Granbury ISD board directs superintendent search consultant to proceed

The Granbury ISD Board voted unanimously on Sept. 30, 2024, to direct the superintendent search consultant to proceed with the search process discussed in closed session. The motion, moved by Karen Lowery and seconded by Nancy Alana, passed on a 7–0 vote.

Board President Barbara Townsend called the meeting to order at 8:32 a.m. and the board recorded seven members present. After a closed executive session with representatives from Arrow Educational Services, the board returned to open session and approved a motion "to direct the Superintendent search consultant to proceed with the search process as discussed in closed session regarding the timeline and list of qualifications." The motion passed with the following recorded votes: Karen Lowery (Yea), Nancy Alana (Yea), Courtney Gore (Yea), Melanie Graft (Yea), Mike Moore (Yea), Barbara Townsend (Yea), Billy Wimberly (Yea).

The action directs the consultant to continue work on the district's superintendent search consistent with the timeline and candidate qualifications the board discussed in closed session; the transcript does not include further public detail on the qualifications or timeline the board considered. The meeting minutes state that the executive-session discussion involved Dr. Russell Marshall and Jim Dunlap of Arrow Educational Services and the interim superintendent, but no additional public disclosures about candidate criteria or schedule were captured in the transcript.

With the motion approved, the board adjourned. The transcript does not record a schedule for next public steps in the search or a date for candidate interviews or finalist announcements.