001Good afternoon everyone and thank you all for being here those of you with us and those of you watching online. Thank you for joining in. Today is Monday, March 9th, 2026 and we are here for our regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Item number one is to call this meeting to order. I'm doing so at 5:30 p.m. [snorts] Item number two is moment of silence. If you'll please join us. >> [snorts] >> Thank you, guys. And we will move on to the Pledge of Allegiance. If you'll please join. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, and indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> [snorts] >> I pledge a No, that was a good All right. And
002we are moving on to public comments. We are going to play a short video and then we will call you up. Thank you all. Here are the public comment procedures. Number one, individuals who wish to participate during the portion of the meeting designated for public comment shall sign up at mcallenisd.org at least 1 hour prior to the start of the scheduled meeting. Number two, an individual's comments to the board shall not exceed 2 minutes per meeting. Number three, the board shall not tolerate disruption of the meeting by members of the audience. Thank you. And our first speaker tonight is Priscilla Alvarez. Nigel, okay. All right. For tomorrow, okay. Um next we have uh Moises Arjona Jr. Hello. Mr. Arjona, you have 2 minutes uninterrupted. Awesome, thank you. Uh for the Thank you for welcoming me.
003My name is Moises Arjona. I am the collective impact director for Unidos Contra la Diabetes of the Rio Grande Valley. We're going to bring awareness and prevention to type 2 diabetes. I was invited as part of the healthy initiative going on. I'm glad that everyone's drinking water and promoting water. One of the things I wanted to bring into light was basically an attack real fast. So if I need to slow down, let me know. Got 2 minutes. Uh acanthosis nigricans is skin skin markings in our children in between in region one, 2 out of 25 children have these markings. >> [clears throat] >> What's scary about it is that out of those 2 to 25 8% are overweight. 89% of them are obese. That's one thing. Of those 38 are hypertensive. 17% are pre-hypertensive. And
004all this has to do with unhealthy eating, unhealthy habits, but at the same time the ability to >> [snorts] >> exercise and stop drinking sugary beverages. So maybe we can make some changes and advocate uh for removal of sugary beverages in the schools including some of the fundraising activities. I know that we're going to scream about that, but sometimes we have to just look at other ways of working the revenue. Cuz again, I will buy a whole box myself. Cuz I'm a sugar addict. I will say it. I won't deny it. So again, I know the struggles, but I also understand them. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Chelsea Gossett. Good afternoon. Good evening to you all. I just want to thank you all first for everything you
005do for our students and our staff of McAllen. Uh I'm super grateful for all you. Um my name is Chelsea Gossett. I have three kids in McAllen ISD. I'm also here talking about the healthy eating. I'm a registered dental hygienist. And so I wanted to talk a little bit about the um extra sugars that we're adding into the foods. Um First is, you know, my own children. I'm super strict on what they eat. And so my first went to school, she uh we talked about, you know, these are things we don't eat in our house. We don't eat sugary cereals. Don't drink the chocolate milk when you go there. Save those for special treats. Those are treat foods. Um we were successful. No cavities. My second one is a boy. He goes to school. We
006have the same conversation. Save the chocolate milk for special treats. Save them for Fridays. Um I bring him into my office and lo and behold we take x-rays and he has cavities. I'm like, "What are you doing?" Um he's having chocolate milk and cereal bars every day at school. And we have cavities. So, you know, the process is very simple with the cavities. I know we've all heard this growing up, but um we have the carbohydrates and the sugars. We introduce them into our mouth. Those are food for the bacteria. It breaks down into acids. The process [clears throat] of a cavity starts immediately. And this is an epidemic and through throughout the world is um decay especially starting in early um childhood years. And so um I could talk about this all day, but
007I only have 30 seconds left. So basically um there's more studies about just the processed foods as well about how the anatomy over time has changed. We're not eating more whole foods, um more meats. Everything is highly processed. And so um it's affected our airways, breathing, diabetes. Um those all go back into the oral health. And so, you know, our mouth is our gateway to our body. And so we just encourage um to help us work with y'all on on bringing healthier foods back into the early years of our kids' education. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Our next speaker is Christine Rovelli. Good evening school board. Um Dr. Gutierrez, my name is Christine Rovelli and my daughter is in second grade at Gonzalez. Uh we recently made the move to McAllen
