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Allen ISD board holds closed-session superintendent search, reconvenes with no action recorded
Summary
The Allen Independent School District Board of Trustees entered executive session on April 28 to consult with counsel and conduct superintendent-search interviews under Texas Government Code sections 551.071 and 551.074. The board reconvened after 10:44 p.m.; the record shows no action on the search and a motion to adjourn was made at 10:51 p.m.
The Allen Independent School District Board of Trustees entered executive session on April 28, 2026, at 5:07 P.M. to consult with the board’s attorney and to deliberate personnel matters related to the district’s superintendent search. Board President Dr. Polly Montgomery announced at 5:00 P.M. that “the board would enter closed session under agenda item: 2. CLOSED SESSION PER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE A. Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071, private consultation with the Board's attorney when the Board seeks the advice of its attorney in person, or by phone,” and cited Section 551.074 for personnel deliberations.
The closed session listed two specific purposes: consultation and deliberation regarding the superintendent search, and conducting interviews related to that search. The transcript records the board entered executive session at 5:07 P.M. and that the closed session adjourned at 10:44 P.M. The board reconvened the regular meeting at 10:51 P.M. to consider and take possible action regarding the superintendent search; the public minutes state explicitly that “No action was taken.”
Members present as listed in the record included Dr. Polly Montgomery (board president), Dr. Bill Parker, John Holley, Veronica Yost, Sarah Mitchell, Amanda Campbell and Becca Kinnear. The transcript does not include verbatim interview testimony or identify individual interviewees in open session. Following the reconvening, the record shows a motion to adjourn: “Having no further business before the board, a motion was made by John Holley and seconded by Veronica Yost to adjourn the meeting at 10:51 P.M.” The segment does not record a roll-call vote or other formal action on the superintendent search.
The meeting took place at the AISD Administration Building, 612 E. Bethany Drive, Allen, Texas. The minutes cite Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (attorney consultation) and Section 551.074 (personnel deliberation) as the statutory bases for holding the portion of the meeting in executive session. The public record supplied with the transcript does not specify next steps for the search, whether finalists were chosen, or any timeline for future public action.
