Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
CFO Michelle Yates reported that Victoria ISD received a ‘Superior’ rating under Texas’s School FIRST financial accountability system, passing the four critical indicators and maintaining fund balance and cash-on-hand thresholds.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
At a regular meeting, the Victoria ISD Board of Trustees approved a legal services retainer, purchased new bus routing software, approved purchases including a refrigerated vehicle, hired two administrators and scheduled facilities/bond workshops; all recorded motions passed unanimously 6-0.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
Victoria ISD staff reported completion of four intruder-detection audits, with three campuses showing no findings and one campus completing corrective training; the district outlined plans to restrict voter access to instructional spaces and station security at campuses used as polling places for the November election.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
Trustees recognized four campuses for participation in the Healthy South Texas initiative and received a Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) District of Distinction award for the seventh consecutive year.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
A local resident used the board’s public‑testimony time to advance claims about a 'fused bible' artifact from the World Trade Center, citing online sources and experiments; trustees repeated procedural warnings about complaints involving district employees and closed‑session rules.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
At the Sept. 18 meeting the Victoria ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on nominations to the Victoria Central Appraisal District board, approved pre‑bond architectural planning estimates from RMA and PBK, approved the consent agenda, and accepted an employment recommendation for a case manager position.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
At its Sept. 18 meeting, Victoria ISD staff presented 2024 graduate outcomes showing high industry certification rates, an 89 accountability score for CCMR, near‑100% graduation rates, and a projected TEA outcome payment that the district will use in part to cover $30,000 in parent tuition costs for dual‑credit students.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
At a Oct. 25 Victoria ISD bond workshop, district administrators presented facility needs and committee members ranked options that favor modernizing the 56-classroom STEM middle school and moving Smith STEM Academy there; the committee’s advisory tallies indicate a large bond request in the $165–$200 million range.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
At a special meeting Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, the Victoria Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the district’s 2025–26 budgets for maintenance and operations, interest and sinking, and child nutrition and adopted a property tax rate of 0.8035 per $100 of assessed value.
Texas / School Districts / VICTORIA ISD
During public comment at the Aug. 28 special meeting, Andrew Rockovich accused VISD district lines of racially based gerrymandering and urged the board to reflect the county's partisan makeup; the board chair reminded speakers of limits on complaints about employees under state law.