Dickinson ISD trustees unanimously approve nonrenewal of a junior-high teacher's term contract

The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to nonrenew the term contract of a teacher at a Dickinson ISD junior-high school, the board said during a brief May 22 meeting.

The action followed an administrative recommendation and a staff briefing; there was no public comment and the board did not go into closed session. The board’s presiding officer moved to nonrenew the contract, Trustee Rodriguez seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

The board convened at 6 p.m. and confirmed a quorum with Trustees Cotton, Mackie, Anthomatten, Nagleola, Rodriguez and Mills present; Trustee VZ was absent. The agenda included an item to “consider, discuss potential and take action on the administration’s recommendation to nonrenew the term contract of a teacher” identified in the meeting record with two slightly different school-name spellings. The board record shows Miss Ridge provided a briefing and no trustees asked questions before the motion was made.

After the motion and second, the presiding officer asked for final comment and, receiving none, called for the vote. “Aye,” attendees responded and the presiding officer said, “Motion passes unanimously.” The board then moved to adjourn.

The meeting record does not specify the teacher’s name, any reasons for the nonrenewal recommendation, or whether the items affected one or multiple teacher contracts; those details were not provided in the transcript. The board also noted no members of the public had signed up to speak and declined to enter a closed session on the matter.