The Littlefield Independent School District Board of Trustees met in Regular Session on Monday, February in the Library of the renovated Junior High School.
The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Board President Reese Rogers.
There was a Public Forum, Comment/ Annual Academic Performance Hearing.
The minutes from the previous meeting were approved by general consent.
The Administrators Report was presented.
Item five on the agenda was to deliberate and take possible action to approve the Annual Student Performance Report: The motion was made by Garry Ozbirn and seconded by Hervey Valdez to approve the Student Performance Report including the 2024-2025 Texas Academic Performance Report, Federal Report Card, District Accountability and Accreditation Status, and Student Performance Summary. The motion carried.
The next order of business was the 2026 School Board Election: Consider and appoint Janine Butler as the Deputy Early Voting Clerk, Stephen Butler as the Early Voting Ballot Board Judge and Neil Gonzales as the Early Voting Ballot Board Alternate Judge: a) The motion was made by Shawna Hastings and seconded by Johnny Castillo to appoint Janine Butler as the Deputy Early Voting Clerk, Stephen Butler as the Early Voting Ballot Board Judge and Neil Gonzales as the Early Voting Ballot Board Altrernate Judge. The motion carried.
Consider and appoint Janine Butler as the Central Count Station Manager, Tabulations Supervisor, and the Central Count Judge: b) The motion was made by Ozbirn and seconded by Will Williams to appoint Janine Butler as the Central Count Station Manager, Tabulations Supervisor, and Central Count Judge. The motion carried.
Consider and appoint Janine Butler to serve as Election Judge on Election Day and Stephen Butler as Alternate Election Day Judge: c) The motion was made by Sal Acevedo and seconded by Valdez to appoint Janine Butler to serve as Election Judge on Election Day and Stephen Butler as Alternate Election Day Judge. The motion carried.
Consider and appoint Neil Gonzales to serve as Bilingual Clerk for Early voting and Neil Gonzales to serve as Bilingual Clerk for Election Day: d) The motion was made by Acevedo and seconded by Hastings to appoint Neil Gonzales to serve as Bilingual Clerk for Early Voting and Neil Gonzales to serve as Bilingual Clerk for Election Day. The motion carried.
Item seven on the agenda was to discuss the 20262027 School Calendar.
No action was necessary. The next order of business was to discuss the Gifted and Talented Program Evaluation.
No action was necessary. The next item on the agenda was to discuss the facilities Maintenance Priorities Plan.
No action was necessary. Item 10 on the agenda was the Financial and Investment Review and Report.
The motion was made by Valdez and seconded by Castillo to approve the Financial and Investment Review and Report. The motion carried.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 the Board went into executive session to discuss personnel at 7:32 p.m. They returned to regular session at 9:03 p.m.
Item 11 on the agenda was Personnel Matters Including the Appointment, Employment, Evaluation, Reassignment, Duties, Discipline, Dismissal and/or Compensation of Individual District Empolyees: A) Certified Personnel (1) Administrator Contracts a) Assistant Superintendent, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer / Director of Finance, and PEIMS Specialist b) Principals c) Assistant Principals d) Directors The motion was made by Williams and seconded by Castillo to approve the extension of contracts for the Assistant Superintendent: Amber Hays, Chief Operations Officer: Bryan Gregory, Chief Financial Officer/Director of Finance: Destiny Chavarria, and PEIMS Specialist: Rachel Moreno. Principals; Staci Sumners, Jerry Russell, Jena Montgomery, and Brent Green. Assistant Principals; Mitzi Jennings and Veronica Savala. LCSSA Director: Brette Southard, Athletic Director: Bo Bryant, Technology Director: Michael Demel and Band Director: John Barry. The motion carried.
A motion was made by Valdez and seconded by Ozbirn to approve the contract for Alyssa Southard (Primary, Special Education Teacher). The motion carried. b) At-Will Personnel: Sadie Palmer – Primary, Paraprofessional; Sylvia Pace – JH, Paraprofessional; Kylor Gilbreath – JH, Paraprofessional.
The next order of business was to deliberate and take possible action to approve the Delay of Teacher Certification Requirements until the beginning of the 2029-2030 school year.
The motion was made by Ozbirn and seconded by Hastings to approve the Delay of Teacher Certification Requirements until the beginning of the 2029-2030 school year. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was Board Training Information. G a r r y Ozbirn and Shawna Hastings have completed the 30 hour Gifted and Talented Training.
With there being no further business to discuss, Board President Rogers declared the meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m.