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Goose Creek CISD board adopts legislative priorities, approves consent agenda and several personnel appointments
Summary
At the Jan. 13 meeting the board amended the agenda, approved the 2025 legislative priorities resolution, took several consent actions and approved administrative personnel appointments. All motions reported in the transcript passed unanimously as recorded.
The Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees voted on a series of procedural and administrative items during its Jan. 13, 2025 meeting, including a resolution on legislative priorities, consent-agenda items and multiple personnel appointments.
Key outcomes (votes recorded in meeting minutes) - Agenda amendment: Trustees voted to transpose agenda items 3 and 4. Motion made by Trustee Guy and seconded by Trustee Martinez; board recorded the motion as approved. - Approval of minutes: Trustees approved the Dec. 9, 2024 regular meeting minutes. Motion carried as recorded in open session. - Resolution: The board unanimously approved a resolution setting Goose Creek CISD legislative priorities for the 89th Texas Legislature. The resolution asked state legislators to address public-school funding, teacher pay, full-day prekindergarten funding, and to consider funding models that account for all enrolled students and automatic adjustments to the basic allotment; administration presented the resolution for consideration and adoption. - Consent agenda: Trustees approved a consent package that included (as presented by administration): property foreclosure matters; first extensions to RFP 24006 (nutrition services smallware and related items) and RFP 24007 (nutrition services large equipment and installation); and tax refunds. The board approved the consent agenda by motion and recorded the vote as approved. - Personnel approvals: The board approved multiple administrative personnel recommendations in open session, including the following named hires presented by administration: Sean Apprentice, recommended as secondary principal for Stewart Career & Technical High School; Nancy Hernandez, recommended as risk management coordinator; and Tiffany Souto, recommended as lead transportation coordinator. All personnel motions were presented and approved by voice vote at the meeting.
How the votes were handled The meeting transcript records motions, seconders and roll calls in open session for the items above. Where the transcript records the outcome it indicates the motions were approved or carried; for several items presenters stated the vote was unanimous. The transcript does not include a roll-call list of each trustee's individual vote for every item; the minutes record approval in open session.
Other procedural notes The board convened into closed session under the Texas Government Code (sections cited in the meeting notice) and reconvened; the superintendent presented personnel recommendations in open session after the closed session and the board approved the recommendations.
Ending note Administration invited the board to propose future agenda topics and noted upcoming board items (rezoning, transportation and the fall sports report) for the next meeting.
