Pleasanton ISD Approves Midyear Transfer Revocation Policy
Pleasanton ISD’s Board of Trustees on Nov. 9 approved a District of Innovation amendment that would allow the superintendent to revoke transfer students midyear for serious behavior or attendance problems, once TEA approves the change, the district said.
Pleasanton ISD’s Board of Trustees on Nov. 9 approved a change to its District of Innovation plan and a matching amendment to local policy FDA, the district said in an official meeting summary posted the next day. The official BoardBook agenda listed those items as new business at a 7 p.m. regular meeting and tied both to transfer students.
The district’s summary did not include a roll-call tally. Official minutes were not opened for this report. The approvals are taken from the district’s own Nov. 10 account, which said every new-business item presented that night was approved.
Revoking a transfer before the year is over
Both amendments, the summary said, concern Texas Education Code 25.036, the state rule on transfers. Once the Texas Education Agency accepts the District of Innovation revision, the superintendent would be allowed to end a transfer student’s enrollment during the school year for serious behavior or attendance problems, instead of waiting until the year is finished. Until TEA acts, that midyear authority is not in force.
The agenda listed the District of Innovation amendment and the FDA (Local) policy change as separate votes, items VIII.D and VIII.E. The summary treated them as a pair and said both were approved.
An architect search, not a bond election
The board also approved circulating a request asking qualified architects to submit credentials, the summary said. The agenda framed that item as permission to issue the solicitation, not as the hiring of a named firm. No contract or fee was listed in the agenda or the summary.
In a separate report, Jessica Tom updated trustees on a community committee that has been looking at the district’s long-range facility needs. The summary said the group has already met three times and has walked through the high school and the junior high. It will keep meeting with residents to talk about those needs and about whether to put a bond proposal on the May 2027 ballot. Those meetings are open, the district said. The committee’s discussion is not a called bond election, and the board did not adopt a bond order on Nov. 9.
Other action, and what the superintendent announced
Trustees also approved naming Mike Watts to represent the district on the Atascosa County Appraisal District’s board for a term covering 2027 and 2028, and they approved keeping in place an interlocal agreement with the City of Pleasanton to run a joint election on May 1, 2027, according to the summary and the agenda wording.
On the consent agenda, the board approved minutes of the Oct. 5 regular meeting, financial reports, and the district and campus improvement plans, including an elementary targeted improvement plan, the summary said. Those plans had also been presented earlier in the meeting by Dr. Helen Whisenhunt.
Superintendent Dr. John Prezas, in a report the agenda marked as requiring no action, said that starting Dec. 1, 2026, sections of Stadium Drive, along with Long Street, are to be blocked to cars during the school day, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., under an arrangement with the City of Pleasanton. That announcement is the superintendent’s report, not a board vote.
The official summary lists the district’s administration address as 1080 Bluebonnet Drive, Pleasanton, Texas 78064, and the main telephone number as 830-569-1200. The Nov. 9 meeting was held at the administration building, the summary said.
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