Aldine ISD board authorizes complaints to state board regarding two resignations without consent

Aldine Independent School District trustees voted in open session to find "good cause did not exist" for two teachers who resigned without district consent and authorized the superintendent to file written complaints with the State Board for Educator Certification.

In two separate motions presented in open session, the board directed the superintendent to submit complaints concerning Constance Dunn, a term contract teacher at Stovall Middle School, and La'Nesia Palmer, a term contract teacher at Nimitz High School, under Section 21.21(c) of the Texas Education Code. The motions were seconded and carried after recorded roll-call votes.

The motions, as read into the public record, instruct the superintendent to pursue sanction proceedings discussed in executive session; the board recorded affirmative votes from the trustees present and the motions were announced as carried. No trustee voted against the motions during the recorded roll calls.

The board did not provide additional details about the substance of the complaints during open session; the motions and authorizations were limited to determining that "good cause did not exist" for the resignations and directing the superintendent to file the written complaints.

Because the motions reference filing with the State Board for Educator Certification, next steps will be handled through that state agency’s processes, which the board did not discuss in detail during the public portion of the meeting.