Pasadena Peninsula trustees invite superintendent candidate back for second-round interview

The Pasadena Peninsula Board of Trustees voted Wednesday in a special session to invite a candidate back for a second round of interviews in the district's superintendent search and briefly adjourned to executive session under the Texas Open Meetings Act.

The action came during a special meeting called to order at 8 a.m. in the Administration Building boardroom. The board noted that public comment was not offered at the meeting and moved into closed session citing Texas Government Code, Chapter 551 (sections 551.071 and 551.074), the board said.

Miss Doblin, a staff member, made the motion: "I'd like to make a motion to invite a candidate back for a second round of interviews for the superintendent position." The motion was seconded on the record by Miss Nelda Sullivan; the board then voted in favor and the presiding officer stated, "Motion carries." The transcript records no roll-call vote or individual vote tally beyond the oral "Aye" responses and the chair's announcement that the motion carried.

The meeting adjourned later the same day after reconvening from executive session; the board noted it would reconvene in open session at 5:20 p.m. and the clerk recorded an adjournment at 5:21 p.m. Board President Casey Phelan announced the presence of a quorum at the opening of the meeting and listed trustees Kenny Fernandez, Crystal Davila, Marshall Kendrick and Nelda Sullivan as present; Pamela Gonzalez was noted as "on her way." The board referenced "agenda item 5" and approving the number of applicants to interview in the future, but the transcript did not specify the approved number.

No further details about the candidate (name, current employer, or qualifications), the number of finalists, or the schedule for the second-round interviews were recorded in the public portion of the transcript.