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Tarkington ISD trustees approve hires, travel, technology and safety purchases in unanimous votes
Summary
At its June 23 meeting the Tarkington ISD Board approved personnel actions, out-of-state band travel, a leadership coaching MOU, and technology and safety purchases funded by SAFE grants and the district budget. Several motions passed unanimously.
Tarkington ISD’s Board of Trustees approved a slate of personnel and procurement items at its June 23 regular meeting. A motion to approve new hire recommendations and accept staff resignations and terminations was made by Kevin Johnson and seconded by Susan Rollins; the vote recorded six yeas, one not present for Dwayne Stovall. Subsequent action items — including out-of-state travel for the high school band, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Relay Graduate School of Education, the 2025–26 board meeting calendar, and multiple purchases of cameras, classroom interactive panels, and Raptor emergency-management renewals — passed as presented, typically by recorded 7–0 votes where tallies are shown.
Procurement approvals included a cameras purchase from Convergint using TIPS cooperative contract #230202 in an amount not to exceed $100,000 funded from SAFE Cycle 2, a purchase of 25 Newline 75" Q Pro Interactive Flat Panels from Visual Technologies Inc. using TIPS cooperative contract #230901 not to exceed $60,000 from the General Operating Fund, and renewal and augmentation of the Raptor Emergency Management and VisitorSafe suite (including the new Raptor Badge Alert) in an amount not to exceed $65,000 funded from SAFE Cycle 1. The board also approved a Relay Graduate School MOU for leadership coaching services for the 2025–26 school year and confirmed the district’s 2025–26 meeting calendar.
