West Rusk County CCISD holds budget workshop, adjourns to Budget Public Hearing

The West Rusk County Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees met for a budget workshop on Aug. 26, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the district administration/board room; the time and place had been posted in the required manner. President Sandra Smith opened the session and said, "this meeting is a budget workshop open to the public." Mindee Mata, the district business manager, and Superintendent Lawrence Coleman conducted the meeting.

The workshop served as a preparatory session for the district's budget process; no final budget action was taken at the workshop. President Sandra Smith said there was no further business before the board. "There was no further business," Smith said, after which Vice President Will Sudweeks moved to adjourn the workshop and reconvene in the Budget Public Hearing. The motion was seconded by Kevin Roy and passed unanimously, with individual vote counts not specified in the transcript.

Members present included Sandra Smith, Will Sudweeks, Iris Hammontree, Robert Anderson, Matt Eastwood, Curtis Hughes and Lorenzo Tavarez. District staff present included Superintendent Lawrence Coleman, Assistant Superintendent Leah Bobbitt, Business Manager Mindee Mata, Director of Student Services Gwen Gilliam, Police Chief Kevin Roy, High School Principal Jake Jackson, Intermediate Principal Burt Langley, and clerical staff.

The transcript records the adjournment to a Budget Public Hearing but does not specify a date or time for that hearing. The board is expected to follow statutory notice requirements and hold the public hearing as part of its formal budget process.