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Devine ISD board deadlocks on proposal to adopt four-day school week
Summary
At a Dec. 4 called meeting, the Devine ISD Board of Trustees considered a proposal to shift to a four-day school week beginning in the 2025–2026 school year; the motion failed on a 3–3–1 vote. Administration was asked to bring a proposed calendar to the Feb. 17, 2025 board meeting for further consideration.
The Devine Independent School District Board of Trustees considered a motion Dec. 4 to adopt a four-day school week beginning with the 2025–2026 academic year but the measure failed on a 3–3–1 vote at a called meeting in the Devine Student Activity Center.
Trustee Chris Davis moved — and Trustee Carl Brown seconded — “to approve a 4-day school week beginning with the 2025-2026 school year and to ask administration to bring a proposed calendar to the February 17, 2025 Board Meeting for consideration as presented.” The motion failed, with Carl Brown, Chris Davis and Henry Moreno voting yea; Alixana Buvinghausen, Keri James and Renee Frieda voting nay; and Board President Nancy Pepper abstaining.
Several community members had signed up to speak on the proposal during the citizen comment period. The minutes record that Michelle Cashion, Jennifer Toalson, Melissa Gutierrez, Blain Martin and Melissa Calame spoke on the four-day school week; after President Pepper asked if anyone else wished to comment, Shelby Spivey and DHS Principal Juan Gonzalez also spoke. The minutes do not include verbatim text of those remarks.
Board President Nancy Pepper opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m., confirmed a quorum and noted the meeting was posted under the Texas Open Meetings Act. The board’s roll call earlier in the minutes lists Trustees Nancy Pepper (president), Henry Moreno (vice president), Keri James (secretary), Carl Brown, Alixana Buvinghausen, Chris Davis and Renee Frieda as present, along with district officials including Superintendent Dr. Todd Grandjean and DHS Principal Juan Gonzalez.
Although the motion to adopt the four-day week failed, the motion as presented asked administration to prepare a proposed calendar for the board’s Feb. 17, 2025 meeting for further consideration. The session adjourned after a separate unanimous motion to end the meeting; minutes record adjournment at 8:02 p.m.
Next steps: administration is scheduled to present a proposed calendar at the Feb. 17, 2025 board meeting per the failed motion’s language, and the board may reconsider scheduling or policy options then.
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