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COLLEGE STATION ISD board approves amendments to superintendent contract in 4–3 vote
Summary
The COLLEGE STATION ISD Board approved amendments to the superintendent’s contract after closed-session deliberations. The motion passed 4–3 after trustees debated the size of recent compensation changes; one trustee said prior contract changes exceeded 12% in total compensation.
The COLLEGE STATION ISD Board of Trustees approved amendments to the superintendent’s contract in a 4–3 vote after discussion in open session that followed a closed executive session.
A motion to approve the amendments was made and seconded. During discussion one trustee explained their decision to oppose the amendments, saying the 'voting no to this is not specific to not believing there's a lot of really good things happening' but noting that 'last summer [there was] a substantial change to the contract last summer of over 12% in total compensation' and that this prior increase influenced their vote. The chair publicly thanked Dr. Harkrider for district leadership, and another trustee defended the current compensation plan as 'fair' and grounded in last year's changes.
The chair called the vote; the motion initially was announced as passing '4 to 0' in error and then corrected to a final tally of 4–3. The transcript does not include written amendment language or public details of specific dollar amounts attached to the contract amendments.
