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Leander ISD grievance panel votes 3-0 to deny remainder of request tied to Trustee Gauthier
Summary
The Leander Independent School District Board Grievance Committee voted 3-0 on July 14, 2026, to "deny the remainder of the request Trustee Gauthier has requested" after a closed-session review under Texas Government Code 551.082 and 551.074. The meeting included five public commenters and adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
Presiding Officer Anna Smith and two fellow trustees met July 14, 2026, in Cedar Park and, after a closed deliberation on employee complaints, approved a motion to deny the remainder of a request associated with Trustee Gauthier. Trustee Trish Bode moved the motion and Trustee Sade Fashokun seconded; the minutes record the vote as Trish Bode: in favor, Sade Fashokun: in favor, Anna Smith: in favor — three in favor, none opposed.
The committee announced it would go into closed session under "Texas Government Code 551.082 and 551.074: hear and deliberate complaint concerning school district employees," with the closed session beginning at 7:26 p.m. and the board returning to open session at 8:02 p.m., according to the minutes. The minutes further state that five citizens addressed the committee during the public-comment period; the transcript does not specify the speakers' names or the substance of their remarks.
The motion is recorded in the minutes as: "I move that we deny the remainder of the request Trustee Gauthier has requested." The minutes identify Trish Bode as the member who made the motion and Sade Fashokun as the seconder. The committee adjourned at 8:14 p.m., and the minutes were read and approved by the Board of Trustees on July 23, 2026.
The record does not include additional detail about the content of the grievance, the specific request from Trustee Gauthier, or statements from the five public commenters; those items are marked "not specified" in the transcript packet attached to the official minutes. The minutes include a second page with signature/official notation.
