{ "id": "2026-06-02_special", "meeting_date": "2026-06-02", "meeting_type": "special", "meeting_types": [ "special" ], "title": "Conroe ISD Board Meeting — June 2, 2026", "date_display": "June 2, 2026", "type_display": "Special Meeting", "types_display": [ "Special Meeting" ], "item_count": 9, "has_agenda": true, "has_notes": true, "pdf_filename": "agenda_2026-06-02_special.pdf", "packet_url": "https://aptg.co/GsqZlk", "generated_at": "2026-06-18T19:45:23.264661Z", "highlights": "- Board members will meet in closed session to discuss candidates for principal positions at one or more CISD campuses, with any hiring decisions to be made in open session.\n- The Board will receive a legal update from district attorneys regarding pending or contemplated litigation in closed session.\n- The Board will take public action following closed session to give the Superintendent direction on a student safety matter, though no details about the specific issue have been disclosed in the agenda.\n- The Board will formally recognize a College Park High School athlete who won the UIL Class 6A Boys 1600-meter state title and a Woodlands High School athlete who won the UIL Class 6A Girls Tennis Singles state championship.\n- The Board will consider approving an application for TEA's 2026–2027 Reading/Language Arts (RLA) Blended Pilot Grant, which would fund a blended learning approach to literacy instruction.\n- Campus principals will be recognized by the Board, likely in connection with the end of the school year or leadership transitions.\n- Board members and the Superintendent will participate in Team of Eight governance training as part of ongoing leadership development.", "sections": [ { "name": "Agenda Highlights", "items": [] }, { "name": "Meeting Details", "items": [] }, { "name": "Procedural Items", "items": [] }, { "name": "Closed Session (Section II)", "items": [ { "id": "II.A.1", "title": "Discuss Principal Candidates", "context": "The Board will meet in closed (private) session to discuss candidates for principal positions at one or more CISD campuses. Personnel deliberations of this nature are permitted under the Texas Open Meetings Act and do not require a public discussion. Any final hiring decisions would be made in open session.", "history": "No prior history available yet for this specific item.", "vote": null }, { "id": "II.B.1", "title": "Legal Update — Consultation with Attorney Regarding Pending or Contemplated Litigation", "context": "The Board will meet privately with the district's legal counsel to receive updates on any pending or anticipated legal matters. This type of closed session is authorized by state law to protect the district's legal strategy and privileged communications with its attorney.", "history": "Attorney consultations of this nature appear as a standing closed-session item at CISD regular and special meetings, including the August 2025, September 2025, and October 2025 regular meetings. No specific prior action history is available from those records.", "vote": null } ] }, { "name": "Action Out of Closed Session (Section III)", "items": [ { "id": "III.A", "title": "Direction to Superintendent Regarding Student Safety", "context": "Following the closed session, the Board will take public action to provide direction to the Superintendent on a matter related to student safety. The specific nature of this direction has not been detailed in the agenda, but any final decision from closed session discussions must be made in open session under the Texas Open Meetings Act.", "history": "No prior history available yet for this specific action item.", "vote": null } ] }, { "name": "Special Recognition (Section IV)", "items": [ { "id": "IV.A", "title": "2026 UIL Class 6A Boys Track 1600-Meter State Champion — College Park High School", "context": "The Board will publicly recognize a College Park High School student athlete who won the UIL Class 6A Boys Track 1600-meter (one-mile) race at the 2026 Texas State Track & Field Championship. This is a standard board recognition of outstanding student achievement.", "history": "No prior history available yet.", "vote": null }, { "id": "IV.B", "title": "2026 UIL Class 6A Girls Tennis Singles State Champion — The Woodlands High School", "context": "The Board will publicly recognize a student from The Woodlands High School who won the UIL Class 6A Girls Tennis Singles title at the 2026 State Championship. Recognitions of this type celebrate individual student excellence at the highest level of UIL competition.", "history": "No prior history available yet.", "vote": null } ] }, { "name": "Consent Agenda (Section VI)", "items": [ { "id": "VI.A", "title": "Consider and Approve Submission of an