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Splendora ISD board holds special meeting and budget workshop; minutes show no closed session or public comments
Summary
The Splendora Independent School District Board of Trustees met Oct. 7, 2024, for a special meeting that included a listed budget workshop; the minutes state no closed session occurred and that no members of the public addressed the board. The minutes do not provide details of the workshop discussion.
The Splendora Independent School District Board of Trustees met Oct. 7, 2024, at the district administration building and opened the special meeting at 6:00 p.m., according to the minutes. Allen Wells presided as board president and Dr. Jeff Burke attended as superintendent.
Roll call in the minutes lists trustees Jennifer Stewart (member), Dan Muirhead (vice president), Barry Welch (assistant secretary), Jason Sessum (member), Allen Wells (president), Brandon Fry (member) and Kimberly Klepcyk (secretary). The minutes also contain a later line that lists Brandon Fry, Jennifer Stewart and “Jasson Sessum” as absent, an inconsistency in the document’s attendance records.
The minutes include the board’s standard closed-session announcement outlining purposes authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act—citing safety (Sec. 551.076), personnel (Sec. 551.074), real estate (Sec. 551.072) and consultation with an attorney (Sec. 551.071)—and state that no voting occurs in closed session. The same minutes then state "No Closed Session," indicating the board did not enter the closed session described in the announcement.
The agenda’s public-comment instructions are recorded: participants must sign up before the meeting and are limited to three minutes (six minutes if a translator is required), and the board will consider only complaints that have been addressed through administrative channels; the minutes identify Miranda McCulloch, Superintendent Secretary, as a contact for further information. The minutes also record that "No Audience Addressed the Board."
Item 7 on the agenda is listed as a "BUDGET WORKSHOP." The minutes record the workshop as an agenda item but do not include any staff presentations, dollar amounts, proposed changes, motions, or follow-up directions. Because the minutes contain no substantive details about what was discussed during the workshop, the record does not show any formal actions or votes taken on budget items at this meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.; the minutes include signature lines for the board president and secretary.
