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Santa Rosa ISD board rescinds proposed termination, accepts resignation and settlement related to employee D.P.
Summary
At a special Oct. 18, 2024 meeting, the Santa Rosa ISD Board voted 4‑0 after executive session to rescind a proposed mid‑year termination of a Chapter 21 employee identified as D.P., accept that employee's resignation, and approve a related settlement offer.
The Santa Rosa Independent School District Board of Trustees voted on Oct. 18, 2024 to rescind a proposed mid‑year termination of a Chapter 21 employee identified in the record as D.P., accept that employee's resignation, and approve a related settlement offer following a closed executive session.
The items were discussed in closed session under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.074 and 551.082, which the board cited on the agenda as the basis for meeting in executive session to consider legal and personnel matters. The meeting was called to executive session at about 12:03 p.m., then reconvened to open session at 12:37 p.m. "I, Juan M. Perez, Board Vice‑President, reconvene to open session at 12:37 p.m.," the vice‑president recorded on the meeting minutes.
After returning to open session the board took three related actions together. According to the meeting record, the motion to take items A–C together was made ("as per legal counsel"), moved by Juan M. Perez and seconded by Rene Flores. The motion passed by a 4‑0 vote. The board's recorded present members who voted in favor were Juan M. Perez, Mark Chairez, Rene Flores and Rachel Olivarez; Board President Kelly R. Ballin, Board Secretary Alissa Perez and Trustee Lorenzo Ovalle Jr. were recorded as absent on the roll call.
The three actions listed on the agenda and approved together were: (A) rescind the proposed mid‑year termination of the Chapter 21 employment contract for the employee identified in the minutes as D.P.; (B) accept the resignation of Chapter 21 employee D.P.; and (C) accept the proposed settlement offer related to the proposed mid‑year termination. The motion and the 4‑0 result were recorded in the meeting minutes; no public comments on these items were recorded.
The special meeting was adjourned at approximately 12:40 p.m. The meeting record includes approval signatures dated Oct. 20, 2024 from Board President Kelly R. Ballin, Board Secretary Alissa Perez and Interim Superintendent Yolanda Chapa.
