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Santa Fe ISD trustees hire Melissa Higgins for remainder of 2025–26 school year
Summary
After a closed-session personnel meeting, the board voted to employ Melissa Higgins for 134 days to complete the 2025–2026 school year; the motion carried 6–0 with one trustee absent.
The Santa Fe ISD Board of Trustees voted to employ Melissa Higgins for 134 days for the remainder of the 2025–2026 school year following a closed-session personnel discussion.
"I move that we employ Melissa Higgins for 134 days for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year," said Trustee James Grassmuck when making the motion. Clay Hertenberger seconded. The motion carried with trustees John Couch II, Eric Davenport, James Grassmuck, Clay Hertenberger, Patrick Kelly and Angie Lambert recorded as voting yea; Rusty Norman was absent.
The minutes record the hiring as a formal action taken after the board reconvened from executive session; the record does not include hiring date specifics beyond the 134-day term nor further details about the position or salary in the public minutes.
The action is listed in the minutes as arising from the executive-session personnel discussion and was ratified in open session by the recorded vote.
