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Big Sandy ISD board upholds Level 2 grievance, denies Level 3 remedies for employee
Summary
At a July 7 special called meeting, the Big Sandy Independent School District Board of Trustees upheld a previously sustained Level 2 grievance and denied the requested Level 3 remedies for employee Barbara Johnson after closed-session attorney consultations; the motion passed 6-0 with one member absent.
The Big Sandy Independent School District Board of Trustees met in a special called session on July 7, 2026, and voted to uphold a Level 2 employee grievance while denying the remedies sought at Level 3. The meeting opened at 6:00 p.m. and included two closed sessions for attorney consultation under Texas Government Code Section 551.071; the board adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Trustee Garland Harroff moved that the board "uphold the Level 2 Grievance and deny the Level 3 Grievance Remedies," and Trustee T. J. Wigington seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0; the minutes record the voting detail as Mary Lingle: Yea; Kathryn Vine: Yea; George Strub: Yea; T. J. Wigington: Yea; Hollie De La Cruz: Yea; Garland Harroff: Yea; Preston Dozier: Absent. The minutes include the board's formal resolution: "BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees upheld the Level 2 Grievance and Denied the Level 3 Grievance Remedies."
The agenda item specifically referenced a Level Three employee grievance filed by Barbara Johnson; the minutes show the board considered the matter following closed-session attorney consultation but do not record public testimony or additional details about the underlying allegations or the remedies requested. No further action on the grievance was recorded, and the board moved to adjourn following the vote.
The meeting location was the Board Room at 102 E Gilmer Street, Big Sandy. The board's recorded times were: convened at 6:00 p.m., first closed session 6:01–6:17 p.m., second closed session 6:51–7:30 p.m., and adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
