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Red Oak Independent School District board meeting, Jul 20, 2026

52 min

Reading and test scores ▶ 26:30

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Red Oak ISD board approves consent agenda, hears construction and special education updates 14:07

  • A district staff member gave a construction update covering playgrounds, fencing, parking lots, a stadium, a practice gym and a CTE building. 14:07
  • A staff member reported on special education, saying the district's student population was 6,689 and 1,277 students were served by special education. 26:46
  • The board approved the consent agenda 7⁠-⁠0. 47:41
Item by item (7)
  1. Opening 11:59
    • The meeting opened with a quorum present, and all board members were reported present. 11:59
    • Johnny Knight gave the invocation, and Michelle Porter led the pledges. ~12:22
  2. Construction update 13:29
    • A district staff member said the roof replacement, stage refinishing and playgrounds at Shutman Elementary were 100% complete, and the stadium project at the high school was about 5% complete. 14:07
    • The staff member said Shirley B. Jones Elementary was still scheduled to open on time, in the fall of 2027, and the goal for the high school parking lot was September 1st or before. 14:07
    • The staff member said the fire lane in front of the CTE building would be kept so buses could use the far parking lot during construction. 25:06
  3. Special education report 26:30
    • A staff member cited a federal corrective action, a change in how dyslexia evaluations are done and more parent requests as reasons for growth in special education numbers. 28:23
    • The staff member said the RISE program for students 18 and older would use the old DAP building, and said the department had been at 100% on federally required compliance indicators. 30:43
    • In response to a question, the staff member said a homeschool agreement offers speech, physical and occupational therapy and vision and hearing consults, but not walk-in dyslexia therapy. 44:51
  4. Upcoming district events 45:57
    • A district staff member said the first day of school would be Wednesday, August the 12th, and the next regular board meeting would be Monday, August the 17th at 7 PM. 46:27
  5. Consent agenda 47:02
    • Johnny Knight made a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. 47:24
    • The motion passed 7⁠-⁠0. 47:41
  6. TASB delegate and alternate 49:31
    • The meeting was described as taking place in Houston in the first week of October. 50:15
    • Johnny Knight made a motion to name a voting delegate and an alternate to the 2026 TASB Delegate Assembly. 50:53
    • The motion passed 7 to 0. 51:20
  7. Closed session 51:20
    • The board went into closed session at 7:10. 51:20

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