Dickinson ISD board approves multiple personnel actions, appoints foundation and communications directors

The Dickinson Independent School District Board of Trustees on unanimous votes approved a slate of personnel actions presented in executive session, including 21 resignations and five retirements, multiple administrative contract recommendations, several campus leadership appointments, and two proposed nonrenewals.

Trustees accepted the personnel report that listed 21 resignations across campuses and five retirements. The board then approved administrative contract recommendations and a set of appointments recommended by the superintendent and the executive director of human resources.

The board appointed Amy Garza as director of the Dickinson Education Foundation; Jenna Simpson as the district director of public relations; Britta Carter as Director of Academic Excellence and Advanced Academics; Donnie Brown as associate principal at Dickinson High School; Jamie Stagg as assistant principal at Dickinson High School; and Justin Martin as an assistant principal. Appointees were introduced at the meeting; several offered brief remarks and thanked trustees. The board approved each appointment by voice vote after the superintendent's recommendation.

The board also approved two proposed nonrenewals. Trustees authorized the superintendent to provide notice proposing nonrenewal of the term contract for the Dickinson Continuing Center assistant principal, Lisa Herrera, “due to program changes pursuant to DFFB local,” and authorized notice to a Barber Middle School teacher proposing nonrenewal under the same policy. The board recorded these actions as proposals; the district will provide the employees formal notice.

Other routine items approved without discussion included a dress-code update (no substantive changes were recommended for the coming year), an update to FDA local to expand limited open enrollment into the high school pending instructional space and staffing, and the consent agenda items listed on the board packet. The meeting opened with an executive session called under the Texas Open Meetings Act; trustees said personnel items were discussed there and then acted on in open session.

Motions on personnel and policy items were moved and seconded and carried by voice vote; where recorded the board described the outcomes as unanimous. The transcript shows multiple voice votes of “Aye” after motions; no recorded “No” votes or roll-call tallies were presented in the public minutes.