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Board member records statement clarifying church role in early learning center hiring

Tarkington Independent School District Board of Trustees · June 29, 2026
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Summary

During comments following a closed session, Board member Paige Bostwick asked that the record show her church does not operate and does not plan to open a school; she said a recently hired teacher at the church-affiliated early learning center was hired by the center director and is not from Tarkington.

Board member Paige Bostwick asked the minutes to reflect that her church does not operate, nor intends to open, a school and that the church operates an early learning center that has been in operation for about 15 years. She said the early learning center recently hired a teacher who is not from Tarkington and that the hiring was conducted by the center's director, not by her.

Bostwick made the statement during the "Comments from Individual Board Members" portion of the June 29 special called meeting, asking specifically that the clarification be included in the official record. The board had no public commenters during the open-forum periods, and the meeting adjourned at 5:53 P.M.