A registered speaker at Thursday's Arlington ISD meeting raised concerns about the Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD) and the appraisal review board (ARB), urging separation of powers and warning trustees and residents about upcoming hearings.

What was said: Speaker Fahmida (Miss) Syed told the board she attended a July 15 ARB meeting and said TAD's process appeared to mix roles: she objected that an attorney who trains review-board members also served as the ARB's appointed attorney, a setup she described as comparable to "a teacher sitting next to their students" during a test. Syed said she had raised the matter at municipal meetings in Arlington and Grand Prairie.

She also said the TAD schedule listed a public hearing tied to the appraisal-district budget; Syed urged interested parties to attend the budget hearing on August 12 at 9 a.m. at the TAD building and said some local entities had not received notice of the meeting.

Board response: The board listened but did not take formal action during the open public-comment segment. Open-forum rules do not permit trustee replies during the comment.

Context and next steps: Syed urged greater oversight and called for separation of powers between the appraisal district and the ARB. Trustees did not respond in open session; any follow-up would occur through normal district channels or by other local elected bodies.