Vernon ISD trustees enter closed session to discuss superintendent evaluation

The Board of Trustees of the Vernon Independent School District met in a special session Oct. 21, 2025, at the VISD Administrative Center. Board President Emory Byars called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.; the agenda noted trustees Chris Lehman, Patrick Parmer, Bryson Henry, Carrie Hawkins and Jarrod David as present.

Shortly after the meeting opened, the board moved to adjourn into closed session. Chris Lehman moved that the board adjourn to closed session, Patrick Parmer seconded, and the board left open session at 6:01 p.m. The board cited Texas Government Code Section 551.074, the statute that authorizes closed deliberation on personnel matters, and listed the closed-session topic as the superintendent's evaluation. The public transcript contains no details of the discussion held in closed session.

The board reconvened to open session at 7:00 p.m. on a motion by Trustee Carrie Hawkins, seconded by Amanda (last name not provided in the transcript). The meeting was then adjourned at 7:00 p.m.; the adjournment motion was moved by Hawkins and seconded by Patrick Parmer. The public record in SEG 001 does not show any vote tallies or other formal actions taken on the superintendent's evaluation before or after the closed session.

Attendance recorded on the agenda for the special meeting listed Emory Byars, Chris Lehman, Patrick Parmer, Bryson Henry, Carrie Hawkins and Jarrod David. The transcript contains a final line with garbled spelling of official titles and names; the agenda-supplied attendance list above is used for reporting.

No public comments on the agenda items are recorded in the transcript. The board did not announce any future meetings or next procedural steps tied to the superintendent's evaluation in the public portion of this special meeting.