Application to Participate in the Texas Education Agency's 2026–2027 RLA Blended Pilot Grant", "context": "The Board is being asked to approve the district's application to participate in a Texas Education Agency (TEA) pilot grant program focused on Reading/Language Arts (RLA) instruction using a blended learning approach for the 2026–2027 school year. Approval of grant applications is a routine board action required to authorize district leadership to formally submit the request to the state.", "history": "No prior history available yet.", "vote": null }, { "id": "VI.B", "title": "Receive Human Resources Report and Consider and Approve Employment of Professional Personnel", "context": "This is a routine consent item in which the Board receives an update from Human Resources and formally approves the hiring of professional staff (such as teachers, administrators, or other certified employees). Board approval is required under Texas law for the employment of professional personnel.", "history": "An HR report and approval of professional personnel employment has appeared as a recurring consent agenda item at prior CISD regular meetings, including those in August, September, and October 2025. No specific personnel details from prior meetings are available in the provided records.", "vote": null } ] }, { "name": "Human Resources (Section VII)", "items": [ { "id": "VII.A", "title": "Recognize Principals", "context": "The Board will take time to formally recognize CISD campus principals, likely in connection with the close of the school year or in celebration of outgoing, retiring, or newly appointed principals. This is a ceremonial recognition item.", "history": "No prior history available yet.", "vote": null } ] }, { "name": "Team of Eight Training (Section VIII)", "items": [ { "id": "VIII", "title": "Team of Eight Training", "context": "\"Team of Eight\" refers to the seven elected board members and the Superintendent working together as the district's governing leadership team. This agenda item designates time for the Board to participate in ongoing governance training, which is encouraged by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) to improve board effectiveness.", "history": "Team of Eight Training has appeared on prior CISD meeting agendas as a recurring professional development component for board members and the Superintendent. No specific details from prior sessions are available in the provided records.", "vote": null } ] } ], "agenda_breakdown_md": "# Conroe ISD Board Meeting — 2026-06-02\n*Special Meeting — Agenda Breakdown*\n*Generated 2026-05-27 21:35 UTC*\n\n\n\n---\n\n\n## Agenda Highlights\n*Summary generated 2026-05-27 21:40 UTC*\n\n- Board members will meet in closed session to discuss candidates for principal positions at one or more CISD campuses, with any hiring decisions to be made in open session.\n- The Board will receive a legal update from district attorneys regarding pending or contemplated litigation in closed session.\n- The Board will take public action following closed session to give the Superintendent direction on a student safety matter, though no details about the specific issue have been disclosed in the agenda.\n- The Board will formally recognize a College Park High School athlete who won the UIL Class 6A Boys 1600-meter state title and a Woodlands High School athlete who won the UIL Class 6A Girls Tennis Singles state championship.\n- The Board will consider approving an application for TEA's 2026–2027 Reading/Language Arts (RLA) Blended Pilot Grant, which would fund a blended learning approach to literacy instruction.\n- Campus principals will be recognized by the Board, likely in connection with the end of the school year or leadership transitions.\n- Board members and the Superintendent will participate in Team of Eight governance training as part of ongoing leadership development.\n\n---\n\n## Meeting Details\n**Date:** June 2, 2026\n**Time:** 5:00 PM\n**Location:** Deane L. Sadler Administration Building, 3205 West Davis, Conroe, TX 77304\n\n---\n# Conroe ISD Board of Trustees — Special Meeting\n**Tuesday, June 2, 2026 | 5:00 PM**\nDeane L. Sadler Administration Building | 3205 West Davis, Conroe, TX 77304\n*Also accessible virtually at: http://tiny.conroeisd.net/R78KV*\n\n---\n\n## Procedural Items\nThe following items are standard procedural elements and will not be broken down individually:\n- **I.A.** Invocation\n- **I.B.** Pledge of Allegiance\n- **V.** Citizen Participation\n- **IX.** Adjourn\n\n---\n\n## Closed Session (Section II)\n\n### II.A.1. Discuss Principal Candidates\n**Context:** The Board will meet in closed (private) session to discuss candidates for principal positions at one or more CISD campuses. Personnel deliberations of this nature are permitted under the Texas Open Meetings Act and do not require a public discussion. Any final hiring decisions would be made in open session.