Pearland ISD extends superintendent contract and authorizes TEA notification after closed session
January 14, 2026 | PEARLAND ISD, School Districts, Texas
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After convening in closed session under permitted provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Pearland ISD Board of Trustees returned to open session and voted on several personnel matters on Jan. 13.
The board accepted the superintendent’s employment recommendations for staff as presented (motion carried 7–0). Later the board voted to extend Superintendent Dr. Larry Berger’s contract, with the amended term effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029; that motion also passed unanimously.
The board then moved on an employment-related finding concerning Chelsea Foster, identified in the meeting as a probationary contract teacher. The board voted that "good cause did not exist" for Foster’s alleged abandonment of her contract and authorized the board president to send a letter to the Texas Education Agency educators certification division seeking sanction. Both the finding and the authorization motions carried 7–0.
The board recorded no other public actions from closed session at that time; the meeting adjourned at 8:39 p.m.
The board accepted the superintendent’s employment recommendations for staff as presented (motion carried 7–0). Later the board voted to extend Superintendent Dr. Larry Berger’s contract, with the amended term effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029; that motion also passed unanimously.
The board then moved on an employment-related finding concerning Chelsea Foster, identified in the meeting as a probationary contract teacher. The board voted that "good cause did not exist" for Foster’s alleged abandonment of her contract and authorized the board president to send a letter to the Texas Education Agency educators certification division seeking sanction. Both the finding and the authorization motions carried 7–0.
The board recorded no other public actions from closed session at that time; the meeting adjourned at 8:39 p.m.
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