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SCRIPT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS & EXECUTIVE SESSION

Regular Board Meeting held on DATE                          -TIME

 

Read After Exiting Executive Session: "The time is now_       p.m., and we are back in open session. No decisions were made in executive session." Proceed with the agenda.

Read Before Public Comments: The Board will now consider public comments from visitors. Audience members wishing to speak may address the Board on any item, whether on the agenda or not. Please note that audience participation at a Board meeting is limited to this portion of the meeting, in accordance with Board Policy BED(LOCAL). At all other times during a Board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the Board, unless specifically requested by the presiding officer. In accordance with Board Policy, comments are limited to five minutes. To ensure compliance with Open Meetings Laws, the Board will not respond to any remarks during public comment. Is there anybody who would like to address the Board? [If so, ask the speaker to state their name for the record.}

 

NOTE TO PRESIDING OFFICER - You may remind a speaker that concerns about specific employees or students may be directed to the appropriate policy - DGBA (personnel items), FNG (parent/student items), or GF(general). Policy requires grievances to be filed within 15 business days of the date the person knew or should have known of the events giving rise to the complaint. Policy directs that the Board will not tolerate disruption of the meeting by members of the audience. If, after at least one warning from the presiding officer, any person continues to disrupt the meeting by his/her words or actions, the presiding officer may request assistance from lmv enforcement officials to have the person removed from the meeting.

 

Read Before Going Into Executive Session: "The time is now_        p.m. We will now go into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code sections: LIST APPLICABLE SECTIONS BELOW - FOR EXAMPLE § 551.071- Consultation with Legal Counsel § 551.074 - Personnel Matters § 551.076 & 551.089- Security Matters No decisions will be made in executive session."

 
 

• Recognize UIL High School, Jr. High, and Rolling Hills Students
• Recognize CTE Program Students
• Board Excellence Award Recipients

After the new board is seated, Fred Stormer of Underwood Law Firm will conduct Board Operations Training and help us update our Board Operations Manual.

The last training and manual update was done in August of 2021, so the Team of 8 is due for an update.

TASA/TASB txEDCON25 is scheduled for Sept 11-14, 2025 in Houston at the George R Brown Convention Center.  Mark your calendars.  Housing opens July 22.

SLI (Summer Leadership Institute) is the flagship training conference designed to offer school trustees a place to create their own learning journey.

Members have a choice to attend the SLI event in San Antonio or Fort Worth.

San Antonio - June 11-14
Ft. Worth - June 18-21

There is a School Board Spring Workshop on Wednesday, May 21.  This will be held at West Teas A&M University at the Jack B. Kelley Student Center.
There are In-Person and Virtual Options

For additional details, visit tasb.org/spring-workshops

CONFIDENTIAL CERTIFIED AGENDA OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
Regular Board Meeting held on, DATE                                 -TIME                        
The executive session is called pursuant to the authorization of Texas Government Code Sections as follows:
 

Item	Section	Purpose
	551.071	Private consultation with the board's attorney.
	551.072	Discussion purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
	551.073	Discussion: negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations.
	551.074	Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against an officer or Personnel; deliberation of the appointment of a public officer.
	551.076	Considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or Implementation of, security personnel or devices; discussing security audit.
	551.082	Considering discipline of a public school child, or complaint or charge against personnel.
	551.083	Considering the standards, guidelines, terms or conditions the board will follow, or will instruct its representatives to follow, in consultations with representatives of employee groups.
	551.089	Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits
	OTHER:

Announce in Closed Meeting: "In accordance with the Texas Government Code,

Executive session began at: ____ M Executive session ended at:  M" 
Subjects Discussed in the Session Closed to the Public: 
1. _____________________________________________
Record of Further Action Taken, if any, on Above Items in the Subsequent Open Session: 
1. _____________________________________________
Trustees Present: [LIST] 
Trustees Absent: [LIST ] 
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings on the above date. 

______________________________________
President, Board of Trustees 
River Road Independent School District

CONFIDENTIAL: No one shall, without lawful authority, knowingly make public this certified agenda of a closed or executive session. Texas Gov't Code§ 551.104. A person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 8 misdemeanor and further shall be liable to any party injured or damaged thereby. Texas Gov't Code§ 551.144(a). 

