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Brenham ISD board schedules special meeting to consider efficiency audit and ballot options
Summary
After extended discussion about urgent maintenance and teacher compensation, trustees agreed to convene a special meeting next Tuesday to consider authorizing an efficiency audit — a preliminary step needed to pursue voter-authorized tax/bond options that could fund maintenance and staff pay increases.
Following a multi-hour discussion that balanced imminent maintenance needs against pressure to increase pay for teachers and support staff, trustees agreed to schedule a special meeting next Tuesday to vote on whether to authorize an efficiency audit for the strategic-planning committee.
Board members and staff emphasized that an audit would not itself authorize tax or bond measures; rather, it is an information step required to refine proposals and meet state timelines for a potential November ballot. Trustee concerns centered on fiscal prudence and permanence: some favored moving quickly to capture capacity for capital repairs, while others urged caution about permanent tax changes. The board’s scheduling of the meeting was presented as an administrative step to preserve timing, not a commitment to a particular ballot measure.
