Menu

Castleberry Independent School District board meeting, Sep 14, 2026

2 h 21 min

Reading and test scores ▶ 27:50

This board doesn’t post agenda times. Click a board member to jump to where they first speak; we list only members whose voice our check named. Video length 2 h 21 min.

  1. Who spoke · first speaks at
What happened

What happened at this meeting

Board approves consent agenda, goals and new hire contracts on 5⁠-⁠0 votes 2:01:23

  • The board held a public hearing on the state financial accountability rating, where a district staff member reported that the district's score moved from 74 to 94, taking it from meet standard to superior achievement. 1:29
  • District staff presented results and recommended goals under House Bill 3, along with strategies in the 2026⁠-⁠2027 District Improvement Plan and an update on the high school bond construction. 21:31
  • The board approved the consent agenda, 5-year goals in early childhood literacy, mathematics, and college, career and military readiness, and the 2026⁠-⁠2027 professional new hire contracts, each by a 5⁠-⁠0 vote. 2:01:23
Item by item (14)
  1. Opening and invocation 0:04
    • The presiding officer called the meeting to order and stated that a quorum of board members was present. 0:04
    • An invocation was given. ~0:50
  2. Public hearing on financial accountability rating 1:29
    • A district staff member said the district's score moved from 74 to 94, with cash on hand improving from 2 to 8 points and liquidity from 4 to 10 points. 4:39
    • The staff member said the measure of debt compared to taxable property values moved from 10 to 6 and said it reflected frozen property values under an appraisal district reappraisal plan. 10:23
    • A speaker at public comment raised the debt-to-property value indicator and presented data on appraisal ratios and property tax protests. 14:56
  3. Public comment and consent agenda question 18:15
    • A staff member said no one had signed up to speak during public comment. ~18:15
  4. House Bill 3 goal results and recommendations 21:19
    • A staff member said the district's goal was to increase from 81 to 83 on the A through F accountability rating and that the district received an overall 88. 22:21
    • The staff member said the recommended goal for the 2026⁠-⁠2027 school year was an 85 rating or higher and a B rating or higher at every campus. 22:59
    • The staff member said the district recommended raising the 2027 third grade literacy milestone from 44% to 47% and maintaining the 2027 numeracy milestone of 40%. 23:30
  5. District improvement plan strategies 27:50
    • A staff member summarized strategies for early literacy, third grade reading and math, college and career readiness and other priority areas. 28:43
    • The staff member said the district aimed to increase the number of special education students who exit the program to 7% and to increase transfer student enrollment by 2%. 33:46
  6. Early literacy, math and readiness goals 35:46
    • A staff member said the goal for this year was to raise the share of third grade students scoring meets or masters on STAAR reading from 45% in June 2026 to 47% by June 2027. 36:50
    • Tracy Gallman asked about a 72% figure, and a staff member said that figure was from last year's scorecard and had been adjusted. 45:14
    • A presenter said the district projected its college, career and military readiness rate would move from approximately 99% to a goal of 94% because of changes in state criteria. 50:19
  7. Bond construction and energy savings update 55:44
    • A staff member said the high school project was about 20 months into a 2-year timeframe, within budget and about 85% complete, with about 21% of the original $78.8 million remaining. 56:02
    • The staff member said the energy project was planned to be complete by March of next year. 57:49
    • Tracy Gallman asked about $2 million spent internally, and a staff member said that was bond money in soft costs. 1:03:59
  8. Closed session and pledge 1:05:27
    • The board retired to closed session at 7:06 PM and reconvened at 7:48 PM, then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 1:05:27
  9. Recognitions 1:29:03
    • Students from Castleberry Elementary presented a news-style report on campus activities, and the principal said enrollment was 782 as of that day. 1:29:11
    • The elementary ELA coordinator recognized the district's partnership with Reading Partners, which provides tutoring at campuses. 1:40:52
    • A staff member introduced the district's new Director of Auxiliary Programs and Facility Maintenance. 1:55:50
  10. Consent agenda and action items 2:00:59
    • The board considered the consent agenda, 5-year goals in early childhood literacy, mathematics, and college, career and military readiness, and the 2026⁠-⁠2027 professional new hire contracts. 2:00:59
    • The board approved the consent agenda, the 5-year goals and the new hire contracts, each by a 5⁠-⁠0 vote. 2:01:23
  11. Information items and key dates 2:02:32
    • The presiding officer noted an upcoming family night, homecoming parade and homecoming events. 2:03:29
    • A staff member said the district was selected for a video case study of its structured literacy implementation in grades K through 3. 2:04:19
  12. Governance training workshop planning 2:05:16
    • A staff member presented a draft agenda for continued Lone Star governance training and asked board members to complete a self-rating before the workshop. 2:05:49
    • The staff member said workshops were scheduled for October 19th and November 17th. 2:14:51
    • Asked whether there would be an additional fee, a staff member said the assistance was part of the collaborative with Region 11. 2:15:29
  13. Association delegate assembly selection 2:16:51
    • The board discussed selecting a delegate for the TASB delegate assembly, and a speaker volunteered to serve. 2:16:51
  14. Next meeting and adjournment 2:19:18
    • The next meeting was set for Monday, October 5th, 2026, and the meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM. 2:19:18

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

Other meetings

Other meetings of this board

Video: posted by the district as “School Board Meeting | September 14, 2026”