Castleberry ISD board calls meeting, announces no public commenters and moves to closed session

The presiding officer called the Castleberry ISD board meeting to order and said the meeting had been duly called and noticed under the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. The presiding officer reminded attendees the board's stated purpose is to encourage achievement for every student in the district and announced an invocation.

The presiding officer reviewed public comment procedures, saying members of the public must sign up with the presiding officer or a designee by 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting and indicate the agenda item or topic they wish to address. When the presiding officer asked whether anyone had signed up to speak, Miss Branch replied, "No. We do not."

The presiding officer then announced the board would retire to closed session under the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, citing the sections referenced in the meeting transcript, to discuss the items listed on the agenda. The meeting time was recorded as 6:02 p.m., at which point the board moved into closed session. The publicly available transcript includes no formal votes or public action taken before the closed session.

No further public business or decisions are recorded in the provided transcript. The board left for closed session, and no additional outcomes or next steps were stated on the public record in the available segments.