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Fredericksburg ISD trustees hold Dec. 17 meeting; agenda includes superintendent search firms, cellular booster project and closed-session security, personnel
Summary
The Fredericksburg ISD Board of Trustees met Dec. 17, 2025 at the FISD Central Administration. The agenda included district reports, consent financial items, consideration of superintendent search firms, designation of 2026 non-business days and a proposed cellular booster project; closed sessions were scheduled for security audits and personnel matters.
The Fredericksburg Independent School District Board of Trustees met on Dec. 17, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the FISD Central Administration building at 110 W. Travis St., Fredericksburg, where the board listed district reports, consent agenda financial statements, and several new-business items for consideration.
The meeting agenda opened with an invocation by Keri Hensley and the pledge led by Rusty Jenschke before the board recognized Billie Pride student and staff attendance awards, with the student award presented by Lori Maxcey and the staff award presented by Jill Minshew.
Under district reports, the agenda identified a Superintendent Update from Joe Rodriguez, Ed.D.; an FISD Student Update presented by Miss Ellie Tatsch; a Fredericksburg Elementary School update presented by Scott Duncan; and a bi-annual athletics update presented by Wendy Dietrich.
The consent agenda, presented by Jill Minshew, listed routine items for board consideration including minutes from the Nov. 17 regular meeting and Dec. 8 special meeting; General Fund and School Nutrition Fund statements of revenues and expenditures; General Fund budget amendments; Debt Service Fund and 2022 Bond Fund statements. The minutes record the consent agenda items on the published agenda but do not record any motions or vote tallies.
New-business items listed for discussion and possible action included presentations from superintendent search firms (presenter: Matt Seidenberger); designation of non-business days for the 2026 calendar year (presenter: Sarah Southard); and the purchase of a cellular booster solution project (presenter: Sheryl Jacks). The minutes provide the agenda listings and presenters but do not include discussion text, motions, or outcomes for these items.
The board gave public notice that it would convene in closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. The agenda cites Section 551.089 for security matters, noting an intruder detection audit report and a safety and security audit to be discussed (presenter: Sheryl Jacks), and Section 551.074 for personnel matters, including discussion of a Chapter 21 employee contract and the superintendent's resignation (presenter: Jill Minshew). The minutes do not record any actions taken in closed session or any vote results during open session on closed-session items.
Attendance was recorded at 5:30 p.m.; trustees present were Keri Hensley, Rusty Jenschke, Brian Lehne, Gayle Schoessow, Matt Seidenberger, Taylor Ward and Jill Minshew (listed as present); Judge Edwards was absent. The document concludes with the board signatures: Matt Seidenberger, President, and Taylor Ward, Secretary.
No formal motions, vote tallies, or final dispositions of the listed new-business items or closed-session deliberations are recorded in the minutes provided.
