Perryton ISD board approves minutes, bank contract extension, calendar, internet interlocal, hires and administrator pay increase

The Perryton ISD Board of Trustees on an unspecified meeting date approved a series of routine and operational items including minutes of prior meetings, a two-year extension of the district depository contract, the 2025–26 school calendar, an interlocal agreement with Region 16 to join a redundant internet network, multiple personnel contracts and a 5% administrator pay increase.

The board voted on multiple consent and action items. Minutes of the January 20 regular meeting and the February 3 special meeting were approved unanimously. The board approved extending the district’s depository contract for two years and approved a resolution to join Region 16’s interlocal internet consortium. The board also approved teacher and administrator contract renewals and a compensation schedule increasing administrators’ pay by 5%.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes (regular meeting 01/20 and special meeting 02/03): motion carried 6–0. - Extension of depository contract (two-year extension with Parington National Bank): motion carried 5–0–1; one abstention recorded for Miss McNail (abstained as she had been told to do so). - Approval of 2025–26 Perryton ISD calendar: motion carried 6–0. - Policy update (Policy 124 / CAA local correction retained to include “or designee”): motion carried 6–0. - Resolution to join Region 16 interlocal internet consortium (redundant fiber/loop build-out): motion carried 6–0. - Offer of one-year noncertified teacher contract to Landau Tehran: motion carried 6–0. - Renewal of non–Chapter 21 administrator contracts (one-year extensions): motion carried 6–0. - Renewal of Chapter 21 administrator contracts (one-year extensions): motion carried 6–0. - Administrative compensation schedule (5% increase for listed administrators, effective immediately): motion carried 5–1.

Details and context

The depository contract extension was brought under the district’s district-of-innovation process; trustees said the district has found the bank relationship satisfactory and moved to extend the contract for two years. A trustee noted Miss McNail needed to abstain from that vote, and the board recorded one abstention.

Trustees approved the 2025–26 calendar after a representative said the calendar committee — comprised of campus representatives from each campus — had met and voted on the proposed calendar. Trustees discussed statutory requirements for snow days and the district’s practice of using built-in minutes as a buffer instead of the full statutory snow-day allotment.

On policy updates, trustees reviewed recommended changes labeled as coming from TASB and asked to retain the phrase “or designee” in Policy CAA (local). Trustees approved the policies with the requested local change.

The board voted to adopt a resolution to join Region 16’s interlocal consortium for internet service. Trustees and staff described the Region 16 build-out as a redundant “loop” intended to improve reliability and reduce downtime, particularly for online testing. A staff member told the board the consortium’s services would receive roughly an 80% e-rate discount, lowering the district’s share to a fraction of the pre-discount cost.

Personnel actions passed with routine motions. The board approved offering a one-year, noncertified teacher contract to Landau Tehran, to be updated once certification is complete. Trustees also approved one-year extensions for multiple administrators under both non–Chapter 21 and Chapter 21 contract classifications.

On compensation, trustees approved a 5% salary increase for the listed administrators, to be effective immediately. A district staff member reported that finance staff (identified in the meeting transcript as Mrs. Maraz) indicated the district had sufficient funds to support the increase this year.

What the votes do — and what they do not

Most votes were procedural approvals to continue existing services, authorize personnel contracts and accept policy recommendations with a single local modification. The Region 16 vote commits the district to an interlocal agreement; details of ongoing costs, exact contract language and timeline were discussed in general terms during the meeting but are governed by the interlocal agreement itself and any federal grant terms that offset costs.

The board did not discuss, and did not adopt at this meeting, any new instructional programs or capital projects beyond the Region 16 network participation. The one non-unanimous vote (the administrative compensation schedule) passed 5–1; the transcript does not record which trustee cast the lone dissenting vote.

Calendar and calendar committee discussion occurred as part of the agenda item, not during public comment.

Ending

The board set its next regular meeting for March 24 and indicated that teacher contracts will be considered at that meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 9:03 p.m. according to the minutes on file.