Granbury ISD board accepts staff recommendations, approves two leadership hires

The Granbury Independent School District Board of Trustees accepted staff recommendations from closed session and approved two district leadership hires Tuesday evening, board members said.

Board President Gore said the board voted to accept staff recommendations after reconvening from executive session. The board later approved Jennifer Anderson as director of special programs and Duane Fish as principal of Granbury High School.

The actions followed a closed-session personnel discussion held under the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. Trustees moved and seconded the motions in open session after the board returned. Trustee Alana moved to accept the staff recommendations; Trustee Moore seconded the motion. The board recorded the vote as seven in favor, zero opposed.

Superintendent Dr. Courtney Morawski introduced Jennifer Anderson at the meeting and said she brings more than 20 years of special education and leadership experience, including recent service as director of special programs at Munster ISD. Anderson, who attended the meeting, greeted the board but did not speak at length.

The board also approved Duane Fish as Granbury High School principal. Morawski said Fish has more than a decade of high school principal experience in Washington and Michigan and most recently served as assistant principal at Central High School in Keller ISD. Fish also has a 19-year law enforcement background, Morawski said. Trustees voted seven-zero to approve his appointment.

All personnel actions recorded in open session were approved by the full board. The votes and motions were announced on the public record after the executive-session deliberations.

The board will publish official appointment paperwork and next steps through district communications as required under board policy and state law.