San Marcos CISD Board of Trustees

16 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 33 min · 8,311 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: San Marcos CISD board rejects refunding bonds, lowers debt tax rate in 6-0 vote Play 1:02:00
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Miguel Arredondo, Trustee · Jessica Cain, Trustee · Clem Cantu, Trustee · Freddy Duran, Trustee · Anne Halsey, Trustee · Sandra Lopez, Trustee · John McGlothlin, Trustee

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 49 minMonday, September 21, 2026San Marcos CISD board rejects refunding bonds, lowers debt tax rate in 6-0 voteAI in schoolsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Anne Halsey, Jessica Cain, Miguel Arredondo, Clem Cantu and 1 more

Play 1:02:00

Special meeting · 2 h 48 minTuesday, September 8, 2026San Marcos CISD board approves signatory resolution, reviews tax rate optionsAI in schoolsSpeakers: Anne Halsey, Miguel Arredondo

Play 2:16:42

Special meeting · 1 h 57 minMonday, August 3, 2026San Marcos CISD trustees prepare agenda for August 17 board meetingSpeakers: Anne Halsey, Jessica Cain, Miguel Arredondo, Clem Cantu and 1 more

Play 32:34

Special meeting · 3 h 26 minMonday, June 29, 2026Speakers: Anne Halsey

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Nov 3, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat1 members were seated for fewer than 8 board meetings on our record, leaving 1 to compare; we rank at 4.

Coverage: about 63% of members’ speaking time named (35%–82%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Anne HalseyTrustee · Trustee at Large · runs the meeting, not ranked8.1min, at least11 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart4.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Jessica CainTrustee · Single-Member-District 1 · We could name only 19% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%1.0min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Freddy DuranTrustee · Single-Member-District 2 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sandra LopezTrustee · Single-Member-District 3 · We could name only 2% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.1min, at least2 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

John McGlothlinTrustee · Single-Member-District 4 · We could name only 17% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.9min, at least5 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Clem CantuTrustee · Single-Member-District 5 · We could name only 19% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%1.0min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Miguel ArredondoTrustee · Trustee at Large5.2min, at least9 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 16 meetings on our record

Clips

What Anne Halsey said on Apr 6, 2026

Like, is this the last year of dual language at DZ, or are we maintaining it?Anne HalseyTrustee · San Marcos CISD Board of Trustees · Apr 6, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:33:04

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance16%10%–23%

Public comment4%2%–7%

Ceremony and recognition3%0%–7%

Safety and discipline0%0%–17%

The two readers didn’t agree on 26% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 16 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Dec 15, 2025, heard from 5.

5 on Dec 15, 20255 speakers3 speakers1.3 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 16 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 21	Sep 8	Aug 3	Jun 29	Jun 1	May 18	May 4	Apr 20	Apr 6	Feb 12	Dec 15	Nov 3
Clem Cantu	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Miguel Arredondo	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sandra Lopez	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Anne Halsey	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Jessica Cain	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Freddy Duran	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
John McGlothlin	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4838970 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district