A Granbury Independent School District parent used public comment to press the board on trustee training compliance, asking whether Trustee Bolton had outstanding required trainings and when they would be completed.

Cherie Westland, who identified herself as a parent and foster parent volunteer, praised district partners and then raised a concern about trustees’ mandatory training requirements. She asked directly, "Mister Bolton, do you still have outstanding trainings to complete?" The trustee (identified in the transcript as Bolton) answered, "Yes."

Board members and staff discussed training timelines and content. The presiding officer explained that different trainings have different deadlines: some must be completed within the first 30 days of service, some within three months, and some within the first year, and certain topics require ongoing training every other year (for example, child abuse response, trafficking, cybersecurity). An estimate given in the discussion put initial training at about 20 hours spread across those deadlines.

Cherie Westland framed the question as a matter of stewardship, saying required trainings ensure understanding of policy, finance, government and ethics. The board did not record a follow-up directive or a formal motion on the record during this session; no enforcement action or completion timeline for Bolton was recorded in the meeting minutes excerpt.