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Weslaco ISD board approves consent agenda, stop‑loss insurance change and routine personnel actions
Summary
Trustees approved the consent agenda, renewed the district's stop‑loss insurance with a higher deductible option to lower premiums, moved the June board meeting to June 22, 2026, and approved multiple personnel recommendations after executive session including the appointment of Myron Amorian Zamora as a school principal.
The Weslaco ISD Board of Trustees moved through routine business and several formal votes during the meeting.
The board approved the consent agenda by voice vote after a trustee pulled item 8.15f for separate discussion. On the pulled item trustees reviewed a recommendation to renew the district’s specific aggregate stop‑loss insurance for the self‑funded medical/Rx employee benefit plan (RFP #250553). A benefits presenter explained that increasing the deductible threshold (from $200,000 to $250,000 or higher) reduces annual premiums; the presenter estimated savings in the hundreds of thousands of dollars (citing roughly a $600,000 saving in the example discussed) unless an unusually high number of claimants cross the new threshold. The board approved renewal of the stop‑loss arrangement and the recommended deductible approach by motion and voice vote. "So adding all of that up, right now, we stand to save unless we have 13 people to cross that $250,000 threshold," the benefits presenter told trustees.
Trustees also approved changing the regular June meeting date from June 15 to June 22, 2026, to allow additional time for budget preparation. After an executive session under Texas Government Code §551.071 for personnel and legal consultation, the board approved several superintendent recommendations: renewal of selected contracts for certified and non‑certified personnel, acceptance of resignations and retirements, renewal of administrator/principal contracts for 2026‑27, letters of assurance for paraprofessionals and auxiliary staff, and the committee recommendation to appoint Myron Amorian Zamora as principal for Clickler Hill Elementary. One trustee noted a concern about district financial losses and recorded a 'no' on at least one renewal item while the majority approved the package.
Motions were made and carried by voice votes; trustees did not read a roll‑call tally during votes reported in the transcript. Trustees requested that benefit contracts and stop‑loss language be reviewed to ensure carrier responsibility for erroneous payments is addressed in contract terms.
The board adjourned following approval of the posted agenda items.
