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Rusk ISD holds special meeting to interview superintendent candidates, considers naming finalist
Summary
The Rusk Independent School District board met Aug. 4, 2025, to conduct executive-session interviews for the superintendent search and listed an agenda item to consider naming a finalist; the provided minutes do not record whether a finalist was named.
The Rusk Independent School District Board of Trustees convened a special meeting listed for 6:00 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2025, at the RISD Administrative Office, 203 East 7th Street in Rusk to conduct executive-session interviews for the superintendent position. The printed agenda in the minutes lists 'Executive/Closed Session to conduct interviews with applicants for the Superintendent of Schools position' and includes an action item to 'Consider for possible action naming a Finalist for the position of Superintendent of Schools.'
Board members recorded as present in the minutes were Jake Ocker (Board President), Montie Sunday (Board Secretary), Martin Pepin, Tracy Session, Oliver Sturns, Nathan Acker and Tara Hoot. The minutes show the executive-session purpose and the listed action item but do not record a motion, vote tally, or a named finalist in the provided text. The document therefore indicates the Board conducted business related to the superintendent search but does not specify any outcome for the agenda item to name a finalist.
The minutes state that executive or closed sessions are allowed under the Texas Government Code and that 'All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in Open Session.' The transcript provided for these minutes contains blank template lines for who called the meeting to order, who established the quorum, who led the invocation, the details of a motion that is described as having passed unanimously, and the adjournment motion and time. The record includes signature lines showing Jake Ocker as Board President and Montie Sunday as Board Secretary.
With the minutes as provided, the public record shows the Board scheduled and held a special meeting focused on the superintendent search and listing an item to consider naming a finalist, but the minutes do not record any formal outcome for that agenda item in the supplied text. The next procedural step or the date for any public action on a named finalist is not specified in the document.
