During the May 12 Board Workshop, CISD Trustees:
Acted upon an Order Declaring Results of the May 3, 2025, Trustee General Election as follows:
Place 1 — 4,645 total votes
3,579 votes for Leigh Walker (winner)
1,066 votes for Sheri Hill
Place 2 — 4,769 total votes
1,788 for Julie Waters
2,981 for Jonathan Powers (winner)
Place 3 — 4,185 total votes
4,185 votes for Anthony Hill (winner)
The Certificate of Election was also issued to newly elected Board Members — Place 1 Trustee Leigh Walker, Place 2 Trustee Jonathan Powers and Place 3 Trustee Anthony Hill.
Also at the Workshop, Trustees heard updates and discussed the following:
The Coppell ISD Efficiency Review Committee (CERC) Report from Chief Communications Officer Angela Brown and CERC Committee Co-Chairs Shayne Jones and Jon West, which included the following:
Most CERC members support closing two elementary schools by the 2026–2027 school year due to declining enrollment and excess capacity, favoring a single transition over staggered closures.
The committee discussed potentially relocating New Tech High @ Coppell to CHS as a school within a school to reduce costs and potentially increase enrollment.
CERC also discussed proposed strategies to address projected deficits, including a hiring freeze, program cuts, class size increases, transportation changes, and evaluating open enrollment expansion.
Staff salary increases were given the highest priority, with teachers emphasizing the need for competitive pay amid inflation.
The committee showed strong support for moving to a Pay-to-Ride model for non-required transportation bus services, including shuttles.
Programs considered for cuts included elementary and secondary enrichment offerings, as well as district staff support services. The committee’s tolerance for elementary and secondary program cuts was lower than for making changes in district staff support.
Plans for repurposing Pinkerton were discussed, including district training, facility rentals, potential employee daycare use with the YMCA, office space and housing students during future school renovations.
The 2025-2026 Budget Workshop was presented by Chief Financial Officer Diana Sircar, Chief Communications Officer Angela Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Angie Brooks and Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services Kristen Eichel, who shared a multi-year balanced budget plan, that included the following possibilities:
In the 2025-2026 school year
Board Action to consolidate 2 elementary schools for the 2026-2027 school year
Board Action to realign boundaries for the 2026-2027 school year
Relocate reimagined New Tech High @ Coppell into CHS as a school within a school for the 2026-2027 school year
Explore virtual instruction with new state legislation
Continue the reduction of support staff through attrition
Examine additional support staff reductions for 2026-2027
Examine shuttles for reduction
Explore secondary student schedules (specifically reviewing graduation plans and course offerings, including internships, off periods, work release)
In 2026-2027
Implement virtual instruction with new state legislation
Reduce the number of district support staff
Reduction of secondary electives or lower-enrollment courses
Shuttle reduction by at least 50% (CHS and CHS9 routes)
Explore Pay-to-Ride for shuttles and home-to-school routes
Expand Victory Place, allowing more virtual options and work release
Implement Secondary schedule - opportunities for student schedules
Explore Secondary master schedule changes - PLC Time
In 2027-2028
Board policy action to Pay-to-Ride for shuttles and home-to-school routes
Implement secondary master schedule changes - PLC Time
Explore elementary and secondary programmatic reductions
In 2028-2029
Elementary programming reductions
Secondary programming reductions
As changes are made, the district will continue to measure the potential impact on student learning.
Board Vice President Nichole Bentley also shared a Legislative Update.
The full May 12 presentation is available at https://5il.co/3fx29 and video of the Workshop can be found at www.coppellisd.com/board.