Dickinson ISD board votes unanimously to terminate three probationary teacher contracts

The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to terminate or not renew three probationary teacher contracts for staff at Kranz Junior High and McAdams Junior High and authorized the superintendent to provide notice to the affected employees.

The board’s agenda included a recommendation from administration to nonrenew and terminate a probationary contract for a teacher at Kranz Junior High “due to reasons set forth by DFFB (local),” and two separate recommendations to terminate probationary contracts for teachers at McAdams Junior High for the same cited reason. In each case the board took a motion, received a second and approved the recommendation by voice vote with all members voting in favor.

The actions were presented during the open-business portion of the meeting prior to a later executive-session recess. The board explicitly authorized the superintendent to deliver the required notice to the employees under the district’s cited local policy. The meeting record references the district policy label “DFFB (local)” as the administrative basis for the recommendation; no specific statutory citations or additional procedural details were provided on the record.

The board did not discuss personnel details on the public record beyond the formal motions and approvals. No motions to appeal, delay, or amend any of the termination recommendations were recorded. The transcript shows no public comment related to these personnel items and no named board member dissent.

The board convened into an executive session later in the meeting under the Texas Open Meetings Act sections noted on the agenda (see authorities).