Trustees approve consent agenda, personnel changes, contracts, bond actions and facility items

The PASADENA ISD Board of Trustees carried a series of routine and finance items at its May 28 meeting.

Consent and personnel: The board approved the consent agenda (motion by Miss Morgan, second by Miss Sullivan) and later approved administrative personnel pages A–I, recognizing several newly named administrators and specialists including Leticia Diaz (Special Education Counselor, Pasadena High School), Daniel Fitz Morris (Athletic Coordinator, Doby High School), Samantha Perez (Licensed Specialist in School Psychology), Thomas Mancha (Board Certified Behavior Analyst), Wayne Merz (Director of Student Information Systems) and Jessica McCoy (principal, Dr. Kirk Lewis CTE High School).

Superintendent and personnel actions: Trustees approved the superintendent’s evaluation and related actions and then approved an amendment to the superintendent’s contract (motions noted in the record with Trustee Morgan moving and others seconding).

Emergency declaration: The board adopted a resolution declaring an emergency and authorizing employee compensation and purchases related to inclement weather; during discussion trustees corrected the agenda date from May 16 to May 17, 2024 before voting to adopt the resolution.

CTE and partnerships: Trustees authorized offering state‑approved Principles of Maritime Science 1 and 2 at Lewis Career and Technical High School, approved a memorandum of understanding with the Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation to provide NCCER craft training, and approved general waivers for the Texas Virtual School Network course review process. The board also approved a partnership agreement between PASADENA ISD and Houston Methodist.

Financial and contracts: The board approved April 2024 budget amendments and an interlocal contract with Houston ISD School Health and Related Services for 2025–28. Trustees approved renewals for multiple insurance programs (property, liability, builder’s risk and other coverages) and approved orders and authorizations related to district bonds, including replacing a paying agent/registrar and authorizing conversion/remarketing processes for certain variable‑rate bonds. Legal and financial representatives were present to answer questions.

Capital projects and property: The board approved sale of approximately 10.115 acres of surplus property at 9129 North Broadway Street, Houston, to HCI DP Land Acquisition LLC (agenda listed an amount in the record that was unclear in the transcript). The trustees also approved several allowance expenditure authorizations and change orders tied to the 2017 Bond Transportation Center replacement project and 2022 Bond upgrades (plumbing and synthetic turf) that adjust project budgets and scopes.

Other approvals: The board approved a Pasadena High School drill team trip to Florida in February 2025, set the next regular meeting for June 25, 2024, and approved naming the Veterans Memorial Stadium press box in honor of Robert Avery.

Votes and procedure: Most motions were called, seconded and recorded by voice with the chair asking "all in favor? any opposed?" and the clerk noting the motion carried; no roll‑call tallies by name were read into the record. Public comment was not offered at the meeting.

Because many agenda items were routine and carried without extended debate, trustees handled them in a single consent‑and‑action sequence; where a date or numeric figure in the agenda was unclear in the transcript, the article notes that the meeting record had ambiguous text that should be confirmed in the official minutes.