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Harlandale ISD board approves superintendent’s midyear evaluation following closed session
Summary
At a Feb. 24 special meeting, the Harlandale ISD Board of Trustees met in closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act and, upon returning to open session, voted to approve the superintendent’s midyear evaluation; no details of the evaluation were disclosed.
The Harlandale ISD Board of Trustees met in special session Feb. 24 at Central PDC 102 in San Antonio and, after a closed-session review, approved the superintendent’s midyear evaluation.
The board convened a closed session under the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551 (Open Meetings Act) to discuss personnel matters. Trustee Ortiz moved “that we approve what was discussed in closed session on item 3a, specific to the superintendent’s midyear evaluation,” and Trustee Cavazos seconded. The board chair called the vote; the chair announced there were no nays or abstentions and that the motion carried. The board did not disclose evaluation details in open session.
The meeting materials and the trustees’ remarks show the closed session was authorized under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, sections 551.071–551.084, and the motion to convene had cited subsections (a), (b) and (e) as the authority for the closed meeting. Trustees noted that one employee had withdrawn a grievance before the meeting, and the board chair stated that no action was needed on items 3b, 3c, or 3d or 3e. After the vote on item 3a, trustees moved to adjourn; the meeting was declared adjourned at about 8:08 p.m.
The board’s public statement after the vote included appreciation for the superintendent’s work but did not specify any performance ratings, goals, or follow-up steps. The board indicated that more information on the item might be available in the coming month but provided no timetable or details in the meeting record.
No formal vote tally by individual trustee names was recorded in the public portion of the meeting transcript; the chair reported the motion carried with no nays or abstentions. Because the evaluation and personnel deliberations occurred in closed session under the statutory personnel exception, the board did not discuss substantive evaluation content in open session.
