Pflugerville ISD grievance committee denies level 3 parent appeal, upholds administration

The Pflugerville ISD Board Grievance Committee met Oct. 1 and, after a closed-session review, voted to deny a level 3 parent appeal and uphold the administration’s level 2 decision.

Trustee Charlie Torres, who presided over the special meeting, announced the committee was convened under the authority of the Texas Education Code, Chapter 26, and stated that the matter involved a level 3 parent appeal under board policy FNG. "I move that the board deny the appeal and uphold the administration's decision at level 2," Torres said during the open session after the committee reconvened.

The committee opened the meeting for public comment and recorded that there were no speakers. The trustees then entered a closed session at about 5:05 p.m. to consider the appeal, citing provisions of the Texas Government Code as grounds for confidentiality; the committee reconvened in open session at about 5:45 p.m. before taking action. The presiding trustee said no action or voting would take place in closed session and that any formal decision would be made in open session.

After the motion to deny the appeal was made and seconded, the committee recorded the outcome and identified the decision as final: the committee noted that a decision of the grievance committee is considered a final decision of the board of trustees. The meeting was then adjourned.

The transcript records a vote tally of 3-0 in favor of the motion; individual member votes were not itemized in the record provided. The committee did not specify further remedies or next procedural steps in the transcript.