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Board extends Superintendent Mr. Dowdy’s contract one year with 2% raise and $300 monthly travel stipend

Valley Mills Independent School District Board of Trustees · January 16, 2025
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Summary

The Valley Mills ISD Board approved a one-year extension to Superintendent Mr. Dowdy’s contract, a 2% salary increase and a $300-per-month travel stipend after returning from executive session; the vote was unanimous (Yea:7, Nay:0).

Trustee Jim Blackford moved to approve a one-year extension of Superintendent Mr. Dowdy’s contract, including a 2% pay increase and a $300-per-month travel stipend; Trustee Steven Owens seconded the motion and it passed unanimously (Yea:7, Nay:0).

The board discussed the item in executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.074 (personnel), 551.082 (students), 551.072 (real property) and 551.076 (security), then reconvened and recorded the formal action. There was no recorded roll-call opposition. The action was described in the meeting minutes as “a 1 year extension to the current contract with a pay increase of 2 percent and a travel expenses stipend of $300.00 per month.”

The motion and vote conclude the personnel action taken at the January 16 meeting; the minutes note the board reconvened from closed session at 7:35 p.m. and adjourned the meeting at 7:47 p.m.