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Bryan ISD board approves CTE community-service courses, renews ESS substitute contract and adopts minor policy updates
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved two CTE-weighted innovative courses in community service, authorized the superintendent to negotiate a contract with ESS South Central LLC for substitute staffing for 2025-26, approved consent agenda items and adopted TASB policy update 124.
At the meeting's business session the Bryan ISD Board of Trustees voted on several agenda items.
The board unanimously approved two innovative, CTE-weighted courses (Principles of Community Service and a follow-on course) designed to give students state elective credit for structured community-service learning and partnership projects. Dr. Christina Richardson presented the courses and described how they align with existing CTE pathways and provide credit for student volunteering and agency partnerships.
The board also authorized the superintendent to negotiate and enter into a contract with ESS South Central LLC for substitute staffing services for the 2025-26 school year. District HR and finance staff praised ESS's recruiting and onboarding work, noting ESS-supported training for substitutes in stop-the-bleed and special-education readiness, a large active sub pool (482 active subs reported), strong fill rates (97'99%) and more than 200 subs converted to full-time district hires since 2019. Administration recommended continuing the partnership as the most efficient option to maintain classroom coverage.
Trustees voted to adopt the Texas Association of School Boards numbered policy update 124, described by staff as largely clarifying language (for example, renaming "meal supplements" to "after-school snacks" and clarifying electronic vaping prohibitions) without substantive changes to district practice.
Motions, movers, seconds and outcomes (as recorded in the meeting): - Consent agenda: motion to approve made and seconded on the record; vote: unanimous (approved). - Innovative courses (Principles of Community Service and follow-on): motions made and seconded; vote: unanimous (approved). - ESS contract authorization: motion by a trustee to authorize the superintendent to negotiate with ESS South Central LLC; second noted; vote: unanimous (approved). - Board policy updates (TASB update 124): motion by Trustee Stasney, second recorded; vote: unanimous (approved).
No public comments were offered during the meeting's public-comment period. The board later entered a closed session under Texas Government Code chapter 551 for personnel, student and legal consultations and reconvened without action before adjourning.
