Nacogdoches ISD Board modifies Level II grievance decision after closed Level III hearing

The Nacogdoches Independent School District Board of Trustees returned to open session at 7:16 p.m. on May 28, 2026, and voted to modify a prior Level II grievance determination following a Level III parent grievance hearing held in closed session. The motion "modify the Level 2 decision regarding the grievance, granting relief for requested remedies one and two while denying the third" was made by Cheryl Brady (Secretary) and seconded by Farshid Niroumand, and passed with a recorded vote of Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 2.

Board President Mindy Winslow had earlier called the closed session under Texas Government Code Sections 551.0821 and 551.129 for the purpose of conducting the Level III hearing. The transcript records the Board's procedural steps (closed session at 6:19 p.m.; return to open session at 7:16 p.m.) and the formal motion and vote, but does not include the details of the grievance itself or the specific remedies beyond the notation that remedies one and two were granted and remedy three was denied. The Board recorded votes by trustee: Leabeth Abt (Vice President) — Yea; Cheryl Brady (Secretary) — Yea; Demond Jackson — Yea; Farshid Niroumand — Yea; Mindy Winslow (President) — Yea; Rev. James Ervin and T.C. Grohman, M.D. were listed as absent.

The Board did not indicate further action in open session beyond the motion and vote. The meeting minutes show the motion outcome as "Passed" and note the meeting adjourned at 7:17 p.m.