ECISD trustees to review safety, mental health plans and organizational changes at Dec. 9 meeting

Staff Report

Edinburg, TX – The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees will take up a wide-ranging agenda Tuesday, Dec. 9, including school safety initiatives, facilities updates, mental health planning and a possible reorganization of the district’s leadership structure. The regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The session will open with awards and recognition, followed by an expanded superintendent’s report that covers eight separate topics.

Superintendent Mario Salinas is expected to brief trustees on campuses that earned an “A” accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency, outline a safety film project, and provide an update on ongoing and planned facilities work. The report also includes an overview of the district’s Community Advisory Committee, a presentation on mental health plans, and a review of procedures for hiring and salary decisions.

Trustees will also hear a presentation on a proposed organizational chart for district administration and an enrollment snapshot as of Dec. 5, 2025. That report is expected to give the board a mid-year look at student counts that drive state funding and staffing needs.

Public comments will follow the superintendent’s report.

Consent agenda includes safety, technology purchases

On the consent agenda, trustees will consider approval of minutes from the Nov. 11 regular meeting and several instructional and operational items.

Among them is a request to excuse secondary folklórico dance students from absences when they qualify to attend the “Nacimiento” performance and dance master class during the 2025-26 school year, at a cost of $6,150 from fine arts funds.

The board will also consider adding a Texas Education Agency innovative course for Career and Technical Education in 2025-26, funded with $9,000 from local maintenance funds.

Several technology and safety-related purchases are listed for approval, including:

• A Cisco Call Manager software upgrade ($26,100, local maintenance funds).
• Video surveillance camera and hardware replacement services at campuses as needed ($20,000, local maintenance funds).
• Renewal of districtwide ExacqVision video surveillance software licensing ($15,420.61, local maintenance funds).
• Purchase of RankOne software to manage health-related treatment documentation for student-athletes ($22,000, Title IV funds).

Trustees will also consider renewing contracts for awards and plaques ($20,000), fire sprinkler inspection and repair services ($50,000), both funded through local maintenance.

In the action portion of the agenda, the board will discuss and possibly assign a community member to the Community Advisory Committee, which is also highlighted in the superintendent’s report.

Trustees will then consider proposed changes to the district’s organizational chart and take action on hiring decisions and salary compensation, items that may be informed by the earlier presentation on employment procedures.

The board is also scheduled to adopt Resolution No. 2026-08 setting the 2025 tax levy, totaling $91,175,050 from local maintenance and debt service funds.

Other action items include:

• First reading of TASB Localized Policy Update 126 with revisions to DEC (LOCAL), covering employee leaves and absences, and BED (LOCAL), governing public participation at board meetings.
• Renewal of the Raptor emergency notification management system ($95,256, local maintenance funds).
• Renewal of districtwide ContentKeeper internet content filtering services ($105,080, local maintenance funds).
• Declaring certain inventory items as surplus and authorizing an auction for their sale.
• Renewal of district finance management software (RFP 20-56) at a cost of $1,671,716.28 from local maintenance funds.
• Renewal of the district’s document management system contract (RFP 23-05) for $130,000, funded through local maintenance.
• Renewal of contracts for motor oil and related items ($80,000, local maintenance funds) and kitchen equipment replacement parts ($60,000, food service funds).
• Purchase of a forklift for maintenance and transportation operations ($90,192.86, local maintenance funds).

Closed session to cover personnel, litigation

The board plans to meet in closed session under provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act to consult with legal counsel, discuss real property matters and review personnel issues.

Personnel topics include the employment of a curriculum assistant for Flores/Zapata Elementary School, updates on personnel investigations, the superintendent’s personnel update and discussion regarding the proposed termination of three at-will employees.

Any action on those items will occur in open session, where trustees are scheduled to consider employment recommendations, resignations, retirements, non-renewals and terminations, including decisions on the three proposed at-will terminations and the curriculum assistant position.

The meeting will conclude with any remaining actions on legal or personnel matters before adjournment.

Source — Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District.