008ISD in January because of the people, the schools, the district, and overall sense of community. Um my husband is a neurosurgeon here um in town. I'm a pediatric nurse um but I'm here as a concerned parent and to advocate for our students today. Um I'm speaking about the food being served to the children during their academic day. As other parents have previously stated, um we are concerned that our children are not receiving optimal choices and we're asking that you take a uh a careful look at sugar volume specifically in processed foods. Um we believe as parents and uh caretakers food choices um in our school systems can be better. Uh furthermore, the scientific evidence is there. Journal of School Health, a credible, well-recognized uh peer-review journal. Um they surveyed 5,200 fifth grade students. Uh the
009result was evident that students with decreased overall diet quality were significantly more likely to perform poorly on assessment. Um it continues on to say dietary adequacy and variety were identified as specific aspects of diet quality um important to academic performance therefore directly impacting future educational attainment and income and ultimately quality of life. That said, um let's be the example for the rest of the country. Having moved from the Northeast to the Midwest and now to South Texas, I believe even small changes will lead to substantial uh results. I've seen it happen. We can show others it can be done being fiscally responsible while continuing uh continually to keep the best interest of our children at heart. Um because that's why we're here. We care. We're a relatively small city, but we are full of people
010with passion, drive, and dedication to the things that matter um like the future of our scholars as they will be representing McAllen, Texas well into the future. Let's lead our children while using scientific support to set them up for academic success and ultimately their desires and goals. What we are feeding our children directly impacts academic achievement. We know this. Now we need your help to implement the changes necessary for our children to thrive. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker, Enrique Flores. Good evening trustees, superintendent McAllen ISD faculty and staff, and members of the community. My name is Enrique Flores. I'm a public school employee, alumni of McAllen ISD schools, and I've lived in McAllen for most of my life. I'm here today to lend my voice in solidarity
011with the three McAllen ISD mariachi students and their parents who were taken from our community by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, thrown into detention, and in the case of one of them even separated from his family. I know trustees that federal law is not in your jurisdiction. And I know that in these times it can be difficult to know what actions we can take to keep our community safe. I also know that public education feels under attack these days and public school teachers and districts feel surveilled, unsafe, and threatened. And I know [clears throat] that in the face of all this it is tempting to keep our heads down, stay silent, and worry less and less about others and more and more about ourselves. This is when we must consider deeply that it was public pressure
012from the community that freed this family today. And all of you are elected representatives of that community. The community gave you the seats you occupy right now so that you may act in their interest and make decisions based on their needs, values, and expectations. Over the past couple of days the community has demonstrated loudly and clearly those values and expectations. Now it's time for McAllen ISD to show that it stands with them. And so this is why I, as a McAllen ISD alumni and a taxpayer of the city, am calling on you trustees as elected officials and leaders of our community to issue an official statement condemning the detention of these children and their parents. Furthermore, I urge you to enact board policy that will ensure that all McAllen ISD students, parents, community members, faculty
013and staff are welcomed and protected to the fullest extent of the law. And the policy should include offering trainings to each and every member of the McAllen ISD family on what your rights are when interacting with law enforcement and immigration officials. The community has spoken. Please show us that you're listening. Thank you. Thank you, SIR. THANK YOU. >> [applause] >> MR. HERSHEL PATEL. >> [clears throat] >> GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES and superintendent Gutierrez. Herschel Patel, dad of three McAllen ISD students. This is my fourth time here and over the past couple of months I've spoken about several pieces of the school food system, processing, convenience foods, kitchen capacity, and menu design. Those are all important, but tonight I want to return to the issue that started this conversation, added sugars. When parents first raised these concerns,
