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OCTOBER 20TH, 2025. THIS MEETING OF THE KLEENE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING. SUSAN JONES, VICE PRESIDENT. BRENDA ADAMS, SECRETARY MARVIN RAINWATER, BOARD MEMBER OLIVER MINTZ, BOARD MEMBER RODNEY GILCHRIST, BOARD MEMBER TINA CAPUTO, BOARD MEMBER. AND BRETT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER. FOR THE RECORD, A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS PRESENT. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME COLONEL MCCLELLAN FROM FORT HOOD, OUR GARRISON COMMANDER, AS WELL AS CHRISTINE CAPASSO. I KNOW I SAW HER. HELLO. HELLO, HELLO. OUR FORT HOOD LIAISON. AS A REMINDER, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC FORUM MUST SUBMIT THEIR SIGN UP SHEET AT THIS TIME. A RECORD OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE. WE'RE ALSO ALSO STREAMING THIS MEETING ON OUR CABLE CHANNEL 17 AND ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE PUBLIC FORUM. THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR COMMENTS FROM THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. PER BOARD POLICY, EACH PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I WILL ASK THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY PUBLIC OUTBURSTS AND TO MAINTAIN DECORUM. PARENTS, EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THE GRIFFITHS, THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. RELATED POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE OR UPON REQUEST. FOR THE RECORD, WE ASK THAT ALL PUBLIC FORUM PARTICIPANTS BEGIN BY STATING THEIR NAME AND THE CITY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE. ONCE COMPLETE, YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN. I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC FORUM, SO WE ARE
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CLOSING PUBLIC FORUM AND WILL NOW GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEM TWO A INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR SUPERINTENDENT POSITION AS ALLOWED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074. NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN CLOSED SESSION. ANY ACTION THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS IN CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES IN OPEN MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 9:32 P.M. AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL CONVENE IN THE THE TIME IS6 P.M. AND WE ARE RECONVENING FROM CLOSED SESSION. NO ACTION[3. Consideration and Take Possible Action to Name Finalist for Superintendent Position]
OR VOTING TOOK PLACE IN CLOSED SESSION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE CONSIDERATION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO NAME A LONE FINALIST FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR KILLEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. MADAM SECRETARY. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD NAME DOCTOR KING DAVIS AS THE FINALIST FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY ADAMS. WE HAVE A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MINTS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE SEVEN IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION.DOCTOR. KING. DAVIS, CONGRATULATIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS.
THANK YOU. FIRST AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, GIVE ALL PRAISE. PRAISE AND HONOR TO GOD. AND SECONDLY, I, I CERTAINLY THANK THIS BOARD FOR THEIR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. I DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY, GUYS. AND TO THE COMMUNITY, I KNOW IT'S LATE. SO FOR THOSE WHO WHO ARE STILL WATCHING, I TAKE I TELL YOU, I WILL COME EVERY DAY READY TO GIVE MY VERY BEST. I'M COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY. I CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING MORE OF YOU. I'VE SPENT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME REALLY LISTENING AND LEARNING WITH WITH OUR TEAM HERE IN THE DISTRICT INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND MORE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THIS WILL TAKE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. THIS IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS HAND IN HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WITH OUR FACULTY AND STAFF. WE HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE HERE AND WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER. GUYS, IT'S HARD WORK. DOESN'T SCARE ME. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO. SO I LOOK FORWARD. LOOK FORWARD TO KILLEEN ISD TAKING OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN REGION 12 AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MADAM CAPITO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MADAM CAPITO. WE HAVE A SECOND BY TRUSTEE GILCHRIST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING SHOW OF HANDS. WE HAVE SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE IN OPPOSITION. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:29 P.M.
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