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Board votes to end engagement with school district attorney
Summary
At its Sept. 22 meeting, the WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD Board approved a motion to terminate the district's ongoing engagement with its school district attorney. The motion carried with a recorded tally of 5 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention.
The WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD Board of Trustees voted Sept. 22 to terminate the district's ongoing engagement with the school district attorney. The motion was made by Trustee Gina Yeaman and seconded by Trustee Tommy Wilson; the posted result was 5 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention and the motion carried.
The transcript records the agenda item as: "Consider and possible action on termination of ongoing engagement with school district attorney, and related actions." The public meeting record does not include the board's rationale for the vote or details of any replacement counsel; the transcript shows the motion and the recorded vote but does not include debate or explanatory remarks in the publicly posted lines.
Next steps were not specified in the meeting lines provided. The board had convened a closed session earlier in the evening to discuss personnel and legal advice and reconvened in open session at 8:15 p.m., at which point the recorded actions, including this motion, appear in the public minutes.