014the district responded and committed to remove some of the sugary items. However, a new page on the McAllen ISD website claims that sugars help prevent sugar crashes. In reality, added sugars cause rapid sugar spikes in blood sugar spikes in blood sugar that are often followed by energy crashes. The same page also suggests that some foods contain as little as 4 g of added sugar. Yet, sugar cereals that are currently served contain upwards of 12 g of added sugar. So, ask yourself two simple questions. Why are we spending time defending and marketing big food products instead of using that same energy to improve the menu? And why do we need to convince anyone that reducing added sugars for children is the right thing to do? >> [clears throat] >> Added sugars are often one of the
015clearest and most well-established health risks in in children's diets linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dental disease, conditions that affect the Rio Grande Valley at some of the highest rates in the entire developed world. The good thing is that it's one of the simplest areas to make improvements. Expanding daily fruit choices is a small change that makes a big difference. Whole fruits provide natural sugars along with fiber and nutrients that are proven to support sustained energy. My hope is that we can continue this progress and begin setting a timeline and path to entirely phase out dangerous and unnecessary added sugars. Two months ago we started this conversation and we've already seen some changes. That tells me that someone somewhere is capable of moving this in the right direction. Thank you for your time. Thank
016you, sir. Thank you. All right, that concludes our public comment [clears throat] portion of this agenda. We will move on to item number five. Proclamations, discussion and possible action to adopt the proclamation regarding gifted and talented awareness week, which is April 6th to the 10th. Yes, the week of April 6th to the 10th is designated by the Texas Association of Gifted and Talented as GT Awareness Week to encourage support for gifted education in Texas. Ms. Felicia Villarreal, our marketing director, will introduce our guest and trustee Sofia Peña will read the proclamation. And we are recommending action on this item. Okay. All right, thank you, sir, very much. And with the >> Mark, we're going to we're going to vote on it. You can read the proclamation first, okay. Motion by trustee De los Reyes Lopez.
017Second. Second by trustee Peña. [clears throat] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. Thank you. All right, and we're going to have a a proclamation, so you all can come to the front. We'll have a photo. >> ahead and read it. Do I read it now? Okay. Yes, you can read it. Thank you. Welcome everybody. Proclamation, State of Texas, County Hidalgo, McAllen Independent School District. Whereas, McAllen ISD strives to provide intellectual and academic opportunities for gifted and talented students to maximize their potential through collaboration, innovation, and problem-solving while supporting their unique social emotional needs. And whereas, gifted education week is a time to reflect on how gifted students are identified and served in McAllen ISD. Delivering an equitable education for all our children includes identifying all students who would benefit from gifted programs
018and services. And now, therefore, I proclaim that the week of April 6th through 10th, 2026 be observed as Gifted and Talented Awareness Week. All citizens are urged to take interest in and give full support to to quality school gifted and talented programs for children and youth. In witness whereof, I have here un- unto set my hand and cause the seal of the McAllen Independent School District to be affixed on this 9th day of March, 2026. Okay, Mark. Uh thank you so much. And if y'all will come to the front and we'll bring in our students. Okay, our first student, Emma Vallejo from McAuliff Elementary. Next we have Calvin Aguida from McAuliff. Donna Sofia Soto from McAuliff. Ms. Yvonne Caldwell, our principal from McAuliff. Dominic Castillo from De Leon Middle School. Karen Prols Kimbro from De
019Leon. Mr. Ignacio Alanis, our principal from De Leon. Leonardo Gonzalez Corvi from Fossum Middle School. Karina Leal from Fossum. Ms. Nora Trevino, our principal from Fossum. Timothy Signs from Nikki Rowe High School. Alexandra Silva from Rowe High. Our principal, Mr. Alfredo Gutierrez from Rowe. And the from Achieve Early College High School, Ms. Tiffany Maribel Cantu Clancy. And our principal from Achieve, Mr. Miguel Carmona. Advanced Academics Coordinator, Ms. Brenda Ramirez. And our director for Advanced Academics, Dr. Alexandra Gonzalez. Big smiles on three. On three. One, two, three. One, two, three. I'm done. Mom and dad, I know Okay. grandparents looking at pictures, come up Yes. >> [applause] >> Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. It's an announcement. It's not I've had too sweet in those in that one. Yeah. Why? I mean, I looked at
