Dumas Independent School District public meetings in 2024
11 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regular Meeting
The Board of Trustees will review financial reports and consider several action items, including bond project changes and a food purchasing agreement. The meeting also includes a possible closed session regarding personnel resignations, retirements, and appointments.
- Bond Project Change Orders
- West Texas Food Service Cooperative Interlocal Food Purchasing Agreement 2025-2026
- Astroturf Corporation Synthetic Turf Warranty Replacement
- Financial Audit Engagement Letter
- Bids on Struck Off Property to Taxing Units of Moore County
Regular Meeting
The Dumas ISD board will meet to vote on selling the surplus Green Acres Elementary at 300 Oak Ave. and Morningside Elementary at 623 Powell Ave., consider a 2024 tax levy resolution, and review bond project updates. The board will also discuss synthetic turf replacement for Demon Stadium and local policy changes.
- Vote to sell Green Acres Elementary (300 Oak Ave.) as surplus property
- Vote to sell Morningside Elementary (623 Powell Ave.) as surplus property
- Consider 2024 tax levy resolution
- Review Demon Stadium synthetic turf replacement negotiations
- Approve bond project change orders
Regular Meeting
The Board of Trustees will consider several action items including the 2023-2024 financial audit and district improvement plans. The meeting includes a closed session to discuss the value and potential sale or exchange of two elementary school campuses.
- Possible sale/exchange of Green Acres Elementary and Morningside Elementary campuses
- Approval of concrete flumes at North and South Elementary
- 2023-2024 Financial Audit Report
- District and Secondary Campus Improvement Plans
- Budget amendments and changes to capitalization threshold
Regular Meeting
The Board of Trustees will meet to establish the tax rate for the 2024-2025 school year. The board will also consider bond project change orders and an HVAC replacement project.
- Resolution establishing tax rate for 2024-2025
- HVAC replacement project
- Bond project change orders
- Board student performance goals for Early Childhood and CCMR
- New Instructional Facility Allotment Grant Award
Regular Meeting
The Dumas ISD board will hold its regular August meeting to act on several items, including approval of bond project change orders, a furniture purchase for the new CTE building, and personnel changes. The board will also discuss a possible sale of district real property in closed session.
- Consider Bond Project Change Orders - Action Item
- Consider Furniture Purchase for New CTE Building Project - Action Item
- Resolution to Allow Moore County 4-H to be Sanctioned as an Extra-Curricular Activity - Action Item
- Appoint School Board Audit Committee - Action Item
- Personnel actions: resignations, retirements, appointments, and guardians - Action Item
Regular Meeting
The Dumas Independent School District board will hold its regular meeting on July 15, 2024, to act on several operational items including meal price adjustments for students and adults, staffing changes, and updates to bond-funded construction projects. The board will also review student handbooks and approve the district’s appraisal calendar.
- Approve 2024-2025 student and adult meal prices
- Consider bond project change orders for construction updates
- Approve 2024-2025 student handbooks and Student Code of Conduct
- Approve 2024-2025 appraisal calendar and certified teacher appraisers
- Vote on staff resignations, retirements, and appointments
Special Called Meeting
The Dumas Independent School District board is holding a special called meeting to consider several action items, including a guaranteed maximum price amendment for the Dumas High School Career & Technology Building, budget amendments, fund balance transfers, a health insurance provider, and the 2024-2025 pay system. The board will also hold a public hearing on the proposed 2024-2025 budget and tax rate, followed by adoption of the budget. The meeting includes routine items like call to order, invocation, public comments, and the superintendent's report.
- Guaranteed Maximum Price Amendment for Dumas High School Career & Technology Building
- Budget Amendments
- Fund Balance Transfers
- Consider Health Insurance Provider
- Public Hearing and Adoption of 2024-2025 Budget and Tax Rate
Regular Meeting
The Dumas ISD board will hold a public hearing and consider approving a mutual agreement to donate the former Sunset Elementary School campus (9.29 acres) to the City of Dumas, while accepting the donation of ball fields at McDade Park and Phillips Park. The board will also act on several purchases, including computers, HVAC equipment, a bus, and a tractor and mower, and consider change orders for bond projects. Other items include summer school plans, a summer feeding program, and canvassing the May 4 trustee election results.
- Public hearing and possible approval of Sunset Elementary donation to City of Dumas, accepting McDade Park and Phillips Park ball fields
- Consider bond project change orders
- Consider computer purchase
- Consider purchase of HVAC equipment
- Consider bus purchase and tractor & mower purchase
Regular Meeting
The Dumas ISD board will hold its regular meeting on March 18, 2024, with action items including bond project change orders, a joint election agreement for the May 4 election, Chromebook purchases, and SAFE grant expenditures. The board will also receive informational updates on bond projects, construction audits, financial reports, enrollment, and a districtwide intruder detection audit. Personnel matters may be discussed in closed session.
- Consider bond project change orders (Action Item)
- Resolution to approve joint election agreements between DISD, City of Sunray, Sunray Collegiate ISD, and Moore County for May 4, 2024 election
- Consider purchase of Chromebooks
- Consider TEA 2023-2025 Safety & Facilities Enhancement Grant (SAFE) Cycle 1 expenditure
- Discussion of districtwide intruder detection audit
Regular Meeting
The Dumas Independent School District board will hold a regular meeting with several action items, including approving instructional materials for 2024-2025, adopting the 2024-2025 school calendar, amending the District of Innovation Plan, and considering bond project change orders. The board will also order a trustee election for May 4, 2024, and vote on a resolution to pay employees for the emergency school closure on January 9, 2024. A public hearing on the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) is scheduled, and personnel contracts will be considered, possibly in closed session.
- Consider bond project change orders (presented by Marcus Bellar / Lynette Kautz)
- Order trustee election for May 4, 2024
- Resolution authorizing expenditure of public funds to pay employees for emergency school closure on January 9, 2024
- Consider amendments to the DISD District of Innovation Plan
- Public hearing on Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR)
Regular Meeting
The Dumas Independent School District board is meeting to act on several items, including bids for struck-off property, bank account updates, a food purchasing agreement, textbook committee appointments, bond project change orders, and a resolution to employ or accept volunteer chaplains. The board will also receive updates on bond projects, finances, enrollment, and the superintendent's report, and may discuss personnel in closed session.
- Consider bids on struck-off property to Moore County taxing units
- Update authorized employees on bank and investment accounts
- West Texas Food Service Cooperative Interlocal Food Purchasing Agreement 2023-2024
- Consider bond projects change orders
- Consider resolution to employ or accept volunteers as chaplains