Trustees find teacher resigned without good cause and authorize complaint to State Board for Educator Certification

Northwest ISD trustees voted unanimously to find that a kindergarten teacher, Kathleen McCann, resigned her 2025–26 contract without good cause and to authorize the superintendent to file a complaint with the State Board for Educator Certification seeking sanctions for contract abandonment.

At issue, administrators said, was an untimely resignation that the district believes constitutes abandonment under Texas Education Code §21.21(c). A trustee moved that the board find no good cause for McCann’s resignation and authorize a complaint; the motion passed 6-0.

The board’s action was limited to making a finding under the cited statutory standard and authorizing the superintendent to pursue a complaint with the state educator licensing authority. Trustees did not take other personnel actions at the meeting, and the record does not show additional sanctions imposed by the board itself.

District counsel or administrators indicated they believe McCann took a job with another district; the board’s motion directed administrative staff to proceed with a State Board for Educator Certification complaint to seek sanctions for abandonment of contract. The statutory citation used in the motion was Texas Education Code §21.21(c), which governs teacher contract resignations and related findings.

The vote was recorded as 6-0 in favor of the motion.