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Silsbee ISD trustees unanimously approve Five Stones Safety/Centegix platform purchase
Summary
At a special meeting Oct. 14, 2025, the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved purchasing the Five Stones Safety/Centegix safety platform and later approved a related purchase order; both votes were 7–0.
The Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved a purchase of the Five Stones Safety/Centegix safety platform at a special meeting on Oct. 14, 2025. The board reconvened in open session at 7:15 p.m. after a closed executive session on safety and security and moved immediately to votes approving the purchase and a purchase order.
Trustee Dana Hancock moved to approve the purchase with Five Stones Safety/Centegix Safety Platform; Trustee Jonta Miller seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Later in the meeting, Trustee James de Garavilla moved to approve a purchase order for the same platform, seconded by Trustee Bo Hoffman; that motion also passed unanimously. The minutes list the trustees present as Derrell Ferguson, Kenneth Fisher, Jonta Miller, James de Garavilla, Kenneth Rulon, Dana Hancock and Bo Hoffman. The minutes do not specify a dollar amount for the purchase or additional contract terms.
The meeting record shows the board convened at 6:15 p.m., entered executive session under Texas Government Code §551.075 to deliberate about security devices or security audits, reconvened at 7:15 p.m., then approved the motions before adjourning for a five-minute break at 7:16 p.m. The district did not provide further public detail about the content of the executive session in the minutes.
