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I'M SO HAPPY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS NOW 4:31, AND THIS IS THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING

[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]

THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL THE 7TH OF 2026.

I DO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.

MS. HOGAN DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM? NO, SIR.

SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH WOULD BE ACTION ITEMS.

[III.A. Consideration and Approval of Resolution to Texas Association of School Boards for Nomination of Dr. Ricardo López, Superintendent of the Year — Johnny Beach, Mechelle Hogan]

CONSIDER AN APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS FOR NOMINATION OF DOCTOR RICARDO LOPEZ, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR. MS. HOGAN. YES. TRUSTEES.

SO WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF NOMINATING DOCTOR RICARDO LOPEZ FOR THE TASB SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.

PART OF THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION IS FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION, TO NOMINATE HIM OFFICIALLY TO BE CONSIDERED A CANDIDATE FOR REVIEW.

SO THAT'S THAT REQUEST TONIGHT. AND WE'RE PRINTING CURRENTLY A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION IF YOU'D LIKE.

I CAN READ IT, BUT I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND IT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SET OF WORDS THAT I CREATED IN CHATGPT DID NOT HELP ME AT ALL.

IT WAS ALL FROM ME AND IT WAS ALL BEAUTIFUL WORDS AND SENTIMENT ABOUT HOW HE'S SUCH A VISIONARY LEADER AND HOW WE'VE COME SO FAR UNDER HIS GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP OVER THESE PAST 7 OR 8 YEARS. AND HE DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION.

SO I HUMBLY, HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU ALL APPROVE TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION SO THAT I CAN SUBMIT IT TO TASB WITH HIS APPLICATION BY THE APRIL 14TH DEADLINE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL GO ON RECORD AS SAYING THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TODAY.

AND MRS GRIFFIN IS IS ZOOMING IN FOR OUR TEAM OF EIGHT AND THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.

SO WE ARE ALL ARE PRESENT. SEEING NONE. IF WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION OR WHATEVER.

ALL I NEED IS A MOTION, MR. MILLER. YES, SIR.

MR. BEACH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE DOCTOR RICARDO LOPEZ FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS PART OF THE THIS WOULD BE A TASB AWARD, AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS FORTHCOMING AND NOMINATE HIM FOR THIS AWARD. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MILLER FOR APPROVAL FOR A RESOLUTION FOR DOCTOR LOPEZ, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR, AND MR. GLICK SECOND.

SO AT THIS TIME, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE BY LIFTING THEIR HAND? ALL IN FAVOR? MRS. GRIFFIN GOT IT UP THERE. GOOD.

OKAY. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR LOPEZ.

THANK YOU. I HOPE I CAN ADEQUATELY REPRESENT THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A HIGH POWERED AREA, REGION TEN. AND I JUST JUST THIS APPROVAL MEANS THE WORLD TO ME, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A WINNER ALREADY. SO THANK YOU.

WELL DESERVED. DOCTOR LOPEZ. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

EXECUTIVE SESSION. MISS HOGAN, DO WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] DOCTOR LOPEZ ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, SIR.

SEEING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?

[VI. Adjournment]

SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED FROM THIS PARTICULAR SPECIAL BOARD MEETING.

IT IS NOW 4:34, AND WE WILL RECONVENE FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AT 4:45.

SO YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES TO GO TO THE RESTROOM, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.

BUT AT 4:45, WE WILL RECONVENE. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.