Conroe ISD provides an update on board policy procedures at regular board meeting

Some of these duties include:

• Approving all reimbursements submitted by board members
• Facilitating all training for board trustees
• Speaking on behalf of the Conroe ISD board of trustees
• Considering all suggestions, concerns and complaints against the trustees

Dungan said she believes that the manual has been misinterpreted online as a “power grab” by the board, rather than a tool to improve board effectiveness and communication.

“Unfortunately, both the process and the resulting product have had the opposite effect," Dungan said. “Rather than creating greater efficiency, it has become a distraction, consumed valuable time and diverted attention from the important work put before us. Our focus should be on critical issues facing the district, including employee compensation, annual budget, adopted tax rate and, most importantly, student success.”

CISD Secretary Lindsay Dawson said that she agrees to table the operations manual but not indefinitely, as the board still needs a document in place, but currently there are “too many moving pieces at this point.”

Board President Misty Odenweller said that since the proposed board manual contradicts certain internal board policies, it would be more prudent to table the manual for now.

“In both of our work sessions, our council told us each time something was suggested to be put in that we would be creating a need to make a policy change,” Odenweller said. “So in retrospect I agree if we are going to do some sort of operating procedure I believe it would be more prudent to make sure our board policies align. Even though we knew we would have to make changes, right now we need to be focused on all the other things going on in the district.”

Next steps

After further discussion among board members, the board voted unanimously to table the approval of the manual.

The board does not currently have a set date for revisiting the document for revision.