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Silsbee ISD trustees approve consent agenda, set May elections and renew District of Innovation plan
Summary
At its Jan. 14, 2025 regular meeting, the Silsbee ISD Board of Trustees approved a broad consent agenda including Budget Amendment #5 and multiple program donations, ordered May 2025 trustee elections (including a one-year remainder election), extended hiring authority for the superintendent through 2025 and approved the five-year renewal of the District of Innovation plan.
The Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees met Jan. 14, 2025, at the administration office and approved a slate of routine and substantive actions by unanimous votes.
The board approved the consent agenda (items A–L) in a motion by Jim de Garavilla, seconded by Dana Hancock; the minutes record the action as "Motion passed unanimously." The items listed included minutes, financial reports and bills, tax reports and refunds, utility usage graphs, Budget Amendment #5, multiple athletic and program donations (amounts not specified in the minutes) and release of an RFP for instructional equipment and supplies.
During the regular action portion of the meeting the board ordered the May 2025 election for two trustee seats (Places 6 and 7) for three-year terms and a separate election for Place 2 to fill the remaining one year of a term. The board also approved a Joint Election Agreement with the City of Silsbee to coordinate the May election. All motions on election items passed unanimously; movers and seconders are recorded in the minutes.
Separately, the board extended hiring authority to Dr. Gregg Weiss, the superintendent, through the remainder of the 2025 calendar year and approved the final five-year renewal of the district's District of Innovation plan; both motions passed by unanimous vote. The board went into executive session on personnel under Tex. Gov't Code 551.074 at 8:04 p.m., reconvened at 8:48 p.m., and adjourned the meeting later that evening.
The minutes record no dollar amounts for donations or the Budget Amendment in the public text; the CCMR (IBC certs) presentation by Bridget Kirby is listed as informational with no detail included in these minutes.
