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Cy‑Fair ISD board adopts hearing examiner’s findings and approves termination of employee

Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Board of Trustees · January 13, 2026

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Summary

After a closed‑session review, the board in open session on Jan. 12 adopted the independent hearing examiner’s findings and concluded there was good cause to terminate the term contract of Kina (transcript later spelled Kinea) Lofton; Trustee Cleveland Lane moved adoption, Christine Kolback seconded, and the chair announced a unanimous vote.

The Cypress‑Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees returned from closed session on Jan. 12 and took formal action on an independent‑hearing‑examiner recommendation concerning an employee case (TEA docket number referenced in the agenda).

Trustee Cleveland Lane moved that the board "adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted by the independent hearing examiner, including the determination of a good cause for the termination of the term contract between Kina Lofton and CyFair ISD." The motion was seconded by Trustee Christine Kolback. The chair called for the vote and announced that the vote was unanimous.

The agenda had indicated the matter was discussed in closed session under Texas Government Code provisions (the board cited closed‑session authority earlier on the agenda) and referenced the TEA docket number shown in the posted agenda and discussed in closed session. The board announced that it would take action on item 8e (the independent hearing examiner recommendation) following closed session; it did so in open session as recorded.

The board adjourned following the vote.

Details from the work session transcript: the item was presented for action as TEA docket number 008LH092025 (transcript contains several formatting variants of the docket reference); the motion language was read into the record by Trustee Cleveland Lane; the motion was seconded by Trustee Christine Kolback; the chair announced the vote was unanimous. The transcript does not record the roll‑call vote tally or the detailed findings of the hearing examiner in the public record from this work session; the agenda indicated the matter had been considered in closed session pursuant to the statutory provision cited in the posted agenda.

Next steps: any further public materials (board order, hearing examiner report, or TEA docket documents) were not included in the work‑session transcript and would be the appropriate sources for the specific factual findings and any appeal rights or next legal steps.