020this It's all It looked much better on. It looked much better on. What are you looking at? I know, but >> [clears throat] >> I think it's to prevent energy That's where he said sugar Right? Leave it light. That's cool. >> [clears throat] >> Okay, we are on to the consent agenda unless a trustee would like to pull and discuss one of them, I'll take a motion to approve 6A through D. So move. Second I have a motion by trustee Peña and a second by trustee Haddad. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. We 7A1, [clears throat] discussion and possible action on publishers for math K through 12 textbook adoption. Dr. Gutierrez. Yes, the State Board of Education approved materials. They have been reviewed and are being recommended to be adopted and implemented
021beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Ms. Angela Allen, our director of student operations, will have more information. We are recommending action on this item. Ms. Allen. Good evening, Dr. Gutierrez, >> [clears throat] >> President Rivera, and Board of Trustees. So, today I am going to be um discussing with you the instructional materials review and approval process cycle 2025, which is for our math K to 12 textbook adoption. And as part of cycle 2025, these are the subjects that were up for review. And these subjects are part of the State Board of Education approved list of publishers. So, we have mathematics K to 5. There were eight publishers on the approved list. Mathematics 6 to 8, there were also eight publishers on the approved list. For Algebra 1, there were six publishers on that approved list.
022And Algebra 2 and Geometry, there were five. And Pre-Calculus 1. And that approved list is um the criteria that they meet they met the criteria according to the State Board of Education. And that they meet 100% of our TEKS and our ELPS. As part of our procedures for adoption, we do have a district-led committee and a teacher-led committee. Those are established back in October. We also [clears throat] have our rubrics that we create here in-house, and those are created by our content coordinators. In this case, our math coordinators. We have our publisher presentations that take place in January. And between the time our publisher presentations take place and then the actual voting, there are samples that go out to campuses, as well as presentations that take place at the campus. So, the purpose of our
023district committee is to look at those publishers that are on the approved list from the State Board of Education and narrow those down to either the top four or top five publishers that are then presented to our teacher-led committee. And that is based on our rubrics that the content coordinators create. For our math, we um for K to 5 and 6 to 8, we narrowed down to the top five publishers. And for K to 5, the top five publishers were Accelerate Learning, Savvas, i-Ready, Amplify, and Blue Bonnet. So, out of those eight, we narrowed it down to the top five. >> [snorts] >> We did the same thing for math 6 to 8, and the top five publishers there were Blue Bonnet, Savvas, McGraw-Hill, i-Ready, and Kiddom. For Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry, we
024narrowed it down to the top four from our district-led committee. And the top four for Algebra 1 were Blue Bonnet, Savvas, McGraw-Hill, and i-Ready. The top four for Algebra 2 and for Geometry were Blue Bonnet, Savvas, McGraw-Hill, and Kiddom. And then as I mentioned earlier, um for Pre-Calculus, there was only one on the approved list, and that was McGraw-Hill. In addition to the presentation for the publishers' presentation on January 5th and the publisher hearing on February 12th, secondary also had an additional presentation with those top publishers. And the role of our teacher-led committee is to look at those top publishers and then narrow those down to the top three, which are then voted on by all teachers. And this was our elementary teacher-led committee. So, these are our campuses along with the teachers who represented
025the teacher-led committee for those campuses. For our secondary, these were our teachers from the campuses that served on the teacher-led committee. Again, the teacher-led committee, their responsibility is to narrow down the publishers to the top three that then present at our public presentation. And they also go back to their campuses, they share the samples, and they present to their colleagues as well. Our publisher hearing was on February 12th. This provides opportunities for stakeholders to visit with [clears throat] the publishers to get any questions they might have answered. And as you can see there, those are the publishers and then the content they were um representing. The voting window for our top three was open from February 13th to February 27th. [clears throat] So, teachers had 2 weeks to vote on those top three publishers. And
026these are the results. We had 514 responses for all of our subjects. Math K to 5 had 363 responses, which equated to about 85% of our staff. And as you can see there, those are the top three publishers they had to vote on. 6 through 8, we had 54 responses, which equated to about 92% of our staff in middle school. Algebra 1, 32 responses. Algebra 2, 23 responses. Geometry was 22 responses. And then Pre-Calculus was 20 responses. And for high school, there are more teachers who respond to those subjects because they although they might not be teaching that subject area this year, it may be a subject area that they're teaching next year. So, we do encourage them to vote in the event that maybe they have a change of assignment, they still have a
