The Littlefield Independent School District Board of Trustees met in Regular Session on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12 p.m. in the Board Room of the Jerry Blakely Administration Building.
The Invocation was given by Will Williams and there was nobody present for public forum. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved by general consent.
Item four on the agenda was the Superintendents Report.
Superintendent Mitch McNeese brought in several groups of students to congratulate them on their accomplishments throughout the spring semester: the Baseball team, Track Regional Qualifiers, Band, Ag Mech and UIL Academics.
Items five, six and seven were Statement of Elected Officer, Certificate of Election and Oath of Office.
School Board Candidates have been elected, therefore duly elected. Garry Ozbirn – At Large and Shawna Wagley Hastings – At Large. The Secretary of State recommends these post-election procedures: Statement of Officer is completed, Certificate of Election is issued to newly-elected officers, Newlyelected officers take the Oath of Office.
Superintendent Secretary, Jackie Milligan swore in the newly elected school board members one at a time.
Item eight on the agenda was Board Reorganization. Nomination made by Will Williams, seconded by Shawna Wagley Hastings to elect Reese Rogers as Board President.
Nomination made by Sal Acevedo to elect Will Williams as Board President.
Reese Rogers named Board President with 3-1 vote. Motion carried.
Nomination made by Acevedo, seconded by Hastings to elect Williams as Board Vice-President. There being no further nomina- tions, Williams was named Vice-President by acclamation.
Nomination made by Acevedo, seconded by Williams to elect Hervey Valdez as Board Secretary. There being no further nominations, Valdez was named Secretary by acclamation.
Nomination made by Hastings, seconded by Williams, to appoint Ozbirn as TASB Assembly Delegate. There being no further nominations, Ozbirn was named TASB Assembly Delegate by acclamation.
Nomination made by Acevedo, seconded by Ozbirn, to appoint Hastings as TASB Assembly Delegate Alternate. There being no further nominations, Hastings was named TASB Assembly Delegate Alternate by acclamation.
The next order of business was to deliberate and take possible action to engage Bolinger, Segars, Gilbert and Moss as our Auditor for the 2024-2025 School Year.
“We’ve always used these guys as our auditor, they’ve sent their paperwork in and they have always taken care of us, so I recommend that we approve Bolinger, Segars, Gilver and Moss as our auditor for the 2025-2026 school year,” Supt. McNeese said.
The motion was made by Ozbirn and seconded by Williams to engage Boliger, Segars, Gilbert and Moss as LISD’s Auditor for the 2024- 2025 School Year. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was to deliberate and take possible action to approve the SHAC Report.
Assistant Superintendent Amber Hays presented the SHAC Report, stating, “Mrs. Ozbirn does a great job of running this committee. They do a great job of making sure that the overall health of our student body and our staff is taken care of. Some of the great highlights that they’ve done this year are, they’ve put together a quarterly newsletter that they send out to staff, students and parents. The newsletter includes tips on how to take care of your kids, immunizations coming up and mental health is always a big focus, and they do a good job of that.”
She added, “They also did the presentation on Fentanyl to the student body and staff on the dangers of that and how to respond to that. We also did an immunization clinic at the school for measles. We did our annual blood drive. Some of the goals for next year are that they are going to continue to work on mental health for students and staff.”
The motion was made by Williams and seconded by Ozbirn to approve the SHAC Report. The motion carried.
Bryan Gregory discussed the Facilities Maintenance Priorities Plan.
“Everything at the school is going OK,” Gregory said. “At the high school, they are for the most part complete, but they do have some issues that they’re working through. We’ve had some roof leaks that we’ve been looking for since we moved in. hopefully they found them last week. They will take care of that long term.”
He added, “At the junior high everything is going along good. They’ve lost a lot of time due to weather. We’ve had two significant rain events over the last two weeks and everything that is going to be built south and west of the existing courtyard has been flooded, and under water and muddy, so they really can’t get in there and do the things they need to do. They’ve dug 29 piers which is what all this will sit on top of. In the process of digging those piers, they ripped the cables out of the transmission cabinet, so we’ve been operating on a generator for the last week. Everyone responded well. They’ve got walls going in, drywall is going up, they’re still working on HVAC. They’ve got all the curbs built and dried in and they’re going to be working on tying the old building to the new building roof pretty quick.”
No Action Necessary Item 12 on the agenda was to deliberate and take possible action to approve the Financial and Investment Review and Report.
Destiny Chavarria presented the Financial and Investment Review and Report.
The motion was made by Williams and seconded by Acevedo to approve the Financial and Investment Review and Report as presented by Chavarria. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was Budget Amendment.
No Action was necessary. The next order of business was Personnel Matters Including the Appointment, Employment, Evaluation, Reassignment, Duties, Discipline, Dismissal and/or Compensation of Individual District Employees.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 the Board went into executive session at 12:37 p.m. to discuss personnel. They returned to regular session at 12:58 p.m. a) Certified Personnel The motion was made by Williams, seconded by Ozbirn to approve the contracts for certified staff members Nikki Friday (4th Grade ELA Teacher), J.R. Ayala (6th Grade Social Studies Teacher/ Coach), and Allison Panzer (FCS Teacher), as recommended by administration. The motion carried. b) At-Will Personnel No Action Necessary Item 15 on the agenda was deliberation and possible action to approve termination agreement with Yellow House Wind.
This agenda item was moved to the June Board Meeting.
Supt. McNeese provided the Board with Board Training Opportunities.
With there being no further business to discuss, Board President Reese Rogers declared the meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m.