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Board approves consent agenda unanimously, authorizes purchases including four non-CDL buses and replacement chillers
Summary
Trustee Danny Hanks moved and Mason Peres seconded approval of a multi-item consent agenda — including purchase of four non-CDL school buses, band uniforms and replacement chillers — and the motion passed 7-0.
At the March 17 meeting the La Porte ISD Board of Trustees reviewed a multi-item consent agenda and approved it by unanimous vote. Board President Jeff Martin reviewed the consent items; Trustee Danny Hanks made a motion to approve the consent agenda and Trustee Mason Peres seconded. The minutes record that "The motion passed by a vote of 7 to 0: Jeff Martin - aye; Mason Peres - aye; Melissa Crutcher - aye; Danny Hanks – aye; Russell Schoppe - aye; Dee Anne Thomson – aye, Karen Wheeler-Hall - aye."
Notable items listed as consent agenda approvals included the Regular Board Meeting minutes from Feb. 10, 2026; principals' reports for multiple campuses; the January 2026 financial reports; human resources items and notices of employment; a budget amendment; an interlocal agreement for Region 10 ESC purchasing cooperative; approval to purchase four non-CDL school buses; approval to purchase La Porte High School marching band uniforms; approval of professional services and replacement chillers at College Park Elementary and Lomax Junior High; receipt and first reading of several TASB policy local revisions; and term and non-certified contract recommendations for certified teachers, administrators and professionals in pay grades 1–7.
The minutes record no separate discussion or division of those items; they were approved as a single consent motion with the recorded 7–0 tally.
