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Parents and residents press Mildred ISD trustees on residency investigations and request records
Summary
Multiple community members spoke during public comment at the Aug. 5, 2025 Mildred ISD board meeting raising concerns about student residency policies and district investigative procedures; one presenter filed an open records request. The minutes do not record the substance of those concerns in detail.
Several community members addressed the Mildred ISD Board of Trustees during the public-comment portion of the Aug. 5, 2025 meeting, raising concerns about the district's student residency policies and how residency investigations are conducted. The minutes list the speakers by name: Russ Montfort, Deena Marshall, Stuart Smith, Ashley Grigor, Robin Pritchett, Laura Smith, and James Grigor. Russ Montfort is recorded as presenting an open records request to the board.
The minutes indicate that "Laura Smith presented details regarding" but the sentence is incomplete in the record and the content of her presentation is not specified. After public comment the board recessed into closed session at 7:04 p.m.; the minutes do not state the closed-session topic or whether trustees responded to specific claims during open session. No direct quotations or detailed summaries of commenters' allegations appear in the minutes.
