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CFBISD board finds teacher abandoned probationary contract, votes to notify TEA
Summary
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to find that a probationary teacher abandoned her contract and authorized the board president to file a complaint with the Texas Education Agency’s Educator Certification Division seeking sanctions.
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees voted 7–0 Dec. 4 to find that a probationary teacher abandoned her employment contract and to authorize a written complaint to the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
Superintendent Wendy Eldridge read the recommendation calling for a finding under Texas Education Code section 21.21(c) and related provisions of the 19 Texas Administrative Code that no good cause exists for Cynthia Elena Jenks’s alleged abandonment of her probationary contract and that the board should submit the information required by 19 Texas Administrative Code §249.14(j) to the TEA Educator Certification Division and State Board for Educator Certification seeking sanctions. Eldridge said the alleged contract abandonment occurred Oct. 27, 2025 and that the date fell after the 45-day penalty-free resignation period and less than 30 days before the first day of instruction for the 2025–26 school year.
Trustee Kim Brady made the motion to adopt the recommendation and to authorize the board president to file the TEA complaint; Trustee Randy Schackman seconded. The motion carried on a voice vote, 7 in favor and 0 opposed.
The board moved into closed session earlier in the meeting under Texas Government Code provisions for personnel and student-related matters before returning to open session to take the action. The agenda identified the closed-session subject as notification to the TEA educator certification division of contract abandonment by the teacher identified in the agenda.
The board’s vote was limited to the procedural finding and authorization to file a complaint; the record does not include further detail about the evidence discussed in closed session. The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the teacher’s surname (appears as both “Jenks” and “Jinx”); the board’s motion and subsequent public record refer to the employee named in the agenda. The board did not announce additional disciplinary steps beyond the TEA notification during open session.
Next steps: the board president was authorized to submit the written complaint to the TEA Educator Certification Division. Any TEA action or response would be handled by that state agency under its procedures.
