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10/15/2026

CCISD’S PROPOSED DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN: QUESTIONS THE PUBLIC SHOULD ASK

After reviewing the committee draft labeled September 30, 2026, I believe several provisions deserve public attention before any vote.

🔴 THE BIGGEST CONCERN: GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

Page 6 proposes exemptions from Texas Education Code §26.011(a) and every requirement of §§26A.001 and 26A.002. It also seeks to extend those exemptions to employee and community grievances to the extent those sections apply.

These provisions address complaint procedures, including review levels, filing and appeal timelines, protection against retaliation against parents and students, and recusal when a reviewer is the subject of a complaint.

The district says returning to locally controlled procedures would improve efficiency. However, the replacement grievance policy is not included in this draft.

That leaves the public unable to see exactly which protections would remain and which would change.

THE FIRST QUESTION TRUSTEES SHOULD ANSWER:

Will you publish the complete replacement grievance policy, identify every protection being changed, and allow public review BEFORE approving this exemption?

Other questions deserve clear answers:

• Will parents and students retain explicit protection against retaliation?

• Will anyone who is the subject of a grievance be required to step aside from reviewing it?

• Will complainants retain access to board-level review?

• What deadlines, evidence rules, and written-decision requirements would change?

• Could these changes affect pending grievances?

• What evidence supports the draft’s statement that the previous process “functioned ideally”?

🟠 TEACHER CERTIFICATION AND PARENT NOTIFICATION

The draft allows local credentialing for certain uncertified professionals and assignments outside a teacher’s certified field. It includes qualification reviews and one-year board approval.

The public should ask which positions qualify, what training is required, and how the plan complies with newer state certification restrictions.

The draft also still lists §21.057, concerning parent notification about uncertified or inappropriately certified teachers. TEA says districts can no longer claim a DOI exemption from that requirement. That language should be corrected.

🟡 CALENDARS AND TEACHER BENEFITS

The plan allows an earlier school start while retaining annual board approval. It also includes reducing teacher contract days from 187 to 182 without reducing compensation—a benefit worth preserving.

Those provisions should be evaluated separately from the grievance exemption.

The draft does not expressly place administrators above the board. The concern is that it seeks broad freedom from grievance requirements without showing the public the replacement rules or limits on that authority.

Before trustees vote, residents deserve to know: What authority changes hands, what protections change, and who remains accountable?

Read the proposal, ask questions, and request written answers.

Background:
TCTA’s historical discussion of DOI concerns:
https://www.tcta.org/districts-of-innovation-the-reality

TEA’s guidance on prohibited exemptions:
https://tea.texas.gov/taa-letters/legislative-updates-related-district-innovation-prohibitions

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09/14/2026

📢 CCISD Residents Should Be Aware of an Unusual Meeting

CCISD has scheduled a “Special Committee Meeting” for Wednesday, September 16, at 5:15 p.m. to hear and possibly take action on numerous grievances.

What makes this unusual is that the appointment of members to a Board Grievance Committee was reportedly tabled at the September 10 meeting. The official minutes confirming that action have not yet been posted.

Texas law allows a school board to delegate grievance decisions to a committee of at least three trustees—but the board must actually authorize that delegation. Merely calling a meeting a “committee meeting” does not create a committee or establish who has authority to serve on it.

Residents deserve clear answers:

* Was a grievance committee legally established?
* Who are its appointed members?
* When did the board vote to delegate this authority?
* Is the September 16 meeting a committee hearing or a hearing before the full board?
* If the appointment item was tabled, under what authority will the committee take action?

This is not about taking sides on individual grievances. It is about transparency, proper procedure and ensuring that decisions affecting students, parents and employees are made by people who have been lawfully authorized to make them.

September 10 agenda⁠
September 16 special committee agenda⁠

09/09/2026

⚠️ IMPORTANT CCISD BOARD MEETING — THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 AT 6:00 PM

The CCISD Board of Trustees will meet Thursday night at the CCISD Boardroom, 525 N. Commerce Street in Port Lavaca.

Items include:

• Presentation of the district’s efficiency-audit results
• Review of the July financial statement
• Consideration of a fund-balance resolution
• Personnel and administrative policy changes
• Review of the district’s safety and security audit
• Appointment of trustees to the Safety, Finance, and Grievance committees

The appointment of a Board Grievance Committee deserves the public’s close attention.

We elected a seven-member Board of Trustees to govern the district, provide oversight, and hold district leadership accountable. Grievances—especially those involving the superintendent or senior administration—must be handled fairly, independently, and transparently.

A grievance committee must not become a shield, a procedural roadblock, or a way to shift responsibility away from the full elected board. The public deserves clear answers:

• What authority will this committee have?
• Which trustees will serve on it?
• Will the full board continue to hear and vote on grievances when required?
• How will conflicts of interest be addressed?
• How will employees be protected from retaliation?
• Will the public receive meaningful information about the committee’s actions?

Citizens should attend, ask questions, and speak out against any arrangement that weakens full-board accountability or makes it more difficult for employees to receive a fair hearing.

This is not about taking sides in any individual case. It is about protecting due process, transparency, and the responsibility of every elected trustee to govern CCISD.

📍 CCISD Boardroom, 525 N. Commerce Street, Port Lavaca
📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM

Official agenda:

06/23/2026

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🚨BREAKING: Trinidad-born Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who just overruled President Trump’s effort to stop illegal immigrants from voting in U.S. elections!

A foreign-born, unelected activist judge is now blocking the will of the American people and standing in the way of secure elections.

Only American citizens should vote in American elections. This is why we need election integrity and common sense NOW.

03/01/2026

March 3rd....let’s get it done!

If we want change in Precinct 4, we’ve got to show up and vote!!

Let’s help Daniel Bermea Jr. get elected and move our community forward.

See y’all at the polls!

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02/11/2026

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