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Calhoun County ISD trustees decline to grant relief sought in parental grievance; no personnel actions taken
Summary
At a Jan. 14 special meeting in Port Lavaca, the Calhoun County ISD Board of Trustees voted 5-0 (with two abstentions) to take no action on relief requested in a parental grievance, and later held a closed-session review of instructional personnel with no action taken.
The Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Jan. 14, 2026, to take no action on the relief requested in a parental grievance filed by C. Burriss, finding the requested relief outside the board’s authority. The motion passed 5-0 with Trustees Tyler McAfee and Michael Williams recorded as abstaining; Dominic Robles moved the motion and Vinson Phillips seconded it.
The decision followed a closed session that the board held under Texas Government Code sections 551.071, 551.074 and 551.082 to consider the parental complaint filed under Board Policy FNG/GF (LOCAL). The board reconvened at 7:25 p.m. and adopted the motion that the relief requested was beyond the board’s scope and differed from the relief sought at Level One; the motion also directed that concerns about the superintendent be addressed according to board policy.
Two individuals representing the grievance, Chelsea Burriss and Daniel Burriss, spoke during the public comment portion earlier in the meeting. The minutes record that Tyler McAfee and Michael Williams recused themselves from deliberations related to the grievance; both are also listed as abstaining on the subsequent motion to take no action.
In a separate closed session beginning at 7:29 p.m., the board consulted with counsel under section 551.074 regarding employment and resignations of instructional personnel. The meeting reconvened at 7:40 p.m., and the minutes state that no action was taken on those personnel matters.
Trustee Dana Dworaczyk moved to adjourn at 7:40 p.m.; Trustee Vinson Phillips seconded the motion, which carried 7-0. The meeting minutes include a signature block that lists Cindy Alford as President and Dana Dworaczyk as Secretary; this conflicts with the opening line of the minutes, which states the meeting was called to order by Board President Bill Shrader and lists Alford as Secretary in the roll call. The minutes do not specify a date for any follow-up meeting or additional actions beyond the directions recorded in the grievance motion.
