Meeting Agenda
1. Call to Order/Establishment of Quorum
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Pledge to the Texas Flag/Invocation
3. Recognition of Visitors
4. Open Forum
5. Recognition/Presentations/Board Discussion/Policy/Recommendations
5.a. FFA Presentation
5.b. Campus Principals Report.
5.c. Superintendent's Report  
5.d. CONSIDER/APPROVE: Audit Report (ACTION ITEM)
5.e. CONSIDER/APPROVE: 
WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects students' religious freedom in
public school. Specifically, the Establishment Clause ensures that the government cannot favor any
particular religious belief or religion over non-belief, and the Free Exercise Clause ensures that
individuals have the right to practice their religious beliefs, free from government interference; and
WHEREAS, Article I, § 6 of the Texas Constitution guarantees the “separation of church and state” and
embodies the principle that “religion is a matter of private conscience with which the state . . . is
forbidden to interfere.” Watts v. Watts, 563 S.W.2d 314, 317 (Tex. Civ. App. 1978), writ refused NRE
(July 5, 1978), disapp'd on other grounds by Jones v. Cable, 626 S.W.2d 734 (Tex. 1981); and
WHEREAS, the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 110.003,
prohibits school districts and other government entities from “substantially burden[ing] a person's free
exercise of religion”; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code § 25.901 affirms that “[a] public school student has an absolute
right to individually, voluntarily, and silently pray or meditate in school in a manner that does not disrupt
the instructional or other activities of the school. A person may not require or coerce a student to engage
in or refrain from such prayer or meditation during any school activity”; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code § 25.082(d) establishes a school district's ability to institute a
period of silence during which students may choose to “reflect, pray, meditate, or engage in any other
silent activity that is not likely to interfere with or distract another student”;
(ACTION ITEM)
5.f. CONSIDER/APPROVE: WOISD Plan to Support the Certification of All Instructional Staff. (ACTION ITEM)
5.g. CONSIDER/APPROVE: Order of School Trustee Election (ACTION ITEM)
6. Financial matters
6.a. Cash & Investment Report  
7. Minutes from previous meeting (ACTION ITEM)
8. Closed Session
9. Personnel matters
9.a. CONSIDER/APPROVE: Administrators' Contracts. (ACTION ITEM)
10. Adjournment
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Meeting: February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
Subject:
1. Call to Order/Establishment of Quorum
Subject:
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Pledge to the Texas Flag/Invocation
Subject:
3. Recognition of Visitors
Subject:
4. Open Forum
Subject:
5. Recognition/Presentations/Board Discussion/Policy/Recommendations
Subject:
5.a. FFA Presentation
Subject:
5.b. Campus Principals Report.
Subject:
5.c. Superintendent's Report  
Subject:
5.d. CONSIDER/APPROVE: Audit Report (ACTION ITEM)
Subject:
5.e. CONSIDER/APPROVE: 
WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects students' religious freedom in
public school. Specifically, the Establishment Clause ensures that the government cannot favor any
particular religious belief or religion over non-belief, and the Free Exercise Clause ensures that
individuals have the right to practice their religious beliefs, free from government interference; and
WHEREAS, Article I, § 6 of the Texas Constitution guarantees the “separation of church and state” and
embodies the principle that “religion is a matter of private conscience with which the state . . . is
forbidden to interfere.” Watts v. Watts, 563 S.W.2d 314, 317 (Tex. Civ. App. 1978), writ refused NRE
(July 5, 1978), disapp'd on other grounds by Jones v. Cable, 626 S.W.2d 734 (Tex. 1981); and
WHEREAS, the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 110.003,
prohibits school districts and other government entities from “substantially burden[ing] a person's free
exercise of religion”; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code § 25.901 affirms that “[a] public school student has an absolute
right to individually, voluntarily, and silently pray or meditate in school in a manner that does not disrupt
the instructional or other activities of the school. A person may not require or coerce a student to engage
in or refrain from such prayer or meditation during any school activity”; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Education Code § 25.082(d) establishes a school district's ability to institute a
period of silence during which students may choose to “reflect, pray, meditate, or engage in any other
silent activity that is not likely to interfere with or distract another student”;
(ACTION ITEM)
Subject:
5.f. CONSIDER/APPROVE: WOISD Plan to Support the Certification of All Instructional Staff. (ACTION ITEM)
Subject:
5.g. CONSIDER/APPROVE: Order of School Trustee Election (ACTION ITEM)
Subject:
6. Financial matters
Subject:
6.a. Cash & Investment Report  
Subject:
7. Minutes from previous meeting (ACTION ITEM)
Subject:
8. Closed Session
Description:
Description:  Texas Government Code 551.074
Consideration of Personnel Matters pertaining to the superintendent, central administration, campus, and classroom teachers, including new hires, resignations, reassignments, and discipline. 
Discussion:  I move that the White Oak Board of Trustees authorize the board president to prepare communication to the Superintendent as discussed in closed meeting.
Subject:
9. Personnel matters
Subject:
9.a. CONSIDER/APPROVE: Administrators' Contracts. (ACTION ITEM)
Subject:
10. Adjournment

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