Galena Park ISD trustees unanimously elect officers, approve calendar and personnel recommendations

At a regular June meeting, the Galena Park Independent School District Board of Trustees elected officers for the 2025–26 school year and approved multiple routine governance and personnel items by unanimous votes.

The board voted 7–0 to elect Ramon Garza as president (motion by Noe Esparza, second by Adrienne Stevens), Linda Clark Sherrard as vice president (motion by Jose Jimenez, second by Adrienne Stevens) and Jose Jimenez as secretary (motion by Amanda Arabia, second by Noe Esparza). The board also approved an amendment to the 2025–26 academic calendar (motion by Linda Sherrard, second by Adrienne Stevens) by a 7–0 vote.

Trustees approved the employment of contractual personnel (motion by Ramon Garza, second by Amanda Arabia) and a list of Chapter 21 term contract recommendations beginning in 2025–26; the motion to approve the Chapter 21 recommendations was made by Noe Esparza and seconded by Adrienne Stevens and carried 7–0. The board approved revisions to district policy CFB(Local) — Accounting: Inventories on final reading (motion by Amanda Arabia, second by Jose Jimenez), also 7–0.

The board took standard consent votes as presented: general consent agenda, construction consent agenda and financial consent agenda were each approved unanimously. Meeting minutes and several informational reports were presented for the record, including Early Head Start policy-council minutes and bond-program financial reports as of April 30, 2025. The board convened and recessed an executive session earlier in the meeting under the Texas Open Meetings Act; subsequent motions to elect officers were made in open session.

During the meeting public comments, a patron congratulated the newly elected officers and thanked district staff and support employees for the school year’s success.

All recorded board action in the provided meeting record carried by a 7–0 vote with no abstentions or dissent noted.