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Votes at a glance: Del Valle ISD board approves projects, vendor contracts and hires
Summary
During the March meeting the board approved a series of action items including facility projects, a grant application for electric buses, security upgrades, a fiber build for High School No. 2, an external audit engagement, a general fund budget amendment, and several personnel actions following closed session.
The Del Valle Independent School District Board of Trustees voted on multiple action items at its March meeting. Below is a summary of each motion, who moved and seconded when recorded, and the vote tally.
Consent agenda Motion: Approve items on the consent agenda as presented. Mover: Trustee Pinto. Second: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Mini pitch soccer partnership (Daley Bridal School) Motion: Approve proposed mini pitch soccer partnership to develop a mini pitch at Daley Bridal School (presented previously). Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Pantoja. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Electric bus grants (EPA guidelines) Motion: Approve pursuing electric bus grants and authorize staff to negotiate with Highland under EPA guidelines. Mover: Trustee Pantoja. Second: Trustee Wright Haywood. Outcome: Approved, 6–1 (six yes, one no).
Purchase over $50,000 — Beatty Elementary camera and access-control systems Motion: Approve purchase to replace cameras and access control at Beatty Elementary as presented. Mover: Trustee Wright Haywood. Second: Trustee Pantoha (as recorded). Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Purchase over $50,000 — VAO as internet service provider and fiber expansion to High School No. 2 Motion: Approve contract to construct fiber line and expand internet services at High School No. 2 with VAO. Mover: Trustee Franco. Second: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
External audit services engagement (Patillo, Brown & Hill) Motion: Approve engagement letter and renewal of external audit services for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, with Patillo, Brown & Hill. Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Franco. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Budget Amendment No. 1 — General Fund Motion: Approve Budget Amendment No. 1 to the general operating fund to recognize additional tax collections and increased Chapter 313 payments; absorb expired ESSER III-funded positions into the general fund. Mover: Trustee Pantoja. Second: Trustee Franco. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Board operating procedures (first reading) — motion to postpone Motion: Postpone action on modifications to board operating procedures to the next meeting/workshop for additional review. Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Pantoja. Outcome: Tabled/postponed, 7–0.
Closed-session personnel actions and hires (reported in open session) - Contract renewals for professional staff with probationary-term and Chapter 21 contracts for 2025–26: Motion: Approve superintendent’s recommendations for contract renewals as presented in closed session. Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Bridal Haywood. Outcome: Approved, 6–0–1 (one abstention recorded).
- Hire: Executive Director of Communications — Tony Cordova Motion: Approve superintendent’s recommendation to hire Tony Cordova as executive director of communications. Mover: Trustee Pantoja. Second: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
- Hire: Director of Technical Services — Mr. Jeffrey (as presented) Motion: Approve superintendent’s recommendation to hire the recommended candidate for director of technical services (named in closed session as Mr. Jeffrey). Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Pantoja. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
- Employment resignations and terminations of professional staff Motion: Approve employee designations and terminations of professional staff presented in closed session. Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Wright Haywood. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Adjournment Motion: Adjourn meeting. Mover: Vice President Ledesma Woody. Second: Trustee Pantoja. Outcome: Approved, 7–0.
Notes: Motions, mover/second and vote tallies are recorded as stated at the meeting. Where the transcript lists a name variant or incomplete name (for example, "Mr. Jeffrey" for the director of technical services hire), the board’s recorded wording is reported here exactly as presented in open session.
