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Lake Travis ISD board rejects settlement offer in pending student lawsuit
Summary
After a closed-session consultation with counsel, the Lake Travis ISD Board voted 5–0 on Nov. 20 to reject a plaintiff settlement offer in Cause No. 1:24-cv-00367 and authorized administrators and outside counsel to respond as discussed in closed session.
The Lake Travis Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Nov. 20 to reject a plaintiff settlement offer in Cause No. 1:24-cv-00367 and authorized the administration and outside counsel to respond in accordance with terms discussed in closed session.
Trustee Rob Aird moved that the board "vote to reject the plaintiff settlement offer in relation to Cause No. 1:24-cv-00367; CM b/n/f Shawna M. V. Lake Travis ISD and authorize the administration and/or outside council to respond to the settlement offer in accordance with the terms discussed in closed session." Trustee Phillip Davis seconded the motion; it passed 5–0. The board returned from closed session at 11:34 p.m. and adjourned at 11:35 p.m.
The board met in closed session under Texas Government Code §551.071 (consultation with attorney) and §551.074 (personnel matters), among other exceptions, before taking the open-session vote. The minutes record the board's authorization but do not disclose the terms discussed in closed session or the content of the settlement offer. The district indicated the matter involves identified litigation by case number; no additional public details or financial terms were provided in the minutes.
Next procedural steps recorded in the minutes were the board’s authorization for administration and outside counsel to act on the settlement communication and the formal adjournment of the meeting at 11:35 p.m.
