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FSHISD board directs legal follow-up and votes to report teacher to certification board
Summary
After a closed session, the board directed the superintendent and district attorney to proceed on threatened litigation regarding a special-education student and voted unanimously not to accept a teacher's resignation, finding contract abandonment and ordering a report to the State Board for Educator Certification.
The Fort Sam Houston ISD Board of Trustees moved into closed session Aug. 22 under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071, 551.074 and 551.0821 to consider attorney consultation, personnel matters and student-related legal issues. In open session the board approved a motion directing the superintendent and the school attorney to proceed as discussed in closed session regarding threatened litigation and possible settlement related to a student eligible for special education.
The board also voted unanimously on a motion by Secretary Dr. LaToya E. Sizer, seconded by Vice President COL(R) Aaron J. Braxton II, to decline acceptance of Wendy Taylor’s resignation, to find that she abandoned her contract in violation of state law and district policy, and to report the matter to the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) for consideration of sanctions. The board recorded personnel hiring and personnel-status items in closed session (new probationary certified contracts and several paraeducator and support-hire effective dates were listed in the record), and adjourned at 1:18 p.m.
The actions taken in open session implement the board’s direction regarding attorney engagement and personnel discipline; the board did not disclose details of the threatened litigation or individual personnel deliberations beyond the motions and votes recorded in open session.