\n\n**Historical Summary:** No prior history available yet for this specific item.\n\n---\n\n### II.B.1. Legal Update — Consultation with Attorney Regarding Pending or Contemplated Litigation\n**Context:** The Board will meet privately with the district's legal counsel to receive updates on any pending or anticipated legal matters. This type of closed session is authorized by state law to protect the district's legal strategy and privileged communications with its attorney.\n\n**Historical Summary:** Attorney consultations of this nature appear as a standing closed-session item at CISD regular and special meetings, including the August 2025, September 2025, and October 2025 regular meetings. No specific prior action history is available from those records.\n\n---\n\n## Action Out of Closed Session (Section III)\n\n### III.A. Direction to Superintendent Regarding Student Safety\n**Context:** Following the closed session, the Board will take public action to provide direction to the Superintendent on a matter related to student safety. The specific nature of this direction has not been detailed in the agenda, but any final decision from closed session discussions must be made in open session under the Texas Open Meetings Act.\n\n**Historical Summary:** No prior history available yet for this specific action item.\n\n---\n\n## Special Recognition (Section IV)\n\n### IV.A. 2026 UIL Class 6A Boys Track 1600-Meter State Champion — College Park High School\n**Context:** The Board will publicly recognize a College Park High School student athlete who won the UIL Class 6A Boys Track 1600-meter (one-mile) race at the 2026 Texas State Track & Field Championship. This is a standard board recognition of outstanding student achievement.\n\n**Historical Summary:** No prior history available yet.\n\n---\n\n### IV.B. 2026 UIL Class 6A Girls Tennis Singles State Champion — The Woodlands High School\n**Context:** The Board will publicly recognize a student from The Woodlands High School who won the UIL Class 6A Girls Tennis Singles title at the 2026 State Championship. Recognitions of this type celebrate individual student excellence at the highest level of UIL competition.\n\n**Historical Summary:** No prior history available yet.\n\n---\n\n## Consent Agenda (Section VI)\n*Consent agenda items are typically voted on as a group without individual discussion unless a board member requests to pull an item for separate consideration.*\n\n### VI.A. Consider and Approve Submission of an Application to Participate in the Texas Education Agency's 2026–2027 RLA Blended Pilot Grant\n**Context:** The Board is being asked to approve the district's application to participate in a Texas Education Agency (TEA) pilot grant program focused on Reading/Language Arts (RLA) instruction using a blended learning approach for the 2026–2027 school year. Approval of grant applications is a routine board action required to authorize district leadership to formally submit the request to the state.\n\n**Historical Summary:** No prior history available yet.\n\n---\n\n### VI.B. Receive Human Resources Report and Consider and Approve Employment of Professional Personnel\n**Context:** This is a routine consent item in which the Board receives an update from Human Resources and formally approves the hiring of professional staff (such as teachers, administrators, or other certified employees). Board approval is required under Texas law for the employment of professional personnel.\n\n**Historical Summary:** An HR report and approval of professional personnel employment has appeared as a recurring consent agenda item at prior CISD regular meetings, including those in August, September, and October 2025. No specific personnel details from prior meetings are available in the provided records.\n\n---\n\n## Human Resources (Section VII)\n\n### VII.A. Recognize Principals\n**Context:** The Board will take time to formally recognize CISD campus principals, likely in connection with the close of the school year or in celebration of outgoing, retiring, or newly appointed principals. This is a ceremonial recognition item.\n\n**Historical Summary:** No prior history available yet.\n\n---\n\n## Team of Eight Training (Section VIII)\n\n### VIII. Team of Eight Training\n**Context:** \"Team of Eight\" refers to the seven elected board members and the Superintendent working together as the district's governing leadership team. This agenda item designates time for the Board to participate in ongoing governance training, which is encouraged by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) to improve board effectiveness.