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Splendora ISD board holds closed-session superintendent candidate interviews
Summary
At a Feb. 3, 2025 special meeting, the Splendora ISD Board of Trustees met in closed session to conduct superintendent candidate interviews; the board reconvened and adjourned the same evening with no open-session votes reported.
The Splendora Independent School District Board of Trustees convened a special meeting on Feb. 3, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the district administration building and moved into closed session to conduct superintendent candidate interviews. The minutes record the closed session began at 6:10 p.m., the board reconvened from closed session at 8:30 p.m., and the meeting was adjourned at 8:32 p.m.
The agenda announcement stated: "The Board of Trustees will now go into a Closed session. This Closed Session will be held for purposes authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code(s) Safety-Section 551.076, Personnel - Section 551.074, Real Estate - Section 551.072, and Consultation with Attorney-Section 551.071, concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act. No voting will take place in the closed meeting." The minutes list the personnel item explicitly as “Conduct Superintendent Candidate Interviews.” The record does not identify candidates, interview content, or any hiring or appointment action in open session.
Allen Wells, Board President, presided. Trustees listed in the minutes as present were Jennifer Stewart, Dan Muirhead (Vice President), Jason Sessum, Brandon Fry and Kimberly Klepcyk (Secretary); Barry Welch (Assistant Secretary) is recorded as absent. Dr. Jeff Burke is listed as Superintendent in the minutes. The minutes also note the meeting was recorded as required by law and that public participation rules limited comments to three minutes; the minutes state that no members of the public addressed the board on this agenda.
Because superintendent interviews occurred in closed session under the Texas Government Code sections cited above, the minutes appropriately do not disclose the substance of those interviews. The minutes contain no record of a formal motion, vote, or appointment related to the superintendent search in the open meeting.
