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College Station Independent School District work session, Sep 15, 2026

3 h 16 min · 2 videos · 4 public speakers

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Part 2 · 1 h 39 min

College Station ISD board approves central office construction price on 4⁠-⁠3 vote 1:38:01

  • The College Station ISD Board of Trustees approved a guaranteed maximum price of $25,392,035 for construction of a new central office building and renovation of the existing one, with the motion passing 4 to 3. 1:14:24

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Item by item (11)
  1. Call to order and pledges 0:15
    • The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock with 7 members present. 0:15
    • Two fourth grade students from Riverbend Elementary led the pledges. 5:20
  2. Recognitions 8:34
    • A campus principal recognized a campus leadership team and said the school had been recognized as a Solution Tree Model Professional Learning Community. 11:11
    • The director of fine arts said the district was recognized as a District of Distinction for visual arts, as one of the best communities for music education and as an exemplary district for theater education. 18:03
  3. Board president statement 23:22
    • The board president said the agenda item formerly listed as board directions, reports and announcements would be listed only as board reports, limited to district committees and events. 23:22
    • The board president said trustees should submit other items at least 10 days prior to a meeting and that a point of order would be called if a trustee spoke on other items. 24:44
  4. Board and district reports 25:32
    • A speaker said the Special Education Parent Advisory Committee had over 60 applicants and narrowed the committee to 21 members. 25:45
    • A speaker said the Education Foundation will award a $1,000 scholarship to seniors who make a field goal at the Kick for Cash contest on September 25th. 28:19
    • A speaker said the district ended last May with 13,760 students and had 13,708 students as of last Friday. 31:11
  5. Public comment 32:01
    • A speaker at public comment asked that every elementary school be staffed equitably with a gifted and talented specialist. 33:01
    • A speaker at public comment said the central office project could give College View High School the opportunity to grow. 35:54
    • Other speakers at public comment raised concerns about teachers leaving the district and about transparency in district decisions. 38:48
  6. Consent agenda 44:59
    • The consent agenda included items G, H2 to H3, I1 and J3 to J11. 44:59
    • The motion passed 7 to 0. 45:31
  7. Improvement plan process overview 45:31
    • A district staff member described the five-step needs assessment process used for campus and district improvement plans. 45:43
    • The staff member said draft plans would be emailed to trustees and the board would be asked to approve the plans next month. 45:43
  8. Financial integrity rating hearing 56:14
    • A district staff member said the district had 154 days cash on hand and received a superior rating of 98 out of 100. 1:01:58
    • Asked whether the score was higher than last time, the staff member said 98 was the same as last time and that the same debt-related indicator lowered the score. 1:07:44
  9. Tax rate adoption 1:09:38
    • A district staff member said the total tax rate would be $97.02 and included a 3.35% increase in property value. 1:09:52
    • A speaker said the preference would have been to have the notice published again after a clerical posting error so the board would not be relying on legal counsel's opinion. 1:12:44
    • Darin Paine moved to adopt a maintenance and operations rate of 0.6912 cents and an interest and sinking rate of 0.2790 cents, for a total of 0.9702 cents. 1:13:36
    • The motion passed 7⁠-⁠0. 1:14:18
  10. Central office construction price 1:14:24
    • A presenter said the guaranteed maximum price from Pogue Construction came in at $25,392,035, with the new central office to be complete in December of 2027. 1:14:39
    • One board member said reservations remained because the district does not truly know what enrollment is going to do. 1:18:17
    • Darin Paine said bond planners agreed the district needed a new central office building and moved to approve as presented. 1:34:11
    • The motion passed 4 to 3. 1:35:09
  11. Personnel contract action 1:35:09
    • The motion passed 7⁠-⁠0, and the meeting adjourned at 9:05. 1:39:14

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Who spoke

Who spoke

Darin PaineTrustee
Mike MartindaleTrustee

Video: posted by the district as “CSISD Board Meeting 9/15/2026 - Workshop”