\n\n**Historical Summary:** Team of Eight Training has appeared on prior CISD meeting agendas as a recurring professional development component for board members and the Superintendent. No specific details from prior sessions are available in the provided records.", "meeting_notes_md": "# Conroe ISD Board of Trustees – Unofficial Meeting Notes\n**Date:** June 2, 2026\n**Type:** Special Meeting\n**Time:** Called to order 5:02 PM; Adjourned 8:38 PM\n\n---\n\n\n## Meeting Highlights\n*Summary generated 2026-06-03 16:25 UTC*\n\n- The board approved the full consent agenda 7–0, including authorization to apply for the TEA's 2026–2027 RLA Blended Learning Pilot Grant and approval of routine professional personnel employment.\n- Five new elementary and campus principals were named: Tanya Smith (Birnham Woods Elementary), Amy Barber (Gordon-Reed Elementary), Angela Akin-Fonville (Giesinger Elementary), Lara Vasquez (San Jacinto Elementary), and Dr. Barbara Solberg (Oak Ridge 9th Grade Campus).\n- The board received a discussion item on student safety policy direction; no vote was taken, but trustees indicated a slate of safety-related policies will be brought for a vote at the June 16th meeting.\n- General counsel noted the June 16th policy slate will include provisions required by Senate Bill 571, which mandates affidavits and sexual predator registry checks for employees and vendors and prohibits hiring individuals with records of inappropriate conduct.\n- The superintendent announced the district will consolidate all communication platforms into a single system (ParentSquare) to improve safety, security, and traceability of staff-to-family communications.\n- The board recognized UIL 6A state champions Camden Gibson (College Park High School, 1600-meter run) and Aiona Chowry (Woodlands High School, girls tennis singles).\n- The board held two closed sessions covering principal candidates, board governance training, and legal matters; no action was taken in either session.\n\n---\n> **Note:** These are unofficial notes based on an auto-generated transcript. They may contain errors in names, spellings, or details. Official minutes should be consulted for the authoritative record.\n\n---\n\n## Overview\n\nThis was a special meeting of the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees held on June 2, 2026. The meeting included two closed sessions, recognition of state champion student athletes, introduction of newly named campus principals, a consent agenda vote, and a discussion of student safety policy direction.\n\n---\n\n## Closed Sessions\n\nThe board entered the first closed session at approximately 5:05 PM and returned to open session at 6:12 PM. Topics noticed for closed session included:\n\n- **Team of 8 training** (Texas Government Code §551.074)\n- **Discussion of principal candidates** (§551.074)\n- **Legal update** (§551.071)\n- **Consultation with attorney regarding pending or contemplated litigation** (§551.071)\n\nA second closed session began at 6:44 PM for the continuation of state-mandated Team of 8 training, focused on board governance, board and superintendent roles and responsibilities, communication, and the performance of official duties. The board returned to open session at 8:38 PM.\n\nThe board president noted that **no final action, decisions, or votes** would be taken in either closed session, and confirmed upon returning from the second session that **no action was taken**.\n\n---\n\n## Special Recognitions\n\n### State Champion Student Athletes\n\n**Dr. Murrell** presented recognition to two student athletes who won UIL 6A state championships.\n\n- **Camden Gibson** – College Park High School senior; won the **UIL 6A 1600-meter run state championship** (May 16, 2026) with a time of 4:11.38. His father, Mike Gibson, also serves as his coach. Camden will attend Tulsa University in the fall.\n- **Aiona Chowry** – Woodlands High School senior; won the **UIL 6A girls tennis singles state championship** (May 7, 2026). She attended the state tournament all four years of high school and was a semifinalist the prior two years. She is a member of the National Honor Society and the Science and Math Honors Society, and will attend Carnegie Mellon University in the fall to study psychology.\n\nBoard President Odenweller offered remarks commending both athletes for balancing academics and athletics, and praised their coaches for managing individual and team demands.