027voice in this process. Right. So, for the continuity of the curriculum, >> [clears throat] >> the administration is recommending Savvas for K to 8, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry. And we are recommending McGraw-Hill for Pre-Calculus. May I ask for you to speak just a little bit more on Savvas curriculum? Like, why was that an overwhelming Sure. At this time, I'm going to turn it over to our content coordinator so they can respond to that question. Awesome. Hi there. I'm the elementary math uh content coordinator. So, um for K to 5 for Savvas, uh that curriculum was received 100% on the rubrics from the State Board of Education um in all of their categories and then in our rubrics as well. Um what the teachers There's a lot of things that the teachers and and
028we like about it. Um first of all, of course, just being approved by the State Board of Education means it's 100% aligned to our TEKS and our ELPS. That's the basic. Um beyond that, what we like about it is that it offers a lot of different opportunities for assessment, both formative and summative, um different performance tasks, different ways to assess, um daily quick checks for understanding and things like that. Um we also like it has a really robust um online platform and parent portal as well. Um so that students there's all kinds of QR codes so that parents at home can view um little tutorials and things like that, videos on um how to help their students uh with homework. Another thing that the teachers liked about it was um just the way that it's
029organized, the flow of the curriculum, the scope and sequence, um you know, building on that conceptual understanding of of the mathematics and the way that it works. Um And they also have a lot of hands-on uh with right hands-on manipulatives, and then they also have a virtual um manipulative. They have a partnership with um an app called Brainingcamp that provides a lot of opportunities for virtual manipulatives as well. Okay, thank you. And and >> anything else to add. She pretty much said everything. And one of the things for math anyways is about the assessments. For math, we need so much practice, and the teachers instead of having to develop questions, coming up with assessments, and in math, we're always doing checking for understanding. So, we always want something that we can use. So, there was
030it had a robust, like you said, about on the assessments. And to us, for my high for my secondary math teachers, that's what they liked. And of course, the online component. And just a follow-up question, I know our literacy department has, you know, made a total shift in the last few years towards the science of reading, which is grounded in more preventative um approaches. Is this curriculum I just want to ensure that this also kind of follows um that same protocol in helping students who struggle to learn math that they have opportunities and and teachers are supported by a good curriculum that creates opportunities for them to learn. Yeah, so it also has um a what they call the differentiation library. And so, there's a lot of resources for um tier two, as well as
031tier three, and then also for enrichment, right? So, on both ends of the spectrum, um there's a lot of opportunities, a lot of different um approaches for the teachers to use to make sure that we were hitting all of the different uh demographics that we have, as well as um our emergent bilingual students, a lot of supports for the language and things like that, the vocabulary. Okay. I know in secondary, we do look for also like the um the level of rigor. I have [clears throat] my upper grade level, is the rigor it always wanted to go to the masters. What else does it have? Does it have different levels of questioning and questions or problems? And it does. So, that's what we look for in secondary as well. Quick question. Um thank you for
032all your work on this. How long is this adoption for? We We have the option of different different pathways. >> 1 to 4 years So Right. And the typical adoption right now is um anywhere from 4 years to 8 years. The old system of proclamations would be an 8-year long adoption, but the district does have the option. Typically, we recommend 4 years just because that gives the teachers [clears throat] and the students um enough time to get into the uh and used to the curriculum. Um, so that's usually what we recommend is the 4 years. And in looking at the Amsco cycles, so math isn't going to be reviewed again for at least 4 years, so we're pretty safe to recommend the 4-year window. Okay. Thank you. And one just follow-up question. I know in
033the elementaries as an elementary parent, um my student takes an i-Ready assessment in both ELAR and in math. Um, I find those reports to be particularly helpful above and beyond the grade reports that I get. Uh, to what extent can parents expect something similar with this new um system? And is there any applicability between the data that we've collected for a number of years in the i-Ready platform with this platform? So, i-Ready is a supplemental program that we purchased. Um, and it's something that we review each year, right? Whether we'll continue with that contract. Um, and with Savvas, they do integrate with the i-Ready so the BOY, MOY, and end-of-year diagnostics actually bring them into that platform. Okay. >> And they prescribe things in their platform that goes along with that data. That was another
