Pflugerville ISD board approves 2024–25 budgets, adopts tax rate and ratifies principal in 7–0 votes

The Pflugerville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved several key fiscal and personnel actions at its Aug. 15 meeting, including the district's 2024–25 budget components and the appointment of a new elementary principal.

Trustees voted to adopt the 2024–25 accelerated-instruction budget, presented by finance staff as $626,800. Finance staff told the board, "You have before you the budget for the accelerated instruction for 20 24 25 as presented in the public hearing, and it is in the amount of $626,800." Trustee Torres moved to adopt that item; the motion passed, recorded in the transcript as "The motion carries 7 0."

The board also considered and adopted the district's general fund, food-service fund and debt-service fund budgets as presented in the public hearing on Aug. 15; the motion to adopt those budgets was recorded as passing 7'0. Shortly afterward, trustees moved to consider an ordinance to set the district's 2024 tax rate. Finance staff said the item required specific language because the district is raising more tax revenue than in previous years; Trustee Joest moved a tax-rate adoption described in the transcript as "$1.10.69," which the meeting discussion characterized as "effectively a 1.1% increase in the tax rate." The motion was seconded and recorded as passing 7'0. (The transcript formatting of the numeric figure is irregular; the board discussion framed the action as a roughly 1.1% increase.)

Finance staff introduced a resolution expressing the district's intent to defease and redeem certain outstanding obligations, reported as "to defease up to $17,000,000." A motion to adopt that resolution was made and seconded in open session; the transcript records the motion and second but does not include an explicit roll-call tally for this specific motion in the meeting text.

Routine business on the consent agenda (payments, start-of-year operational items and similar matters) was approved by voice vote and recorded as 7'0 in favor. After an executive session under Texas Government Code —9—51.074 to consider personnel, trustees ratified the staff recommendation to appoint Daniela Guardiola as principal of Dessa Elementary School; Dr. Shepherd announced the appointment and congratulated Guardiola on the boardroom floor. That personnel motion was recorded as passing 7'0.

What this means: adopting the budgets and the tax-rate ordinance authorizes the district to proceed with its planned spending and revenue plan for the 2024'025 year, and the personnel vote fills a school leadership vacancy at Dessa Elementary. The meeting minute entries in the transcript show consistent unanimous recorded outcomes for multiple votes.

Votes at a glance - Accelerated instruction budget (2024'025): $626,800 — motion passed 7'0. - General fund, food service and debt service budgets (2024'025): motion passed 7'0. - Ordinance to set 2024 tax rate (transcript: "$1.10.69," described as a 1.1% increase): motion passed 7'0. (Transcript numeric formatting is irregular; the board framed the action as ~1.1%.) - Resolution to defease up to $17,000,000: motion made and seconded; vote tally not recorded in the transcript text. - Consent agenda: motion passed 7'0. - Personnel: ratification of principal, Dessa Elementary (Daniela Guardiola): motion passed 7'0.

Board and next steps The superintendent and finance staff will follow up on the budget-implementation tasks and post materials as required. The board adjourned at about 8:25 p.m.

(Reporting note: quotes and vote tallies are taken directly from the meeting transcript. Where the transcript displays unclear numeric formatting, the article flags that irregularity rather than correcting numbers not stated explicitly in the record.)