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SoTheySay
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12:28p, 8/26/26
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Last night a board member made a nearly 5 minute rant during the board report that was not mentioned, planned for or given to any other board member prior to the meeting. Not once did the board president attempt to stop this statement from continuing.

This meeting is on CSISD's YouTube Channel during the regular meeting around minute 32. Please take the time to watch this meeting and form your own opinions on the statement.

CSISD Board Meeting 8/25

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iisanaggie
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12:42p, 8/26/26
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Who was the person who read the "statement"?
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SoTheySay
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In reply to iisanaggie • 12:44p, 8/26/26
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Darin Paine
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RNAggie
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12:56p, 8/26/26
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our board president didn't know he was presenting a statement and doesnt think the board should just be reading out statements like this yet she LITERALLY POINTED TO HIM TO TELL HIM TO START TALKING!!

Does the president not know what the board is presenting and what is on the agenda?
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1:00p, 8/26/26
Watched most of workshop and then some of the meeting.

Keep hearing how crazy it's getting and everyone was so fired up because a teacher was speaking. Could not finish watching it.

Good Lord. We only thought past boards were crazy. The statement made was nuts. Not the content, but when, where and how it was done. The content was spot on IMO, but there are rules and I would wager a lot that a few were broken.
Too bad because, again, WHAT he said was solid.



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1:12p, 8/26/26
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I think my definition of rant differs.. Nothing to see. Move along.

Some people have too much time if this is what they worry about. Who cares if an elected Trustee reads something then or later or had a written version distributed or not. I'm sure there are rules and regs for this, but in the end, content matters. Not so much timing. Move on. If the others clearly wanted to respond they can in whatever medium they want (apparently social media per what the "announcement" was about).
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MyNameIsJeff
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1:12p, 8/26/26
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Cliff notes for those of us that can't really watch the video right now?
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EriktheRed
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1:36p, 8/26/26
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It was a terrible look. Essentially lecturing the Board about how they should be properly conducting themselves, all while doing so breaking rules of decorum, being out of order, and out of line.

That was rich.
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2:18p, 8/26/26
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Sounds like a real-life Nextdoor thread.
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In reply to tu ag • 2:55p, 8/26/26
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3:27p, 8/26/26
What I heard was "trust the narrative coming from the district administration and don't try to independently verify if or what the administrators says or reports is fact or not. You must accept it at face value and if any of your actual voting consituents tell you different....it is noise and social media echo chamber. This under the guise of "we have a policy on how things are supposed to be done." Sounded like he's had too many team building classes and hasn't ever taken a candor/reality class.


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3:43p, 8/26/26
They also tend to go into executive session and not give any report of anything that came out of it. Sometimes they don't even give the topic that is going to be discussed going into it.
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In reply to Omperlodge • 3:57p, 8/26/26
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I don't think they have to if no action is taken. If they don't need to take action (vote) then they just come out and leave.
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In reply to EriktheRed • 8:51p, 8/26/26
EriktheRed said:
I don't think they have to if no action is taken. If they don't need to take action (vote) then they just come out and leave.


That is incorrect. They can be intentionally vague but they have to say something.
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EriktheRed
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In reply to Omperlodge • 9:13p, 8/26/26
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Well, then add it to the list of what they got wrong last night
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Aggieland Proud
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5:54a, 8/27/26
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I'm missing the background to this story. Is there some social media fight going on? What led to this statement?
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SoTheySay
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In reply to Aggieland Proud • 10:55a, 8/27/26
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There is a FB group that was created in 2024 - CSISD Parents: Advocating for Students and Teachers

The board member who spoke has been an active participant in this group.
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In reply to SoTheySay • 11:21a, 8/27/26
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Thanks for the explanation.

Full disclosure: I use TexAgs info/discussion for a lot of my voting decisions, particularly on local elections since I don't put a lot of stock in what I get, if anything, from our local media. Is this school board member leaning in a good direction or is he in left field? Are the FB positions/issues justified? I'm not a FB user.
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In reply to Aggieland Proud • 10:40a, 8/28/26
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Mr. Paine appears to be a stand up guy. Is/was a current military reservist who missed some board time as he got deployed, and professor at Texas A&M who teaches a leadership class. Also involved heavily with the corp of cadets still. He's generally the one who will speak up with some direct grounded comments because he's not there to put on some production for attention like you will see others do. I don't think he's worried about today's cancel culture but that's my opinion, I don't actually know him but do generally agree with his comments when he speaks.
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10:53a, 8/28/26
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People get rabidly passionate about school board goings on. It can be interesting and amusing to watch from a distance at times.
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2:04p, 8/28/26
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That FB group is about as toxic as it gets. Total echo chamber of people that for the most part have no clue what they're talking about.

I don't like how Paine did it in the meeting or how it was handled, but what he said was spot on
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In reply to ElephantRider • 4:39p, 8/28/26
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ElephantRider said:
That FB group is about as toxic as it gets. Total echo chamber of people that for the most part have no clue what they're talking about.

I don't like how Paine did it in the meeting or how it was handled, but what he said was spot on

The statement from Paine is about that Facebook group.There are suspicions in the community a school board member is posting to that anonymously and a faction of board members are working to fire the Super.

The teachers complain about Solution Tree, but Martindale bought it. The percentage about six figure salaries needs to be clarified. I don't think this is the first superintendent to have six figure salaried jobs in the administration building. Did the percentage go up because they added more six figure jobs or did they consolidate jobs to increase the percentage? Are teachers selecting their preferred schools to bus their kids to instead of sending them to their zoned schools? Are these out of town teachers bringing their kids to the district? I have no idea how many students are in this position. If it's a written benefit of the job then it should be known to the community.
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