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Laredo ISD approves 2024–25 budget, compensation plan, bids and several hires
Summary
Trustees approved the 2024–25 annual budget, a proposed compensation plan, a $57,600 vocational classroom procurement and recommendations to hire an athletic director, director of information systems and a high school principal at the June 20 meeting.
The Laredo ISD Board of Trustees approved the district’s 2024–25 annual budget, a proposed compensation plan for staff, several procurement recommendations and a set of professional hires during its June 20 regular meeting.
On procurement, the board approved RFCSP 2024-24-5 for the Raymond and Tiersa Martin High School vocational classroom with estimated expenditures of $57,600. Superintendent Rios noted Mr. Velasquez was available to answer any questions about the recommendation.
The board approved the 2024–25 capital improvement plan and then considered personnel and compensation items. For the proposed compensation plan, presenters said the teacher salary schedule included for hiring is identical to last year and that the document is a step in the process for staff compensation. Trustees asked questions during discussion; a motion to approve the compensation plan passed by voice vote.
Budget discussion included trustee questions about how new positions and reclassifications were coded in line items. A board member raised a fiscal concern referencing a reported $14,000,000 deficit and urged pausing hiring; the superintendent responded that the district had not added new FTEs and described some reclassifications and title changes as administrative adjustments. "We have not added any extra positions," the superintendent said, adding that some titles had changed and responsibilities reassigned.
On personnel recommendations the board approved several hires after executive session deliberations: Luis Escamilla for athletic director (motion made and seconded, motion passed), a recommendation for the director of information systems (named Jessica in the transcript) and the appointment of Armando Molina as high school principal; votes were recorded orally and motions passed.
Several grouped consent items (1–7 and 3a–d, 4a–g) were approved earlier in the meeting by voice vote. For item number 5 the presiding officer stated on the record they would abstain from that item (the transcript excerpt does not identify the abstaining member by name). The board tabled items 13 and 14 and later tabled item 18 for the September meeting with an amendment to avoid closed-session treatment.
No formal numerical roll-call tallies were read into the record in the transcript excerpt beyond verbal "ayes" and single-item abstention notation; official minutes or the district’s certified votes should be consulted for precise vote tallies.
