Public Comments
Communication Items
- Liberty Hill Education Foundation President Mike Bowles provided an annual year-in-review of the foundation's events, how they supported the district, and what their foundation has raised to support LHISD students, teachers and staff.
- Interim Superintendent Travis Motal provided updates including:
- Kudos to the teachers and staff who helped make the science fairs happen and for the students who participated.
- LRHS and LHHS cheer teams are heading to state this weekend
- LHISD SPARK Staff Professional Learning Conference will be on Friday
- 132 people have filled out the LEADS Champion nomination form
- The district will host a job fair on March 28 at Santa Rita Elementary
- Thank you to all parents who came out to the proposed attendance boundaries town halls that we had last week. The district will take this feedback to the attendance boundaries committee meeting this week and ultimately make a recommendation to the Board in February.
- National Law Enforcement Day was on Jan. 9. With our focus on school safety, district administrators took part in a reunification training provided by the I Love U Guys Foundation.
- The Long Range Planning Committee are planning to tour multiple projects at different school districts in February as we consider what is needed in LHISD for future student growth.
- We are actively working through the academic calendar process and plan to bring a recommendation for the Board in March.
- PropA in Action
- 1% raise settle up
- In January, February and March the Board will see staffing requests for new schools and additional staffing to support current campuses/departments.
The Board approved consent agenda items to include:
- Minutes from the previous board meeting
- Tax collection summary
- Cash position and investment report
- Finance summary report
- Budget amendments
- Purchases over $100,000:
- Furniture Selection for Legacy Ranch High School
- Furniture Selection for Lariat Trails Elementary
- Opening Day Library Collection for Legacy Ranch High School (moved to action)
- Patrol Vehicles
- Bond status report
- Food service report
- ADA report
- Accepting donations
- Monthly police report
Action Items- The Board approved library book purchases for the opening day collection for Legacy Ranch High School.
- The Board approved library book purchases for LHISD school libraries as presented by Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Dr. Heather Stoner.
- The Board approved the general election in May for the purpose of electing two Trustees, Place 1 and Place 2, for three full-year terms.
- The Board approved the special election in May to fill place 4 for a one-year term.
- The Board approved accepting resignations and employing personnel.
The next regular board meeting will be on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at 6 p.m.
Click links below to listen to the full Jan. 20, 2026 regular board meeting.
- Part A (open board meeting through closed session)
- Part B (board returned from closed session to adjourn)
