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Royal ISD agrees to updated demographic study to be paid from Bond 2025 funds, with several trustees dissenting

Board of Trustees, Royal Independent School District · January 12, 2026
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Summary

The board approved engaging a demographic study to be funded from Bond 2025, but Trustees Scott Hartman, Jimmy Meader and Traci Seward recorded "Nay" votes. The motion was moved by Trustee Elton Foster and shows mixed support.

The Royal ISD Board approved an agreement to engage an updated demographic study that may be paid from Bond 2025 funds. Trustee Elton Foster moved the item; the minutes record voting with Trustees Scott Hartman, Jimmy Meader and Traci Seward voting "Nay" while the remaining trustees voted "Yea."

The minutes note the funding source explicitly: "This can be paid for out of Bond 2025 funds." The motion text in the transcript is partially garbled in the minutes, but the vote tally is recorded as: Elton Foster (Yea), Scott Hartman (Nay), Rose Jones (Yea), Jimmy Meader (Nay), Traci Seward (Nay), Cori Vahalik (Yea), Melissa Woods (Yea).