board cited Texas Government Code provisions during the meeting), the board met privately to discuss the superintendent search and possible interim candidates. The board returned to open session at 8:37 p.m., and a motion to adjourn was moved and seconded; the chair declared the meeting adjourned. No vote record, appointment, or public decision about the superintendent search or an interim appointment was made in open session during the meeting.

Public participation was minimal: a staff member called the listed speaker Patty Bosman, who was offered an opportunity to be placed on the May 13 sign-up list; the transcript shows no substantive public comments on the posted agenda items that night.

The meeting record as read aloud by the presiding officer cited board policy BED and referenced sections of the Texas Government Code when explaining public comment and the board's authority to go into closed session; the transcript includes inconsistent section numbers in places. The board did not announce a timetable, search firm, or next public action during open session.