Venus Independent School District School Board

9 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · 2,308 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Venus ISD board approves '26-'27 tax rate that staff said is lower than last year Play 59:22
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Tasha Gore, PRESIDENT · Randall Buck, BOARD TRUSTEE · Amber Crafton, Vice-PRESIDENT · Greg Hoffman, BOARD TRUSTEE · Joe Russell, BOARD TRUSTEE · Kirby Sansom, SECRETARY · Donald Shaw, BOARD TRUSTEE

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Board meeting · 2 h 44 minMonday, September 21, 2026Venus ISD board approves '26-'27 tax rate that staff said is lower than last yearChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSpeakers: Tasha Gore, Amber Crafton

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Runs the meetingTasha GorePRESIDENT · Place 7 · shown, not ranked2meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 2 meetings · 1 clip

Members · listed by nameRandall BuckBOARD TRUSTEE · Place 11meeting where a checked clip names them1clipnamed at 1 meeting · 1 clip Amber CraftonVice-PRESIDENT · Place 41meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting Greg HoffmanBOARD TRUSTEE · Place 6—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Joe RussellBOARD TRUSTEE · Place 2—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Kirby SansomSECRETARY · Place 51meeting where a checked clip names them1clipnamed at 1 meeting · 1 clip Donald ShawBOARD TRUSTEE · Place 3—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

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What board members said

I don't know if library's come up at all. But, uh, I don't have an issue with our library, but I would— my question is, how much of, of the $69,000 or the $67,000, which is gonna be this next year, are we using for the community library?Randall BuckBOARD TRUSTEE · Venus Independent School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 2:34:17

However, that is a municipal function. A library is a municipal function, not a school district function.Tasha GorePRESIDENT · Venus Independent School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 23:51

Federal district ID 4844010 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district