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Sweetwater ISD board accepts Superintendent Dr. Deidre Parish's resignation
Summary
The Sweetwater ISD Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Deidre Parish in a 7-0 vote after she read a resignation letter; the board met in closed session earlier for interim superintendent interviews.
The Sweetwater Independent School District Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Deidre Parish on March 3, 2025, in a 7-0 vote. Dr. Parish read her letter of resignation to the board and "express[ed] her gratitude for the opportunity to serve the District," according to the meeting record.
Trustee Domingo Castillo moved to accept Dr. Parish's resignation; Trustee Dennis Cumbie seconded the motion, which the board recorded as passing 7-0. The action followed closed-session interviews conducted under Texas Government Code §551.074 earlier in the meeting. The board did not disclose closed-session interview content in the public record, consistent with the statute.
The board subsequently moved on to name an interim superintendent and to hire a search consultant to oversee a permanent replacement, and it approved related operational items at the same meeting. The minutes show the board reconvened in open session at 7:34 p.m. and adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
