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Royal ISD trustees approve 2025–26 improvement plans, say board goals will be revisited
Summary
Royal ISD trustees approved the 2025–26 district and campus improvement plans and adopted district board goals; trustees noted administration prepared the goals for timing reasons and said goals will be revisited, with the policy requiring annual plan approval cited in the minutes.
President Scott Hartman called the Royal Independent School District Board of Trustees to order at 6:30 p.m., and the trustees approved the consent agenda, which included the 2025–26 District Improvement Plan, campus improvement plans, and 2025–26 district board goals.
"Motion that the Board approve the consent agenda items, as presented," was recorded as made by Melissa Woods and seconded by Cori Vahalik; the motion passed with all present trustees voting yea. The minutes record that "Board Policy BQ (Legal) requires: A board shall ensure that a district improvement plan and improvement plans for each campus are developed, reviewed, and revised annually for the purpose of improving the performance of all students. A board shall annually approve district and campus performance objectives." This policy language appears in the meeting record under the improvement-plan agenda items.
Trustee Elton Foster asked about how the board goals were developed; "Dr. Pape responded that the goals are usually adopted over the summer and due to timing, they were developed by Administration this year," and Dr. Pape said the goals "will be revisited during the summer for next year" and "may be revisited and changed at any time during the year." The minutes do not include the text of the goals themselves or additional discussion of plan content.
The action applies to the district’s 2025–26 planning cycle; the record shows the trustees approved the plans and goals by unanimous vote of those present, and the board noted statutory/policy requirements for annual review and approval of improvement plans.
