Lytle Independent School District public meetings in 2023
13 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board will hold a regular meeting with a consent agenda, superintendent reports, and several action items. They will consider approving bids for softball/baseball fields and an elementary playground, review and approve local policies on security personnel and school volunteers, and vote on a resolution to employ or accept chaplains as volunteers. The board will also discuss the guardian program in closed session and may approve a plan for it in open session.
- Softball/Baseball Fields Bid
- Elementary Playground Bids
- Resolution to Employ or Accept as Volunteers Chaplains
- Review and approve CKE(LOCAL) - Policy Safety Program/Risk Management: Security Personnel
- Review and approve GKG(LOCAL) - Policy Community Relations School Volunteer Program
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board will hold a regular meeting with public comment, consent agenda items, and superintendent reports. The board will consider approving the district's vision and goals, a District of Innovation Plan amendment, resolutions regarding the Appraisal District and Senate Bill 763, and several policy updates. A closed session is scheduled to discuss personnel and the Guardian Program, followed by a possible vote on the proposed plan and guardians.
- Approve Vision, Mission, Beliefs and Goals
- District of Innovation Plan Amendment
- Resolution of votes cast to elect directors for the Appraisal District of Medina County for 2024-2025
- Resolution regarding Senate Bill 763
- Approve Proposed Plan and Guardians for Guardian Program
Public Hearing and Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board is holding a public hearing and regular meeting to discuss and possibly approve the financial audit report, an auditor's proposal, a retention stipend, and a budget amendment. The board will also enter closed session to discuss the Guardian Program and proposed guardians, then return to open session to approve them.
- Public hearing on School First Rating Report
- Review and approve Financial Audit Report
- Auditor's Proposal from Belt Harris Pechacek, LLLP
- Retention Stipend discussion
- Budget Amendment
Special Meeting
The Lytle Independent School District Board of Trustees is holding a special meeting on September 25, 2023, at 6:00 PM. The agenda includes routine items (invocation, pledge, roll call) and a single substantive item: a governance team-building session for the board and superintendent, led by Nelson W. Coulter. No decisions or specific actions are listed on the agenda.
- Governance team building for board and superintendent
- Presenter: Nelson W. Coulter
Public Hearing and Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD school board is holding a public hearing and regular meeting to discuss the proposed tax rate, followed by a vote to adopt the 2023 tax rate. The board will also consider a bank depository contract extension, gym AC installation, baseball/softball field renovations, and a budget amendment, along with routine consent agenda items and superintendent reports.
- Public hearing on proposed tax rate
- Resolution extending bank depository contract
- Auxiliary gym AC installation request
- Renovation project proposals for baseball and softball fields
- Adopt 2023 tax rate by resolution
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting with a consent agenda covering routine items like minutes, financial reports, and agreements. The board will also discuss and potentially act on several items, including a bond defeasance resolution, a proposed tax rate, a good cause exception to the armed security officer requirement, and policy updates. A closed session is scheduled for personnel updates and the superintendent's mid-year evaluation.
- Resolution for defeasance and redemption of outstanding obligations
- Resolution to declare good cause exception for House Bill 3 armed security officer requirement
- Proposed tax rate
- Update 121 policy review (LEGAL and LOCAL policies)
- Consent agenda includes AgriLife Extension agreement and appraisal district budgets
Public Hearing Meeting
The Lytle ISD board is holding a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed 2023-2024 budget, then will consider adopting it. They will also discuss amending the current 2022-2023 budget. The meeting includes routine items like invocation, roll call, and open forum.
- Amend 2022-2023 budget
- Public hearing on proposed 2023-2024 budget
- Adopt 2023-2024 budget
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board will hold a regular meeting with a consent agenda, superintendent reports, and several action items. Key decisions include the 2023-2024 compensation plan (salaries and stipends), a budget workshop, and a District of Innovation Plan amendment. The board will also enter closed session to discuss the district safety audit, personnel updates, and the superintendent's salary.
- 2023-2024 salaries and stipend schedule
- Budget workshop
- District of Innovation Plan amendment
- District Safety Audit Report
- Superintendent salary discussion
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board will canvass and certify the May 6 school board election results, administer oaths to elected members, and reorganize board officers. They will also consider the 2023-2024 district compensation plan, including salaries, stipends, and substitute pay, plus a budget amendment and a budget workshop on property values and funding lag. The meeting includes a closed session for personnel matters.
- Canvass and certify May 6, 2023 school board election results
- Administer oath of office to elected board members
- Reorganization of board officers
- 2023-2024 salaries, stipend schedule, and substitute pay schedule
- Budget amendment and budget workshop on property values and funding lag
Special Meeting
The Lytle ISD Board of Trustees is holding a special meeting to consider and possibly approve a resolution nominating Superintendent Michelle Carroll Smith for the Texas Association of School Boards Superintendent of the Year award. The agenda contains only this one action item, along with routine opening and closing procedures.
- Consideration for approval of resolution to nominate Michelle Carroll Smith for TASB Superintendent of the Year
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board will hold a regular meeting with routine items like minutes, financial reports, and committee appointments. The main action item is considering sanctions against certified educator Monique Campos for abandoning or untimely resigning her contract, which will be discussed in closed session and then voted on in open session.
- Consider sanctions against educator Monique Campos for abandonment/untimely resignation of contract
- Approve Medina County contract for elections services for May 6, 2023 special trustee election
- Amend special trustee election order issued January 23, 2023
- Approve budget amendment
- Approve early graduation request
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting with routine items, including consent agenda approvals, superintendent reports, and a closed session for personnel. Action items include an emergency school closing payment resolution, a teacher incentive allotment plan, the 2023-2024 school calendar, a fence project bid, and a budget amendment.
- Emergency School Closing Payment Resolution
- Teacher Incentive Allotment overview and draft Lytle plan
- 2023-2024 School District Calendar
- Bid for Fence Project
- Budget Amendment
Regular Meeting
The Lytle ISD board will hold a regular meeting with public comment periods, consent agenda items, and reports from the superintendent. Action items include an early graduation request, ordering a general and special trustee election for May 6, 2023, and approving additional TCLAS/TEA-funded library resources. The board will also enter closed session to discuss the superintendent's evaluation and contract.
- Order trustee general election for May 6, 2023
- Order trustee special election for May 6, 2023
- Early graduation request
- Additional TCLAS/TEA funded library resources
- Consent agenda: minutes, financial reports, policy updates (CKC, FNG, FO)