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Chester ISD board hears public hearing after district misses emergency‑plan filing deadline
Summary
At an Oct. 20 meeting, Chester ISD officials disclosed the district has been non‑compliant on submitting its Multi‑Hazard Emergency Operations Plan since the Oct. 2, 2025 deadline; Business Manager Austin Odom attributed the lapse to a superintendent transition and said the plan will be submitted after the hearing.
At its Oct. 20 meeting, the Chester Independent School District Board of Trustees held a public hearing where Business Manager Austin Odom said the district had failed to submit its Multi‑Hazard Emergency Operations Plan by the required deadline.
"The district was not in compliance with submission of the district's Multi‑Hazard Emergency Operations Plan due to superintendent transition challenges," Odom said, and noted, "The district has been non‑compliant since the initial submission deadline on October 2, 2025." He told the board the plan "will be submitted upon completion of this public hearing." The superintendent during the period of non‑compliance was Cory Hines, the minutes state.
The hearing record in the board minutes identifies the board members in office during the lapse and documents the administration's intent to submit the plan after the public hearing. Board members present at the Oct. 20 meeting were Wade Read, Shawna Neal, Bryan Martin, Timber Wright and Josh Clarke; two members, Sam Handley and Jesse Gay, were absent.
The hearing produced no recorded public comment in the transcript excerpt. The board did not record a formal vote tied to the public hearing in the minutes; the minutes state only that the Multi‑Hazard Emergency Operations Plan "will be submitted upon completion of this public hearing." The board did not publish further implementation dates or a revised filing timeline in the excerpted minutes.
Next steps: the administration indicated the plan will be submitted following the hearing; the minutes do not specify a submission date or additional required actions.
