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Big Sandy ISD board upholds Level 2 grievance, denies Level 3 remedies for employee
Summary
At a July 7 special meeting, the Big Sandy ISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to uphold a previously sustained Level 2 grievance and deny the remedies sought in a Level 3 grievance filed by employee Barbara Johnson, following two closed-session attorney consultations under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
The Big Sandy Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 6-0 on July 7 to uphold a Level 2 grievance and deny the remedies requested in a Level 3 grievance filed by employee Barbara Johnson. The action followed two closed-session attorney consultations conducted under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
The motion was made by Trustee Garland Harroff and seconded by Trustee T.J. Wigington. The minutes record the vote as: Mary Lingle — Yea; Kathryn Vine — Yea; George Strub — Yea; T.J. Wigington — Yea; Hollie De La Cruz — Yea; Garland Harroff — Yea; Preston Dozier — Absent. The minutes include the formal resolution: "BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees upheld the Level 2 Grievance and Denied the Level 3 Grievance Remedies."
The agenda shows the board convened at 6:00 p.m. and entered two closed sessions for attorney consultation: first from 6:01 to 6:17 p.m., and a second closed session beginning at 6:51 p.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m. The minutes do not record the substance of the closed-session discussions; they note only that the consultations concerned the Level Three grievance process. Superintendent Rhonda Turner is listed among meeting attendees in the minutes but the record does not include on-the-record testimony from the grievant or detailed public debate in open session.
After taking the recorded vote, the board adopted the resolution and then moved to adjourn; the meeting officially ended at 7:30 p.m. The minutes do not specify any further remedies or follow-up tasks resulting from the vote.
