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Red Oak ISD board denies Level 3 appeal, directs police to revise protocols
Summary
The Red Oak ISD Board of Trustees voted 5–0 July 29 to deny a Level 3 appeal filed by LaKesha Battle-Meadows and Maurice Meadows and instructed the superintendent to direct the district chief of police to draft revised protocols governing officer involvement in student and parent situations.
The Red Oak Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 5–0 on July 29 to deny a Level 3 appeal filed by LaKesha Battle-Meadows and Maurice Meadows and to uphold the administration’s prior decisions. The meeting record shows the board reconvened in open session at 5:41 p.m. after a closed hearing and approved the motion made by board member John Anderson and seconded by Donna Knight.
The action also directed the superintendent to instruct the Red Oak ISD chief of police to “produce revised protocols and procedures to address officer involvement in addressing student and/or parent situations and interactions.” The motion passed with five members voting in favor; board president Melanie Petersen and board secretary Sean Kelly were listed as absent on the meeting roll call. The meeting adjourned at 5:43 p.m.
The Level 3 appeal had been the subject of a closed-session hearing earlier in the meeting. The minutes cite consultation under the Texas Government Code and Board Policy FNG (LEGAL) and FNG (LOCAL) as the basis for the closed deliberations. The minutes do not record additional public details of the hearing; no timeline for the police-protocol revisions was specified in the public record.
The persons identified in the minutes in connection with the appeal are appellants LaKesha Battle-Meadows and Maurice Meadows. The board’s action was recorded in the meeting minutes as a final denial of their Level 3 appeal and an administrative direction to revise procedures regarding district police involvement in certain student and parent interactions.
