Plainview ISD trustees approve routine purchases, travel and personnel moves; unanimous votes on 13 business items

The Plainview ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved a package of routine business and personnel actions during its April 24 meeting, including out-of-state student travel, waivers to bank staff development minutes, software licensing and personnel contract items.

Board members approved each item by voice vote with a recorded outcome of 6-0 on every business motion taken in open session.

The board approved an out-of-state same-day field trip to Carlsbad Caverns for a small resource-class student group; an annual staff-development-minutes waiver to allow the district to bank 2,100 minutes for weather/emergency use; and the waiver application for the missed school day on March 14, 2025, when the district closed due to high winds. Trustees also ratified the district's required TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) certification for curriculum alignment.

Other routine business approved included a Skyward enterprise renewal (annual licensing), the district auditor selection for 2024–25, and the purchase of campus supplies for the 2025–26 budget year. The board voted to change the ASH program into a separate ASH High School ID for accountability purposes and accepted a donation of DeWalt tools valued at $9,936.46 for the CTE welding program.

Trustees also cleared two student- and staff-travel requests: approval to use district facilities for an informational trip planning meeting for a PHS student trip to Ireland in June 2027, and out-of-state travel for two BPA students to attend the BPA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida (May 7–11).

The board accepted a $219,400 school-violence-prevention grant award to install bullet-resistant laminate in the education complex; the installation contract item for that work also passed. The board approved a consensus agenda including budget amendment work and accepted the second and final package(s) of professional contracts and administrative employment contracts for 2025–26 as discussed in executive session. Trustees also voted in open session to propose the nonrenewal of a term contract for one teacher and to terminate a probationary contract for another teacher; both personnel actions were moved and approved 6-0.

Votes at a glance (motions recorded in open session) - Out-of-state same-day field trip to Carlsbad Caverns (motion carried 6-0) - Application for staff development minutes waiver (motion carried 6-0) - 2024–25 missed school days waiver for March 14 wind day (motion carried 6-0) - Annual TEKS certification (motion carried 6-0) - Board members certified training credits (motion carried 6-0) - Skyward annual renewal (motion carried 6-0) - Change ASH program to ASH High School (motion carried 6-0) - Acceptance of donation (DeWalt tools) for CTE welding, $9,936.46 (motion carried 6-0) - Use of district facilities for PHS informational trip to Ireland (motion carried 6-0) - Out-of-state travel to BPA National Leadership Conference (motion carried 6-0) - Selection of district auditor (Ike Bailey) for 2024–25 (motion carried 6-0) - Bullet-resistant film installation contract using SVPP grant (motion carried 6-0) - Purchase of campus supplies for 2025–26: $41,129.74 (motion carried 6-0) - Approval of consensus agenda and budget amendment items (motion carried 6-0) - Acceptance of professional contracts packages and administrative employment contracts for 2025–26 (motions carried 6-0) - Proposed nonrenewal of a term contract for a classroom teacher (motion carried 6-0) - Termination of a probationary teacher contract (motion carried 6-0)

The board did not record roll-call votes with individual board member Y/N identifiers in the meeting record; motions were passed by voice vote and recorded as carrying 6-0 in the transcript.

The unanimous votes close out the district's spring business calendar and advance several personnel and procurement items into implementation or follow-up steps.