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Port Aransas ISD board meets July 23; meeting notes record technical difficulty and multiple routine approvals
Summary
Port Aransas ISD’s school board met July 23, 2026; minutes note the meeting was not recorded due to technical difficulties, the board approved the consent agenda including audit and personnel delegations, set a budget/tax-rate public hearing for Aug. 26, and adjourned at 7 p.m.
Port Aransas Independent School District’s Board of Trustees convened its regular meeting on July 23, 2026, in the PAISD administration building board room. Board President Kristi Littleton called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.; the minutes record that Assistant Superintendent Tisha Piwetz led a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance.
The minutes state: "Due to technical difficulties possibly caused by weather from Tropical Storm Bertha, this meeting was not recorded." The board’s roll-call attendance showed four members present (Littleton, Marnie Pate, Leslie Mills and Charles Joyce) and three members absent. Superintendent Dr. Sharon McKinney and several administrators were listed as attending.
On routine business, the board approved a consent agenda by roll call, 4–0. The consent agenda bundled items including approval of the June 18, 2026 meeting minutes; designation of the superintendent to calculate the district’s 2026 No-New Revenue and Voter-Approval Tax Rates; delegation of limited contractual authority to the superintendent under cited Texas Education Code provisions; scheduling a public hearing on the budget and proposed tax rate for Aug. 26, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.; approval of the 2026–2027 professional development plan; and selection of an auditor for the year ending Aug. 31, 2026.
The board also adopted the district’s 2026–2027 Student Code of Conduct and approved the SB-12 annual certification of certain laws, each by 4–0 roll-call votes. The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m., and the minutes were later approved on Aug. 12, 2026.
