West Orange-Cove CISD board votes 7-0 to take action on superintendent applicants

The West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 April 21 to approve action regarding applicants for the district superintendent position after returning from a closed session that evening.

Under agenda item IV.A.1 the board considered and then voted on "consider and take possible action regarding applicant(s) for the superintendent position." Trustee Donny Teate Jr. moved the action, Trustee Demetrius Hunter seconded, and the board recorded "7 in favor/0 opposed/0 abstentions: Motion Carries." The board had reconvened in open session at 9:21 P.M., according to the meeting record.

The meeting began at 6:01 P.M. and was adjourned to closed session at 6:02 P.M. for personnel deliberations and attorney consultation; the open session resumed after the closed session late that night. The board listed full attendance for the vote: Linda Platt-Bryant, Donny Teate Jr., Gina Yeaman, Roderick Robertson, Demetrius Hunter, Tommy Wilson Sr., and LaTricia Stroud.

The board did not identify in the open record whether a final appointment was made or name a specific finalist; the motion language in the agenda and the vote recorded in open session reference consideration of applicants and approval of action on those applicants. The transcript notes that "No votes were taken in closed session," and the formal recorded vote occurred in open session.

The board adjourned at 9:22 P.M.