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ALL RIGHT. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER ON MARCH 30TH, 2026 AT

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

05:37 P.M.. RISD PROVIDED NOTICE OF THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

A QUORUM IS PRESENT. TODAY, WE WILL HEAR A GRIEVANCE TO CONSIDER THE APPEAL OF THE LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE DECISION FILED UNDER BOARD POLICY G. LOCAL BY MISS SUSAN HERZFELD. FOR PURPOSES OF DISTINGUISHING TODAY'S HEARING FROM OTHERS FILED BY THE GRIEVANCE, THE GRIEVANCE WILL BE REFERENCED AS GRIEVANCE NUMBER ONE.

MISS HERZFELD'S GRIEVANCE HAS BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT CONSENTED TO THIS HEARING BEING CONDUCTED IN OPEN SESSION, AND THEREFORE THE HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO

[II. ENTER CLOSED MEETING]

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074. AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF PRESENT, WILL NEED TO EXIT THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE RETURNED FROM CLOSED SESSION, RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7:10 P.M..

[III. RECONVENE]

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. I DO WANT TO GO BACK FOR THE RECORD.

AND WHEN I IDENTIFIED EVERYBODY THAT WAS PRESENT, I DO WANT TO ADD MR. DAVID PATE TO THAT LIST. SO HE'S THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FINANCE.

OKAY. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR EITHER THE GRIEVANT OR THE ADMINISTRATION? NO. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS GRIEVANCE.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD DENY THE REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL APOLOGY LETTER.

DENY THE REQUEST FOR MONETARY RELIEF FOR DISABILITY CLAIMS, AS THE RECORD DOES NOT REFLECT DISABILITY BASED DISCRIMINATION OR RETALIATION, AND THAT WE DENY THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE AND UPHOLD THE LEVEL TWO DECISION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0.

THIS PUBLIC VOTE SHALL SERVE AS A VERBAL NOTICE OF THE BOARD'S DECISION.

RISD GENERAL COUNSEL WILL FOLLOW UP WITH WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THE BOARD'S DECISION TO THE GRIEVANT.

THE GRIEVANCE IS CONCLUDED. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:11 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.