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Votes at a glance: Victoria ISD board approves policies, property reversion, delegate appointments and opts out of homeschool participation
Summary
The Victoria ISD Board of Trustees approved several business and personnel items at the meeting, including policy updates, delegation of a TASB delegate and alternate, a property reversion, employment appointments, and a resolution to opt out of allowing homeschool students to participate in UIL activities.
The Victoria ISD Board of Trustees took several formal actions during the meeting. Below is a summary of motions, outcomes and the vote tallies as recorded in the public meeting minutes.
1) TABSB policy updates and local policy FMH(local) Motion: Approve policy additions, revisions or deletions as offered by TASB Policy Service (update 01/2025) and approve local update FMH(local) as recommended by the superintendent. Mover/Second: Motion made by Mr. Jones; second by Miss Marshall (as announced in the meeting). Outcome: Approved, vote recorded 5–0.
2) Designate delegate and alternate to Texas Association of School Boards (Texas EdCon) Action: Nomination and approval of Margaret Pruitt as the primary delegate and Mickey (last name not specified in the transcript) as alternate to represent the district at the September Texas EdCon conference (George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston). Mover/Second: Nominations were made and seconded in open session. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded 5–0 (noted as subject to the primary’s agreement to serve).
3) Resolution to opt out of allowing non-enrolled (homeschool) students to participate in UIL and related activities (Senate Bill 401 implementation) Motion: Adopt a resolution to opt out of allowing participation in University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities by non-enrolled students. Mover/Second: Motion made and seconded in open session (movers not explicitly identified in the transcript excerpt). Outcome: Approved, vote recorded 4–1 (motion passed).
4) Reversion of approximately 9.837 acres known as William Wood Elementary School to Prosperity Bank and Michael J. Brown Motion: Approve reversion via quitclaim deed, authorize board president to execute deed, delegate authority to superintendent to negotiate and finalize any other necessary documents. Mover/Second: Motion made and seconded; second was recorded as Miss Nelson. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded 5–0.
5) Employment and administrator appointments (approved in closed session, actions announced in open session) Actions: The board approved several administrative hires as recommended by district administration including but not limited to: Caitlin Johnston (associate social emotional behavioral support specialist), Shelby Norwood (social emotional behavioral support specialist), Falyn Neach (associate principal at Victoria West High), and Rhianna Valdez (principal at Patty Welder Middle School). These appointments were moved and seconded and announced in open session. Outcome: Approved, vote recorded 5–0 on the reported employment motions.
Notes: Where the transcript did not record explicit mover/second names for a motion, this summary leaves those fields blank rather than attribute statements to the wrong person. Vote tallies shown match the roll calls recorded aloud during the meeting. The board recorded motions and seconds publicly and declared results for each item above.
The board took no additional formal votes on informational items (budget workshop, attendance playbook, bond committee report, American Heart Association presentation) at this meeting.
