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Slaton ISD special board meeting: attendance, closed session and votes at a glance
Summary
The special meeting March 5, 2026, was called to order at 6:00 p.m.; the board entered closed session for a parent's appeal and later voted 6-0 to deny the appeal and uphold the administration with modifications. No public comments were submitted.
The Slaton Independent School District Board of Education convened a special meeting March 5, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the district administrative offices at 140 E. Panhandle Street, Slaton. The minutes list members present at the call as Carlos Bentancourt, Kara Newcomb, Jaime Diaz, Emily Hargrave and Gabriel Johnson; Irma Jaramillo joined at 6:01 p.m.; Trustee Greg Schilling was not present. Administrators Shelli Conkin and Chris Carpenter, Chief Williams and Sandra Jones, administrative assistant to the Board of Trustees, were also recorded as present.
President Carlos Bentancourt announced the board would adjourn into closed session under Tex. Govt. Code 551.082 to deliberate a parent's appeal pursuant to Board Policy FOD(LOCAL). The board reconvened at 6:50 p.m.; Trustee Kara Newcomb moved and Trustee Gabriel Johnson seconded a motion "to deny the appeal of the student, and uphold the decision of the administration with modifications." The motion carried 6-0. The meeting adjourned at 6:56 p.m. The minutes do not include details of the administration's original decision or the exact nature of the modifications referenced in the motion.
