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Socorro ISD board finalizes nonrenewal of multiple term contracts amid staffing reductions
Summary
At a June 3 special meeting the Socorro ISD Board of Trustees approved final nonrenewal notices for employees affected by program changes and a reduction in force; legal counsel said the action was required under Texas Education Code 21.208.
Socorro Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted June 3 to finalize nonrenewal of several employees’ term contracts after the district moved forward with staffing changes and a reduction in force.
Legal counsel Steve Blanco told the board the action was required under Texas Education Code, chapter 21, section 21.208, and that employees who received initial notices following the district’s May 5 meeting did not request hearings within the 15‑day period that law provides. “It is a matter of legality and is required,” Blanco said.
Blanco summarized the groups affected and asked the board to take final action in three groups tied to program changes. The first group covered positions in an elementary fine‑arts redesign. The second group reflected secondary staffing formula adjustments that raised middle‑school class size from 24:1 to 26:1. The third group covered high‑school and middle‑school positions evaluated as staffed above the staffing formula. The board approved motions to adopt the nonrenewals by voice vote for each group; the motions passed.
Blanco said the final list was smaller than the original proposal presented May 5 because the district and human resources had placed “quite a few of the originally affected individuals.” He also said notices had been issued after the May 5 meeting and that any employee had 15 days from receipt to request a hearing; those named at this meeting did not seek hearings.
The board did not record roll‑call vote tallies in the meeting transcript; the motions were approved by voice vote. Blanco read the names included in the three groups on the agenda; the transcript contains the listed employee names as read into the record.
Board discussion at the meeting focused on following the legal process for nonrenewal and confirming that required notices had been delivered. No reconsideration or reversal of the actions was recorded at the June 3 meeting.
The decisions conclude the administrative step required under state law for this round of nonrenewals; the transcript shows no additional directives for hearings or appeals beyond those statutorily available.
