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Aransas Pass ISD board designates hazardous-transportation zones, renews DOI and approves grants and calendar
Summary
At its March 24 meeting the Aransas Pass ISD Board of Trustees adopted a hazardous-transportation resolution to pursue supplemental TEA bus funding, renewed its five-year District of Innovation plan, approved Policy Update 124, adopted the 2025–26 district calendar and accepted multiple LASSO grant awards.
The Aransas Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees voted March 24 to approve a package of administrative and budget-related actions, including a resolution designating hazardous transportation zones to pursue additional Texas Education Agency (TEA) funding for student transportation.
Dr. Barnes, the district superintendent, told trustees the resolution identifies specific corridors — Wheeler Avenue, South Avenue, Demery Lane and Harrison Boulevard — where the board determined hazardous walking conditions exist and therefore some students living within two miles should qualify for supplemental transportation funding under Education Code 42.155D. “This resolution will allow us to then bring us to TEA to see if we can get some additional funding for that transportation cost,” Dr. Barnes said. The board approved the resolution on a motion by Mr. Director and a second by Mr. Stanbury; the chair announced the motion carried.
The board also renewed the district’s five-year District of Innovation (DOI) plan. Dr. Barnes said the renewal removes an insurance component that is no longer permitted under state rules, preserves the DOI’s local flexibility provisions and clarifies hiring and probation-period language for certain positions. Trustees approved renewal on a motion by Mr. Mullenex with a second from Mr. Rector.
Trustees approved Policy Update 124 to align local policies with recent legal-policy changes across several policy codes (CA, CDA, CY, DH, EHB, FFG and GKA local). Mr. Stanbury moved the update and Mr. Rector seconded; the motion carried by voice vote.
On the academic calendar, trustees adopted the 2025–26 district calendar recommended by staff and the district’s DEIC. The calendar adds student/staff holidays (Oct. 16–17, Feb. 16 and March 6) and reduces the teacher contract from 187 to 184 days while preserving the state-required instructional minutes, Dr. Barnes said. The calendar passed on a motion by Mr. Stanberry, seconded by Mrs. Hill.
The board ratified the district’s certification that instructional materials cover required TEKS and approved the district’s LASSO (Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities) Cycle 3 grant awards and allocations. Dr. Barnes and staff outlined several grants and their total award amounts, including an Instructional Leadership grant for $121,500, a Strong Foundations math allocation of roughly $200,000, PLC supports at $75,000 and EL planning at $140,000. Staff clarified that TEA requires specified percentages of some grant dollars be spent with TEA-approved providers and that the figures presented reflected total awards; trustees approved the grants on a motion by Mr. Rector, seconded by Mr. Mullenax.
Each motion was approved by voice vote with the chair announcing that the motions carried. The board then recessed open session and convened an executive session under the Texas Open Meetings Act to address student-discipline and personnel matters.
