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Public grievances raised; board denies level‑3 grievances and approves personnel recommendations
Summary
A community member alleged closed-session confidentiality breaches and the board ultimately denied multiple level‑3 grievances after closed-session deliberations and approved personnel recommendations, with one board member recusing from a vote.
Public commenters asked the board to investigate alleged misconduct by trustees and staff. Pete Bernal told trustees he had filed a level‑3 grievance alleging a board member made false inflammatory statements and breached confidentiality by sharing details from a closed session on Aug. 27, 2024; he said he would seek an independent TEA review.
Yolanda Garza Lopez separately urged the board to address what she called misuse of district legal resources to defend trustees against electioneering complaints, describing the practice as improper use of public funds.
The board moved to closed session under provisions of the Texas Government Code cited in open session. Upon returning to open session, trustees approved the superintendent's personnel recommendations, denied the level‑3 grievance filed "against the board" and denied a level‑3 grievance filed against an individual board member (the member recused herself from that vote). Motions were made, seconded and passed by voice vote as recorded in the minutes. "I move that we approve the superintendent's recommendation on personnel," a trustee stated; later, a motion to deny the grievance was recorded and passed.
The meeting minutes record the actions taken; no detailed public explanation of investigative findings was provided in the open meeting. Community members who raised grievances indicated they would seek external remedies and requested transparency about how closed-session confidentiality and grievance procedures were handled.
