May 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. Call meeting to order, roll call, establishment of a quorum and Pledge of Allegiance.

2. Invocation.

3. OPEN FORUM:  Comments from the public. Citizen Communications: (Limit of 3 minutes per speaker/group) Public Audience: Public comments for   this meeting will be held as follows: Members of the public, if you wish to comment before the Board, you must email comments@eeisd.org by 6:00 p.m. on May 21, 2025 to give your name and topic you wish to comment on.  

4. RECOGNITIONS:

4.a. Edcouch-Elsa High School Band who received sweepstakes and straight ones at their UIL competition.

4.b. Carlos F. Truan Symphonic Band who received sweepstakes at their UIL competition.

4.c. Carlos F. Truan Concert Band who received sweepstakes at their UIL competition.

4.d. Edcouch-Elsa Flutes being given the amazing opportunity to perform on stage April 5, 2025 after intermission or the McAllen Wind Ensemble

4.e. Mariachi Juvenil Azteca for competing at the Mariachi Festival of South Texas. 

• Carlos F. Truan JV Group
• Carlos F. Truan Varsity
• EEHS Varsity

4.f. 2024-2025 GreenPower USA National Standing (Goblin Racing) 9th in the Nation

4.g. Nations Champion 1st Place in their Division 

4.h. 7th in Elementary at the NASP State Competition for Archery and qualified for nationals

5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:

5.a. Enrollment and Attendance Report

5.b. Truancy Update 

5.c. Showcasing the College and Career Center

5.d. Student Council Presents "A Year in Review"-Daniel Pulido & Katie Borrego

6. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

6.a. Approval of Board Meeting(s) Minutes:
 

6.a.1. Regular Board Meeting-April 25, 2025

6.a.2. Regular Board Meeting-April 26, 2025

6.a.3. Strategic Planning Session-April 28, 2025

6.a.4. Regular Board Meeting-April 30, 2025

6.a.5. Special Board Meeting-May 13, 2025

6.b. BUSINESS AND FINANCE:

6.b.1. Approval of Tax Collection Report - March 2025

6.b.2. EEISD Financial Report-Information Item

6.b.3. Approval of the Memorandum of Agreement between Region One and Edcouch-Elsa ISD for the Project P.A.C.E. Educator Preparation Department and the Rio South Texas Education and Community Development Foundation (RSTEF), the grant provider.

6.b.4. Approval of quote for Security Window Film for the North High School, Performing Arts Building, and the Mercado Building.

6.b.5. Approval of CSJ Group proposal for Student Pick-up Drive Payment and Storm Drain System Improvements

6.c. STUDENT SERVICES:

6.c.1. Approval of the 2025 Texas Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (TexPrep) Interlocal Cooperation contract.

6.d. TEACHING & LEARNING:

6.d.1. Approval of updates to the Senate Bill 1882 performance contract and application in accordance with recommendations from the Texas Education Agency

6.e. STUDENT TRAVEL:

6.e.1. Consider and approval of travel for the EEHS Band Booster students and sponsors to Fiesta Texas and the Rock June 7-8, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

6.e.2. Consider and approve ACE Summer Field Trips to San Antonio and Corpus Christi to visit and tour the Alamo, San Antonio Zoo and the Texas State Aquarium. Students attending the ACE Summer Program at PFC David Ybarra Middle School and Carlos F. Truan Jr. High would be attending.

6.f. STAFF TRAVEL:

6.f.1. Ratification of travel for Cynthia Flores who attended a Child Nutrition Conference May 1-4, 2025 in Lincoln, Alabama.

6.f.2. Request to approve travel for Mari Olivarez to attend the Texas Authorizer Leadership Academy (TALA Cohort 6-final session) June 8-10, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.

6.f.3. Consider and approve travel for Javier Gonzalez to drive Child Nutrition staff to the TASN 2025 Annual Conference June 22-25, 2025 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

7. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:

7.a. Approval to utilize the Red Building to Build the HVAC Lab, the Welding Lab, the Electrical Lab and the Patient Care Lab to serve the 18-26 year olds 

7.b. Approval procurement method, selection criteria, review and ranking committee, prevailing wage rate and authorization to seek proposals/bids for CTE Welding, HVAC, Electricity, and Patient Care lab facility project

7.c. Approval of the Career and Technology Pathways including Welding, HVAC, Electrical, and Patient Care lab facility project and proposed budget 

8. CLOSED SESSION:  The superintendent requests that the Board of Trustees convene in closed meeting as authorized by the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.  This executive session is in accordance with the Texas Government Code Section:

8.a. 551.074 for the purpose of discussing personnel, considering appointment, employment, resignation, retirement, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

8.a.1. Discussion on Voluntary Separation Agreement with Superintendent of Schools 

8.a.2. Discussion on Naming Interim Superintendent

8.b. Consultation with legal counsel regarding a.)  pending or contemplated litigation b.)  settlement offer; or c.)  matter in which the duty of the attorney to Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (TX.Gov't. Code 551.071)

9. ACTION ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION:

9.a. 551.074 Discussion and action regarding personnel, considering appointment, employment, resignation, retirement, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

9.a.1. Discussion and action to approve Voluntary Separation Agreement with Superintendent of Schools 

9.a.2. Discussion and action to name Interim Superintendent of Schools

9.b. Discussion and action regarding consultation with legal counsel regarding a.)  pending or contemplated litigation b.)  settlement offer; or c.)  matter in which the duty of the attorney to Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (TX.Gov't. Code 551.071)

10. ADJOURNMENT: