Lapoynor ISD trustees approve audit, TAPR and extend superintendent's contract

The Lapoynor ISD Board of Trustees met Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Central Administration Office Board Room in LaRue and established a quorum with six trustees present and one absent. Trustees approved the consent agenda for December minutes, the monthly financial statement and monthly check payments; the consent motion was made by Bryan Forester and seconded by Lesley Young and passed 6-0 with Bo Walker absent.

The board also approved several routine and substantive items: the annual audit by Whitley Penn, the district's Investment Report as of Dec. 31, 2024, and the Texas Academic Performance Report for 2023-24. The board moved to extend the superintendent's contract by one year after evaluation; the motion to extend the superintendent contract was made by Bryan Forester and seconded by Patrick DeBusk and passed 6-0. The meeting announced an executive session under multiple provisions of the Texas Government Code; the public transcript records the statutory authorities but does not show any open-session actions tied to closed-session deliberations. The meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.

The transcript records motions and vote tallies for each approved item but provides limited verbatim discussion of presenters' remarks or financial details in the public portion of the record. Construction project bids were listed on the agenda ("5.B") but the public transcript does not record discussion details or a vote on that item. The board minutes are signed by Jacob Haynes, President, and Bryan Forester, Secretary.