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West Oso ISD board approves trustee election order, safety resolution and personnel moves after closed session
Summary
At its meeting, the West Oso ISD board authorized an order calling a November 3, 2026 trustee and voter‑approved tax rate election, accepted safety-audit findings and adopted an armed-security alternative standard resolution, and approved two personnel recommendations after closed session (elementary principal hire and a high‑school assistant principal with a TEA waiver).
The West Oso Independent School District Board of Trustees voted at its regular meeting to take several administrative and personnel actions, including authorizing an order to call a joint election for three trustee seats and a voter‑approved tax rate, accepting safety-audit findings, adopting a resolution to continue an alternative armed-security standard, and approving two personnel recommendations after closed session.
Board members voted to adopt an order calling the November 3, 2026 election to fill three expiring trustee seats — the positions currently held by Priscilla Villa, Liz Gutierrez and Oscar Edonto — and to include a voter‑approved tax‑rate item on the ballot. Administration told the board it would supply polling locations and hours when the county confirms them.
On safety, the board accepted the district safety‑audit reports and later approved the annual renewal of the "good cause" exception and the district’s alternative standard under Texas Education Code §37.0814 (as amended by House Bill 121). The board also adopted a resolution authorizing the district’s continued implementation of that alternative standard.
After an executive (closed) session under Texas Government Code sections covering personnel and legal consultation, the board returned to open session and approved the superintendent’s recommendation to hire a new West Oso Elementary School principal; the motion passed over a dissent citing budget and preference for local candidates. The board also approved the superintendent’s recommendation for a West Oso High School assistant principal and approved a TEA certification waiver to support that hire. Board members debated whether waivers should be limited to one or two years as a general practice.
Routine business included approval of consent agenda items — prior meeting minutes and financial reports — and adoption of the 2026–27 board meeting calendar. The consent agenda was approved by motion; the calendar was later approved as presented.
Board members discussed Policy Update 127 in its first reading; highlights included updated superintendent non‑renewal language, restructuring personnel policy codes, a requirement that school counselors spend 80% of work time on comprehensive counseling program duties, new restrictions on GT selection matrices, and amended misconduct definitions to reflect parental notification and reporting obligations under Senate Bill 571. The board scheduled the second reading of the policy updates at the next meeting.
No legal action or litigation was announced. The board adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
