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Tarkington ISD trustees approve personnel actions, instructional purchases and safety spending
Summary
At its March 30, 2026 regular meeting the Tarkington ISD Board approved personnel actions from closed session, consent items including minutes and financials, library purchases, out-of-state travel for THS volleyball, a disaster-staging agreement with Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, a camera purchase not to exceed $100,000, TEKS certification, a missed-school waiver, and an emergency-closure resolution.
School Board President Lane Gulledge called the regular meeting to order at 5:38 P.M. and the board later reconvened from closed session to confirm personnel actions. A motion to approve new hire recommendations and accept staff resignations and terminations was made by Kevin Johnson, seconded by Susan Rollins, and recorded as passed (Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 2).
The board approved the consent agenda (minutes and monthly financial report) and then took individual action on several agenda items. Key formal actions included approval of library book purchases (motion by Kevin Johnson; vote recorded Yea: 5), out-of-state travel for Tarkington High School’s volleyball team to Orlando (motion by Susan Rollins; vote recorded Yea: 5), and an agreement permitting Sam Houston Electric Cooperative to use district facilities as a disaster staging site (motion by Kevin Johnson; vote recorded Yea: 5). The board also approved the purchase of campus cameras and installation from Convergint in an amount not to exceed $100,000, funded by SAFE Cycle 2 Grant monies, the Safety and Security Budget, and the General Fund.
The board approved the 2026–2027 TEKS Certification to maintain eligibility for the Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment, granted a missed-school waiver for the Tarkington Early Childhood Campus to avoid making up an instructional day, and passed an Emergency Closure Resolution to compensate employees for one missed workday related to the March 2–3, 2026 infrastructure outage. All action items recorded votes of Yea: 5, Nay: 0 with two trustees absent for the roll calls (Dwayne Stovall and Jason Ward).