\n\n### Newly Named Campus Principals\n\n**Dr. Winkler** and **Dr. Murrell** introduced five newly named campus principals:\n\n| Campus | New Principal | Background Highlights |\n|---|---|---|\n| **Birnham Woods Elementary** | **Tanya Smith** | 13 years as assistant principal at Broadway and Buckoo; teacher of the year at two campuses; humanitarian of the year (2019) |\n| **Gordon-Reed Elementary** | **Amy Barber** | Longtime educator at Giesinger; experience in special education, PBIS, and data-driven instruction |\n| **Giesinger Elementary** | **Angela Akin-Fonville** | Nearly two decades of campus leadership; classroom teacher, behavior/data specialist, summer school principal; described her approach as relationship- and data-driven |\n| **San Jacinto Elementary** | **Lara Vasquez** | 29 years in education; literacy coach, educational diagnostician, assistant principal at Renan Elementary; helped achieve two consecutive B ratings and implemented the Bluebonnet curriculum |\n| **Oak Ridge 9th Grade Campus** | **Dr. Barbara Solberg** | 31 years in education, 19 years at administrative level; currently associate principal at Conroe 9th Grade Campus; credited with advances in algebra and TELPAS results |\n\nFamily members of each new principal were present and recognized during the ceremony.\n\n---\n\n## Citizen Participation\n\nNo speakers were registered for public comment. This portion of the agenda was briefly noted and skipped.\n\n---\n\n## Consent Agenda\n\nThe board voted to approve the consent agenda as presented. The vote was **7–0**.\n\nThe following items were included in the consent agenda:\n\n- **VI.A. Consider and Approve Submission of an Application to Participate in the TEA's 2026–2027 RLA Blended Pilot Grant** — Authorizes the district to formally apply to a Texas Education Agency pilot grant program focused on Reading/Language Arts instruction using a blended learning approach.\n- **VI.B. Receive Human Resources Report and Consider and Approve Employment of Professional Personnel** — Routine approval of the HR report and hiring of professional staff as required by Texas law.\n\n*Note: There was brief procedural discussion about whether a formal motion was required. A motion and second were ultimately made and the agenda carried 7–0.*\n\n---\n\n## Action Item: Direction to Superintendent Regarding Student Safety\n\nThe board discussed student safety policies and direction to the superintendent. No formal vote was taken on this item; it was a discussion and policy direction item.\n\nKey points raised:\n\n- The board president noted that several safety-related policies had recently been brought forward and that multiple trustees had contacted the superintendent about strengthening them. She also mentioned that she and Trustee May had attended TOMA training at the DA's office, which offered assistance in reviewing and improving safety and security policies.\n- **Dr. Vinson (Superintendent)** referenced a recent communications audit, noting the district would be consolidating multiple communication platforms into one unified system (identified as **ParentSquare**) to improve safety, security, and traceability of communications. He acknowledged the transition may not be immediately popular but expressed confidence it would unify the district and support student and teacher safety.\n- **General Counsel (Ms. Belew)** noted that the board will consider a **slate of safety-related policies on June 16th**, including provisions required by **Senate Bill 571** from the recent legislative session. SB 571 requires employees and vendors to complete affidavits and be checked against the sexual predator registry, and prohibits hiring anyone with a history of inappropriate conduct.\n- **Trustee May** delivered an extended statement emphasizing the district's commitment to student safety. Key points included:\n - Protecting students requires strong policies, transparent communication, parent visibility, administrative oversight, and a culture of immediate reporting.\n - Technology supports safety, but accountability and vigilance are what ultimately protect students.\n - She directed a warning to anyone who would seek to harm children: *\"Conroe ISD is not the place for you.\"*\n - She committed to ensuring district policies go above and beyond legal requirements.\n - She noted: *\"No position, title, winning record, or reputation is more important than the safety of a child.\"*\n\nNo other trustees offered additional statements on this item.\n\n---\n\n## Adjournment\n\nThe meeting was adjourned at **8:38 PM**. The board president confirmed no action was taken from the second closed session.\n\n> **Note:** These are unofficial notes based on an auto-generated transcript. They may contain errors in names, spellings, or details. Official minutes should be consulted for the authoritative record.\n" }