CorpusRecord 253055

2025-05-19 School Board Workshop

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Source
YouTube / Tyler ISD
Date
2025-08-04
Location
Smith County, TX
Material
Transcript
Extent
625 words · about 4 min
Collected
2026-06-29

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001This meeting of the Tyler ISD Board of Trustees is called to order. The presence of a quorum has been established. The meeting has been duly called and the notice of the meeting has been posted in the time and manner required. At this time, we have no public participation. I'm going to give it to the superintendent for the next section, oath for office school board trustee. Yes, ma'am. This is about the only time that I actually participate in the running of a of a board meeting. And uh what we're going to do at this time is uh have a swearing in for those that um were elected for this cycle. We have Ivonne Atkins, Lindseay Harrison, and Elena Laya today to have those swearing swearing in. I'm going to turn it over to board secretary and

002that's going to be Mrs. Gina our so that she can conduct the oath of office to the two incumbents and then she'll go through the next steps of the new trustee. Miss Orur, good morning. Having been presented with the certificate of election and executed the statement of officer, um, Miss Atkins and Miss Harrison, will you please stand, raise your right hand, and repeat after me. I state your name. Ivon Atkins do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of the trustee of the Tyler Independent School District of the office of the trustees for the Tyler Independent School District of the state of Texas of the state of Texas and will to the best of my ability and will to the

003best of my ability preserve protect and defend preserve protect and defend the Constitution and laws, the Constitution and laws of the United States of the United States and of this state and of this state. So help me God. So help me God. Thank you. And at this time, uh, Mr. Lasa has asked Judge Derek Choice, Smith County Precinct Justice of the Peace to enter administer his oath of office. Judge Choice, will you come forward? [Music] Okay. And so it is my honor and privilege to have been asked to swear the newly elected trustee board of trustee Mr. Elena Lasia. And so I began by asking you to repeat after me. I state your name. I, Elena Lisa, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties that I will faithfully execute

004the duties of the office of trustee of the Tyler Independent School District of the office of trustee of the Tyler Independent School District of the state of Texas of the state of Texas and will to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend preserve protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United states the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state and of this state. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations. Thank you, Judge. You're welcome. Thank you very much. Congratulations. At this time, we ask that you sign your oath of office and then Mr. Lay, you may take your seat at the at the board die. Congratulations. Congratulations. [Music] God bless you. to have you with you. Thank

005you very much. Okay, welcome. So now every year after election, the board is required to reorganize and so this is that day that we will reorganize the officers of the boards of trustees for the Tyler Independent School District. We will start with president. Um, do we have any nominations? Madame Vice President, I nominate you, Yavon Atkins, as president. I second. All in favor? I I. All oppose. It has been moved that I will be president. The next office we have is a vice president. Do I have any nominations? Madam President, I would like to nominate Miss Lindseay Harrison, please. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor? I. by the oppos. We are organized as usual. We have Gina that will be our secretary. Oh, we have to vote on Sorry. I'm new at

006this. So, um vote on we'll take a nomination for the uh um election and appointment for board secretary. Um traditionally it's been Gina or for how many years, Gina? Whatever. I nominate Gina Moore for secretary. Second. All in favor? I. Anybody oppose? The eyes have it. I mean, I think she'd probably let you take the minutes and put everything together. Thank you, Gina, for doing what you do in service of this board. Thank you, Gina. We don't have an executive session. Do you have any words before we close this meeting? I do not. Okay. Can I get some nominations to um I move we adjourn? Second. All in favor? Anybody oppose? Thank you for coming to this special occasion. We'll see you all tonight.

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