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Votes at a glance: Goose Creek CISD board approves minutes, consent agenda and personnel hires
Summary
The board approved routine minutes, a consent agenda of waivers and administrative items, and a slate of personnel appointments including principals, assistant principals and other administrators; all motions carried as recorded in the meeting.
The Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees approved routine procedural items and a slate of personnel and consent items during the meeting. Several motions were made and carried by roll-call or show-of-hands as recorded in open session.
Summary of actions and outcomes
- Approval of minutes (Item 5a): Motion to approve minutes for the regular board meeting (June date referenced) — motion carried (recorded as carried by the chair; detailed hand-count wording in transcript). Mover: Mrs. Guy; second: Helen Buratt Timbs.
- Approval of minutes (Item 5b): Motion to approve minutes for the June 19, 2025 regular board meeting — motion unanimous; mover: Mrs. Guy; second: Ms. Helen Brock Timbs.
- Consent agenda (Item 7A): The board approved the consent agenda, which included: extension of athletic insurance; pregnancy-related services on campus; Compensatory Education home-instruction waivers; proposed modified assessment schedules; a staff-development minutes waiver; an optional flexible school-day program application; TASB Board of Directors candidate endorsements (Region 4 positions C, E and F); superintendent expenditures; and tax refunds. Administration recommended approval as presented. Motion to approve consent agenda carried 6–0 (mover: Ms. Brock Timbs; seconder: Mr. Sampson).
- Personnel approvals (Item E1 and subsequent items): The board approved a large group of personnel items in open session, including superintendent-approved resignations and hires and the following named appointments (motion and second recorded for each): - Principal, Jesse Lee Pumphrey Elementary: Carlascio Smith — approved, motion carried 6–0 (mover not specified in transcript for this item). - Assistant principals: Vanessa Arutti (E.F. Green JH); Shannon Suri (Baytown JH); Kenesha Joseph (E.F. Green JH) — each approved, motions carried (recorded as unanimous 6–0 where stated). - Lee High School assistant principal: Dr. Jade Cox — approved 6–0. - Multiple coordinator, specialist and student-support administrator hires (examples): Shauna Phillips (Coordinator, Deaf Education); Brooke Bingham (Coordinator, Human Resources); Dr. Sarah Lawrence (Associate Director, K–5 ELA & Library/SS); Emily Oliver (Associate Director, Science & Health); and multiple student wellness interventionists and instructional specialists — all approved with motions recorded and carried (most votes recorded as unanimous 6–0).
Votes and procedure notes
- Nearly all affirmative votes were recorded as unanimous or “6–0” in the transcript. Where the transcript recorded a different hand-count textual phrasing it nonetheless reflected a motion carried or unanimous vote.
- Mover and seconder names were recorded for the majority of motions; when the transcript recorded a motion and second, the chair then called for a show of hands and declared the motion carried.
Ending note: No contested votes or recorded dissents occurred in open session. The board recessed to closed session and later reconvened to approve personnel items reported in closed session; those items were moved and seconded in open session and the motions carried.