034thing that our teachers really liked about it. We're already using this tool of the i-Ready diagnostic test and this Savvas actually brings that data. They have They marry that data in with their platform. And then they're able to Not only do we prescribe activities and things for the teachers and the students within the i-Ready platform, but we'll be able to do that in the Savvas platform as well. Thank you. I just want to say uh this is a very critical decision to make because it's for 4 to up up to 8 years. And you feel confident that the teachers vetted the whole process really well and feel confident that this is what they really want as far as this is the math curriculum that that they will prepare us you know, prepare our kids. Yes,
035I do feel confident. I had a lot of conversations. I know with the elementary uh teacher-led committee and I was telling them, "You guys need to vote. You guys need to vote, right? This is uh what you guys are using in the classroom, right?" For me, there was a lot of things I liked about different publishers. I liked the Savvas publisher a lot, and there were others that that had strong components as well. And truthfully, it's the teachers that are going to be using it day in and day out. So, we want it to be something that they feel really confident in and really strong in. And I And I do believe that that it is the right choice. Okay. And on the secondary, like I said, I wanted something uh and added on. I
036wanted to do another work another training for the teachers, you know, overview cuz we had five to begin with. And for math, they they wanted to look at it more closely. I had a separate one after hours for the committee, so I had two. They came in. We had a good a good representation of all our middle school and high school teachers to see it one more time, go in go go in more depth. So, I think they both they both did a good job. Okay. Well, thank you. Thank you. Um, any further discussion? All right. Uh, well, thank you to everybody that participated on the committee at uh the names that were listed there. Um, I will entertain a motion. I move to approve the recommended publishers for the math K-12 adoption provided that
037we're providing in our presentation. Okay. Uh, second? I have a motion by Trustee Peña and a second by myself. All in favor? Aye. >> Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Okay. We are on report regarding approved calendar for 2026-27. Dr. Yes, uh this report uh provides an overview of the 2026-27 calendar that was approved by the board. Uh, Dr. Canales, our chief human resources officer, uh along with Ms. Belinda Zavala, uh compensation analyst, will have more information. Uh, this item is for informational purposes only. And And basically, what we wanted to inform the board is uh um this calendar that was approved has a 3-week off period during the Christmas break, but it impacts uh several employees, over 600 employees that have uh that
038are on contract of 217 days or more. Uh, and the impact that they will have is the their summer break will be a lot shorter now if if they end up taking the 3 weeks. So, we wanted to make a recommendation to the board that any employee, those 600-plus employees that have 217 days or more in their contract, if they would take 2 weeks off in Christmas and be back instead of the third [clears throat] week, just to return back uh so that way they could have a summer break a longer summer break. Otherwise, it would be a very very short summer break. It would be like 2 or 3 days, I think, that we'll have. And so, we just want to recommend to the board to to to allow us to have employees that
039are 217-plus contract days to come back after the second week of the Christmas break so they could have a a summer break. Is that for everybody or do they have the option? What Well, we we looked at that and we talked we took we talked about that and it would create it would complicate uh it would be [clears throat] very very complicated to keep track of everyone and and it also impacts payroll. We we studied that. And it's one of those that either we take the 3 weeks or we take the 2 weeks and then come back. It's one of those two because the other the other way around it would be uh just too complicated for everyone to keep track of everybody. We we looked at it from the payroll point of view as
040well as keeping track of all employees. So, what we'd rather have is to uh um have 2 weeks off and then come back on on the third week. That's our That's what we want to inform everyone. And we'll send letters to to everybody that has uh those uh those that contract days of 217 days or more. That's correct, sir. And it's just an information item, but we just want to notify the board how we're planning to work with that. So that they could have their summer break as well. Yes, sir. All right. And it's an information item. Any further discussion? No. All right. We will move on to discussion and possible action to correct the contract term for request for proposal 2026-1006 fully insured dental plan. Yes, the the board of trustees approved the RFP