A. Review and Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
B. Review, Approve, and Accept Contributions to the District

• April 14, 2025 - Regular Meeting

Pursuant to the Texas Election Code, only two officers are needed for a quorum for a canvassing meeting.  Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 67.004(a)

In accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 45, Subchapter G, each school district must select a depository or depositories to receive school funds.
We sent an RFP to Amarillo National Bank, Happy State Bank and First Bank Southwest. We received depository proposal from Amarillo National and Happy State, we used the attached matrix to guide our decision. After reviewing both proposals, we would like to recommend Amarillo National Bank as our depository for the next two years.

The Administration requests the board approves teh two-year Band Depository with Amarillo National Bank.

 

State Statute requires that change in the Budget adopted by the School Board at their June 2024 meeting (and amended at subsequent meetings) must be approved by the School Board if they change the major revenue sections of the budget or if they change any expenditure functions.

• As we wrap up the end of the 2024-2025 budget, we must ensure that all functions have positive balance. Function 12 (Library) is a very small budget and we added a new software this year and had some additional payroll costs. We want to make sure we can get through this year’s budget without going over and we will probably do another budget amendment in June, but we know at this time that Library Services will be short if we do not do a budget amendment.

The attached budget amendment makes the following change in the school district’s budget:

• Move $50,000 from Function 34 (Transportation) to Function 12 (Library Services)

Potter County, as Trustee, has agreed to sell Property ID 127638 to Dean and Amanda Birkes for $500 as a trustee sale. Since this property is within the River Road ISD tax zone, the RRISD school board will need to approve the sale of the property.

 

Per the recommendation from our school attorney, the district needs to remove any teacher who is related to a trustee in a prohibited degree (three degrees of blood and two degrees of marriage) from the list of recommendations before a vote by the board. The trustee(s) who is related to a teacher(s) must abstain from any deliberation and vote on their relative, and then the remainder of the board votes on the teacher(s).

The Administration recommends to approve the 25-26 Chapter 21 TERM Contract Recommendation for Alicia Smith as presented.

The Superintendent recommends the following individuals be granted a District of Innovation Contract for the 25-26 School Year, Subject to Assignment.
 

Name	Years of Experience	Campus	Replacing	Contract
Marc Diaz	4	Rolling Hills	Rebecca Cleeton	10 month
Christopher Enriquez	2	Middle School	Taylor McCaslin	10 month
Gabriel Evins	2 (as para / Certified Aide)	Rolling Hills	Brittany Brown	10 Month
Desiree Barfoot	2	Rolling Hills	Courtney Rockholt	10 month
Shaunda Royal	0	Rolling Hills	Leann Morris	10 month

The Superintendent recommends the following individuals be granted a One-Year, Chapter 21 PROBATIONARY Contract for the 25-26 School Year, Subject to Assignment.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
 

Name	Years of Experience	Campus	Replacing	Contract
Barbara Holly	24	High School	Marcos Garza's teaching position	10 month Probationary
Coral Merlo	5	High School	Derek Williamson	12 month Probationary
Charlotte Whitbeck	32	High School	Juanita Upchurch	10 month Probationary
Seth Hall	11	Middle School	Brenna Stubbs	10 Month Probationary
Rebecca Schroeder	23	High School	Irene Oates	10 Month Probationary
Angela Nicholl	3	Rolling Hills	Sidnie Delgado	10 month Probationary
Enedit Baeza	21	High School	Jessica Brown	10 month Probationary

The Superintendent recommends the following individual be granted a One Year, Chapter 21 DUAL PROBATIONARY Contract for the 25-26 School Year, Subject to Assignment.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
 

Name	Years of Experience	Campus	Replacing	Contract
Jaden Oneal	8	High School	Keri Merriott	10 month Probationary

The administration recommends approving the recommendation for Shelby Howell as presented, subject to the assignment.

 

Name	Years of Experience	Campus	Replacing	Contract
Shelby Estrada (Howell)	6 (4 Teacher  & 2 Admin)	High School	Blair Hall	11 Month Probationary