April 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

1.A. Call meeting to order and establish quorum.

1.B. Pledges to Allegiance and welcome visitors.

2. Education Spotlight

• Recognitions
• HMS

3. OPEN FORUM

4. District Spotlight

• Maintenance, Custodial/Grounds, Transportation update

5. FINANCIAL REPORTS

5.A. REPORT - Budget

5.B. REPORT - Ad valorem tax collection

5.C. REPORT - Cash in bank

5.D. REPORT - Tex-Pool fund

5.E. REPORT - Lone Star funds

6. CONSENT AGENDA

6.A. Minutes of previous meeting

6.B.  Budget amendments

6.C. Library Book order

7. ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS

7.A. Discussion Only: Facility Handbook 

7.B. Consideration and action, if any, upon granting Superintendent hiring authority for certified personnel from April 28, 2026 through August 24, 2026.

7.C. Consideration and action, if any, upon appointing Rebekah Frankens, a qualified voter of the district, as Presiding Judge of the Early Voting Ballot Board for the May 2, 2026 election.

8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

8.A. Monthly Expenditures

8.B. Attendance and Enrollment

8.C. Announcement of Continuing Education hours for Board Members

8.D. Canvass votes and Budget Workshop on May 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM

8.E. May board meeting-May 18 at 5:00 p.m.

8.F. End of Year activities

• Highstepper Spring Show-May 2, 2026 7:00 p.m.
• Staff Appreciation Week-May 4-8, 2026
• Scholarship Night-May 11, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
• Spring Band Concert-May 12, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
• PRIDE Graduation-May 15, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
• Last Day of School-May 21, 2026 (Early Release)
• Kindergarten Graduation at HHS Auditorium, May 21, 2026, 9:00 am.
• HHS Graduation at SFA, 7:00 p.m.

8.G. Personnel Report

9. EXECUTIVE SESSION If during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Tex. Gov't Code, Chapter 551 Subchapters D and E.

9.A. Personnel: Consider Employment, Resignations, Extended Leaves, Additional Positions and Other Personnel Matters

9.B. Consider Teacher and Speech Pathologist contracts.

10. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

11. CONSIDERATION AND ACTION, if any, resulting from executive session.

11.A. Personnel: Consider Employment, Resignations, Extended Leaves, Additional Positions and Other Personnel Matters

12. ADJOURN