May 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation

III. Recognition

III.A. Valedictorians and Salutatorians

III.A.1. PSJA Early College High School

III.A.2. PSJA Memorial Early College High School

III.A.3. PSJA North Early College High School

III.A.4. PSJA Southwest Early College High School

III.A.5. PSJA Thomas Jefferson T-STEM Early College High School

III.A.6. PSJA Collegiate High School

III.B. University of Interscholastic League (UIL) Area & Regional One-Act Plays

III.C. State Visual Art Scholastic Event Medal Winners

III.D. UIL Academics State Qualifiers

III.E. UIL Destination Imagination Global Qualifiers

IV. Public Comments

V. Consent Agenda Items

V.A. Minutes of School Board Meetings and/or Workshops

V.A.1. Regular School Board Meeting Minutes of April 14, 2025

V.B. Curriculum and Instruction

V.B.1. Approve the out-of-State travel request for one  PSJA Early College High School student and two sponsors;  student to compete at the 2025 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia - June 23-28 2025.

V.B.2. Approve out-of-State travel request for fourteen (14) Career & Technical Education (CTE) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students and two (2) sponsors from Audie Murphy Middle School, to travel to Anaheim, California, June 28-July 3, 2025 for students to compete at the 2025 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference.

V.B.3. Approve request for Out-of-State travel for three (3) PSJA Southwest Early College High School students in the Speech and Debate Team and two sponsors, for students to compete at the 2025 National Forensics League National Speech & Debate Conpetition from June 15-21, 2025 in West Des Moines, Iowa

V.B.4. Approve Out-of-Country travel request for eleven (11) staff members and 1 school board member to travel to Tlaxcala Academic & Cultural Exchange Visit, scheduled for June 12-20, 2025, in Tlaxcala, Mexico

V.C. Finance

V.C.1. Functional Budget Amendments

V.C.2. Bids, Proposals, Contracts, Agreements and/or Memorandum of Understanding to be awarded

V.C.2.a. Approve the Maintenance Department, Equipment, Intallation, Repair Services and Supplies - Continuous Solicitation - Additional Vendors

V.D. Superintendent of Schools

V.D.1. Approve the out-of-State travel request for Board Members to attend the National Association of Latino and Elected Officials (NALEO) scheduled for July 22-24, 2025, Atlanta, Georgia

V.E. School Operations

V.E.1. Approve the AIA Document G701-2017 Change Order No. 3 for a credit amount of $50,000 for unused change orders to the PSJA Administration Chiller Replacement Project

V.E.2. Approve the Substantial Completion Document for the PSJA Administration Chiller Replacement Project

V.F. END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

VI. Human Resources

VI.A. Approve the adoption of Local School Board Policies - Update 124 

VI.A.1. CAA Local - Fiscal Management Goals and Objectives - Financial Ethics

VI.A.2. CDA Local - Other Revenues - Investments

VI.A.3. CY Local - Intellectual Property

VI.A.4. DH Local - Employee Standards of Conduct

VI.A.5. EHB Local - Curriculum Design - Special Programs

VI.A.6. EHBB Local - Special Programs - Gifted and Talented Students

VI.A.7. FFG Local - Student Welfare - Child Abuse and Neglect

VI.A.8. GKA Local - Community Relations - Conduct on School Premises

VII. Finance

VII.A. Approve the Resolution of the Board of Trustees of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District creating Property Casualty Self-Insurance Fund

VII.B. Investment Report for Quarter Ending February 28, 2025

VIII. Executive Session

VIII.A. Government Code 551.071 through 551.084

VIII.A.1. If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any items on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E or Texas Government Code Session 418.183(f).  Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting.  All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting *See PSJA ISD Board Policy BEC (Local).

VIII.A.2. Consultation with Attorney

VIII.A.2.a. Consideration and possible action regarding the resolution of case numbered C-2823-19-J-4 (Palmer) Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD vs. Descon LP, et.al. Pending in the 430th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas

VIII.A.3. Personnel Matters

VIII.A.3.a. Approve recommendation for one-year contracts for professional personnel teaching and non teaching for the 2025-2026 school year

VIII.A.3.b. Discussion of delegation to the Superintendent of authority to conduct a hearing on the termination of the Non-Chapter 21 employment contract of FB

VIII.A.3.c. Discussion on delegation of authority to the Superintendent to decide if the Non-Chapter 21 employment contract of FB should be terminated, after a hearing on the issue has been held

VIII.A.3.d. Discussion of the termination of the employment contract of FB

IX. END OF EXECUTIVE SESSION

X. Human Resources

X.A. Approve recommendation for one-year contracts for professional personnel - teaching and non-teaching for the 2025-2026 school year

X.B. Discussion and possible action by the Board of Trustees to delegate to the Superintendent the authority to conduct a hearing on the termination of the Non-Chapter 21 employment contract of FB

X.C. Discussion and possible action by the Board of Trustees to delegate authority to the Superintendent to decide if the Non-Chapter 21 employment contract of FB should be terminated, after a hearing on the issue has been held

X.D. Discussion and possible action to terminate the employment contract of FB

XI. Litigation

XI.A. Consideration and possible action regarding the resolution of case numbered C-2823-19-J-4 (Palmer) Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD vs. Descon LP, et.al. Pending in the 430th District Court of Hidalgo County Texas.

XII. Adjourn