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Board approves four administrator appointments after closed session
Summary
Following a closed session, trustees voted to employ administrators for Vickers, Roland and STEM Bridal School and to hire a speech-language pathologist; votes carried 6–0 on recorded appointments.
After returning from closed session, the Board of Trustees voted to employ four district administrators and one specialist as recommended by the superintendent. The board took three separate motions in open session that recorded the appointments and vote counts.
Under agenda item 7c, Miss Pruitt moved that the board employ Sean Douglas as assistant principal at Vickers Elementary School and Michelle Garcia as a speech-language pathologist in the special services department; the motion was seconded and carried 6–0. Under item 7d, the board moved to employ Sarah Young as principal of Roland Elementary School; that motion carried 6–0. Under item 7e, the board moved to employ Carl Frisch as principal of STEM Bridal School; that motion carried 6–0.
Why this matters: the appointments fill campus and special-services leadership positions the superintendent recommended and were made after closed-session consideration authorized under state law. At the time of the votes, each appointment was described as subject to future reassignment by the superintendent.
The board announced the motions and roll-call-style results in open session immediately after a closed meeting held under the Texas Government Code. The meeting notice cited authority for the closed portion as "VTCA, Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapter D," which governs personnel deliberations. No salaries, contract terms or personnel files were discussed in the open portion of the meeting transcript.
