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          THE TIME IS NOW 5:00 P.M. AND I CALL THE SEPTEMBER 23RD,
2025 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER. 
          [1. 
CALL TO ORDER
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MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES WE DO. 
          GREAT. WE NOW WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA PUBLIC FORUM,
BUT NO ONE HAS HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
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CLOSED SESSION
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WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS
551.74 551 EXCUSE ME. 551.074 551.082 551.0821 AND 551.71. WE'LL RECONVENE. 
          WE ARE GOING INTO SPECIAL INTO CLOSED SESSION RIGHT NOW WITH OUR COUNCIL FOR APPROXIMATELY
FIVE MINUTES. 
          WE WILL THEN MOVE IN. WE MOVE BACK HERE AND BEGIN THE HEARING. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ALLOWING US TO MEET WITH COUNCIL. 
          WE ARE BACK AND. WHAT WAS THE TIME? DO YOU NEED IT OKAY WELL. OKAY WELL, THEN IS ANYONE? OKAY WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON THIS, AND. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE IS THAT? NO, IT'S. IT WAS INTENTIONALLY TURNED OFF WHY DON'T YEAH YEAH. IT WAS. 
          THANK YOU. FOR COMING BACK WE'RE NOT COMING BACK IN THE ROOM THANK YOU. WE'RE TALKING ON THE MICROPHONE THIS SPACE YEAH. IS ANYONE IN THIS ROOM? ROLANDO? NO JUST ME OKAY, MAYBE IF YOU JUST KEEP THE DOOR SHUT AND NO ONE ELSE YEAH CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT WE NEED THANK YOU YOU JUST NEED ANYTHING THE TIME IS NOW 5:15 P.M. IN THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD,
2025. 
          IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE EANES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CONVENED IN CLOSED
SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 551.074 551.082 AND 551.0821. TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN THE MATTER OF EANES ISD VERSUS JONATHAN ASERON TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY,
DOCKET NO. 
          237-LH-06-2025. BEFORE THE INDEPENDENT HEARING EXAMINER KELLY EVANS. MY NAME IS KIM MCMATH, AND I WILL PRESIDE OVER THE HEARING. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR AND CONSIDER ORAL ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EMPLOYEE. 
          DOCTOR, MR. JONATHAN ASERON, IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED TERMINATION OF MR. ASERON. CHAPTER 21 CONTRACT. AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD VOTED TO PROPOSE THE TERMINATION OF
MR. ASERON'S CONTRACT AT ITS MEETING ON JUNE 10TH,
2025. 
          MR. ASERON TIMELY REQUESTED A HEARING BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT HEARING EXAMINER APPOINTED BY
THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. 
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06:54 P.M. AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. 
          THIS IS A CONTINUATION FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE 5:00 P.M. SPECIAL MEETING AND MY NAME IS KIM MCMATH I'M THE
BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON BEHALF OF EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          [5.1 Consider and take possible action on the Independent Hearing Examiner’...]
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE AT THIS POINT INTO OUR DISCUSSION ACTION PORTION OF OUR SPECIAL
MEETING TONIGHT. 
          AND THAT IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE INDEPENDENT HEARING EXAMINER'S
RECOMMENDATION IN TEA DOCKET NO. 
          237-LH-06-2025 REGARDING THE PROPOSED TERMINATION OF JONATHAN ASERON. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY JOHN TROY. 
          I MOVE THAT, HAVING REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THE UNDERLYING HEARING ON THE MERITS AND THE
DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE INDEPENDENT HEARING EXAMINER IN THIS MATTER, AND CONSIDERING THE ORAL ARGUMENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE RESPONDENT THAT THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE EANES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTS THE HEARING EXAMINER'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATION. 
          FINDING NUMBER 26, REVISED TO SOMETIME IN APRIL 2025,
PEPE INFORMED A FRIEND VH ABOUT AN INAPPROPRIATE INCIDENT WITH PEPE'S ART TEACHER. AFTER THAT, PEPE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO PEPE'S MOTHER. 
          THE REASON AND LEGAL BASIS, AS AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTIES,
IS THAT THE ORIGINAL FINDING WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, TO THE EXTENT IT MISSTATED THE DATE OF PEPE'S OUTCRY TO VH AS APRIL 2023,
WHEN THE RECORD REFLECTS THIS CONVERSATION OCCURRED IN APRIL 2025. 
          I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD THEREFORE TERMINATE MR. ASERON'S TERM CONTRACT FOR GOOD CAUSE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. 
          SECOND. I HAVE I HAVE A MOTION BY JOHN AND A SECOND BY JAMES. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION 7-0. 
          NO DISSENTS. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. AT THIS TIME,
WE WILL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING. 
          THE DECEMBER EXCUSE ME. THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE EANES
ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.