Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
Trustees voted 6-1 to extend the contract of 'Doctor Deere' by one year after public-comment speakers both accused district leadership of mishandling a child grooming investigation and defended the leader's vision and community work.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
District grounds staff told the board they have four full-time grounds employees, recently hired David Saunders, plan to add one more worker for spring season, and warned that aging mowers and tractors will require funding beyond in-house repairs.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
Staff presented a second review of Policy Update 01/26, describing 28 local policy revisions to align with recent Texas legislation (including SB12, SB571, SB8, HB150 and HB1522) covering agenda timelines, grievance timelines, DEI contractor restrictions, AI training, reporting timelines, and facility signage; board action was not recorded in the transcript.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
A TEA-registered provider, Carrie Carter, gave Godley ISD trustees a legislative update highlighting changes to discipline procedures, school-safety requirements, parents’‑rights rules for library materials and new reporting timelines for educator misconduct. She urged trustees to update district policies and systems accordingly.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
A member of the public used the public‑comment period to question whether the evening's training would prepare trustees to protect representative government and the constitution, and to criticize recent board conduct.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
District leaders presented a multi-part improvement plan using common assessments, weekly PLCs, Frontline early‑warning dashboards and staff climate surveys. Trustees moved to adopt the plan; a motion passed unanimously by voice vote (mover: Terry; second: Jeff).
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
The board approved renewal of its Region 10 food-service purchasing cooperative unanimously and reviewed budget amendments (transportation fuel-tank replacements and increased JCSSA payments) that staff said will be offset and are being evaluated for future cost reductions.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
Trustees debated how to allocate district votes for regional/Johnson County seats, ultimately voting to divide their county allotment equally (three votes per nominee, five nominees totaling 15 votes); several nomination motions were made during the meeting.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
Godley ISD’s bilingual/federal programs coordinator presented the 2024–25 evaluation, reporting current emergent-bilingual enrollment, evidence of language-growth on state assessments, and recommending more bilingual/ESL staff, targeted training and additional communication/assessment devices over a phased rollout.
Texas / School Districts / GODLEY ISD
Board members were briefed on an extensive local-policy update package and asked for Q&A material before the next meeting. A motion to discuss changes to EDU local to allow public comment on agenda items failed for lack of a second.