041on October 21st, 2025. Uh, administration is seeking to rectify the contract term. Uh, Dr. Canales, our chief human resources officer, is available to answer any questions. We're recommending action on this item. And basically, what this item is uh we just need to correct the ending date of the contract. It was erroneously uh put in there. It was a typo. It was supposed to reflect December 31st, 2028 instead of December 31st, 2029. So, all we're asking for is to rectify to correct the ending date to be December 31st, 2028. And we're recommending action on this item. Okay. I'll move to correct the terms in request for proposal number 2026-1006. Second. I have a motion by >> [clears throat] >> Trustee Haddad and a second by myself. All in favor? Aye. >> Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes
0426-0. >> [clears throat] >> We are on business and operation items. Uh, C1, discussion and possible action of the McAllen ISD February budget amendment. Dr. McFee. Yes, administration is recommending the approval of the February 2026 budget amendment for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Ms. Lorena Garcia, our deputy superintendent for business and operations, will present this report. We're recommending action on this item, and I think it's a small amount of about $125,628 amendment. >> Yes, and it's all wash with the expenditures. Okay. So. Okay. Move to approve. Second. I have a motion by Trustee La Vega Garza Lopez and a second by Trustee Peña. All in favor? Aye. >> Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. We are on C2, report regarding interlocal agreement number 2026-237, community development block grant. Dr. Yes, on December 11th, 2025, the board
043of trustees authorized myself, Superintendent Dr. Gutierrez, to sign on behalf of the district for the award of the community development block grant project at Brown Middle School. Mr. Ruben Trevino, our executive director for facilities and maintenance and operations, is available to answer questions. And this is an informational purposes only item. Um, Mr. Trevino, is there anything you want to add to this item? It's It's We're completing this project grant project just for the information to the board. This is a uh phase two of of the grant that we applied for. Uh, phase one was a second phase of the lighting uh project that we started at Brown Field at the track. Uh, they decided to award uh the second part and not the first part, which was an additional um eight to 10 to 12
044parking spaces that we can put uh next to the park uh parking area that we currently have at Brown uh for the community uh to be able to use after school hours. Uh so this was just uh awarded uh couple months ago. We just received the award letter and the green light to go ahead and start. So we will be beginning the process. Okay. What's the time frame on something like that? Time frame on something like this is probably going to be uh maybe by the end of the summer will be complete. Okay. I think it says there August 31st. Um around that time? Yes. Got you. All right. >> Thank you. >> for information purposes only, so with the no further discussion, we'll move on to the Board of Trustees items. Uh discussion and
045possible action of the approval of the Board of Education meeting minutes for the special board meeting on February 24th and the regular board meeting on February 24th. I move to approve the Board of Education meeting minutes as listed. Second. Have a motion by Trustee Carreon and a second by Trustee Pena. All in favor? I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. Okay. >> [clears throat] >> We will at this time recess to close session. Board of Trustees may go into close session pursuant to sections 551071, 551072, 551074, 551076 and 551089 of the Texas Government Code to discuss the items listed on the agenda, items A through 8A through E. It's 6:12 and we are in close session. >> Thank you. >> Mhm. >> All righty, it is 6:33 and we're back from executive session. [clears
046throat] And we will now take action on item 10A, discussion and possible action of human resources recommendations for school year 2025-2026. Yeah, human resources submitted a list of recommendations for the 2025-2026 school year under separate cover for discussion during closed session. Uh we're recommending action on this item. Move to approve. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. >> Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. And there is no further action on the other agenda items. We do have a list of scheduled meetings. March 11th, 5:30 is a board workshop followed by March 24th board workshop, student recognitions at 5:30. Budget workshop for April 7th at 5:30 and then a regular board meeting April 14th at 5:30. I will entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Motion and a second. All
047in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0. We are adjourned at 6:34 p.m. Thank you all and good night.