- Chief Finance Officer Don Marshall and head football coach, Tony Heath retired from the Pearland ISD.
Marshall worked in the district for 24 years, and Heath worked in the district for 20 years. Former PISD Superintendent James Schleider hired Marshall and Heath and was available at Tuesday night’s meeting to speak highly of both of them.
“He has been a great and outstanding asset to our school. … As I have said, he has been a good employee and a very good friend of mine,” Schleider said of Marshall. Heath retired from the district at the end of July; Marshall's retirement is effective August 31.
- The board signed a resolution on the Texas legislature's public school funding efforts
Trustee Mikael Floyd penned a resolution for the board in support of Texas public schools. The resolution asks the state legislature to “focus their efforts on reforming, upgrading and supporting public schools,” through increased funding.
“If we dedicate ourselves to school finance and try to unanimously oppose the voucher plans, I think that would be great for [Sen. Larry Taylor] to hear,” Floyd said.
Taylor serves as a senator for Pearland and Friendswood, and he chairs the Senate Committee on Education.
- Future meeting dates for November, January and March were rescheduled.
Meetings that were originally set for November 14, January 9 and March 13 have been rescheduled to November 28, January 16 and March 6. At the district's regular May 22, 2018 board meeting, a special meeting will be added to administer the oath of office for any newly elected board members rather than scheduling a separate meeting.
