Olton ISD Board holds public hearing on 2025–26 budget and tax rate; adjourns after brief session

President Tullie Struve called the Olton ISD Board of Trustees meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Aug. 25 in the administration building board room. "Tullie Struve called the meeting to order at 7:00pm," the meeting record states.

Board member Chris Ruiz led the Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation at the start of the meeting. "Chris Ruiz led the pledge and invocation," the record notes. The agenda listed a public hearing on the district's proposed 2025–2026 budget and tax rate as Item 3.A: "Conduct Public Hearing on 2025-2026 Budget & Tax Rate." The transcript record supplied with the agenda lists the item but does not include any staff presentation, public testimony, board discussion, or a vote relating to the budget or the tax rate.

With no recorded deliberations on the budget or tax rate in the supplied meeting text, the board proceeded to adjourn. "Jesus DeLaCruz made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:15pm. Meghan DeBerry seconded the motion. Motion carried. (7-0-0)," the minutes state, showing a unanimous vote to close the meeting. The record lists the trustees present as Tullie Struve, Jesus DeLaCruz, Alicia Sanchez, Dale Falcon, Brent Burns, Chris Ruiz and Meghan DeBerry. School officials listed as present were Michael Michaleson, DeAnn McGill, Terri Sandoval and Sandi Roberts.

The supplied transcript and agenda do not specify whether the public hearing produced testimony that was recorded elsewhere, whether supplemental materials were presented, or whether the board took any formal action on the budget or tax rate during this session. For those details, the district's official meeting minutes or a fuller recording would need to be consulted.