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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING. WELCOME TO THIS CALLED MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.I'M CHRIS POTEET, MEMBER OF THE RISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF CANVASING THE ELECTION, ONLY TWO BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED FOR A QUORUM.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:33 P.M..
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS, SECTION.
I'M SORRY. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE CANVASING.
[III.A. Canvass Returns: May 2, 2026, Trustee Election]
TRUSTEES THAT'S YOU, MS. HARRIS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD'S JANUARY 15TH, 2026 ORDER CALLING A GENERAL ELECTION AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS TO DETERMINE THE CANDIDATE ELECTED AS TRUSTEE FOR THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE AND AT LARGE PLACE SIX OF THE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.OUR AGENDA CALLS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, CANVASING THE RETURNS, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HELD ON MAY 2ND, 2026 FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE IN AT LARGE PLACE, SIX CANDIDATE NAZLEE BURNEY RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST FOR DISTRICT THREE BY RECEIVING 655 VOTES, OR 62.80%, WHILE CANDIDATE LUIS FERNANDO ROJAS RECEIVED 76 VOTES, OR 7.29%, AND CANDIDATE EWAN BLACKMAN RECEIVED 312 VOTES, OR 29.91%. CANDIDATE ERIC EAGER RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST FOR AT-LARGE PLACE SIX BY RECEIVING 4,634 VOTES, OR 64.01%, WHILE CANDIDATE BLAKE SAWYER RECEIVED 02,605 VOTES, OR 35.99%. PURSUANT TO THIS OFFICIAL CANVASS, NAZLEE BURNEY IS DECLARED ELECTED TRUSTEE OF DISTRICT THREE, AND ERIC EAGER IS DECLARED ELECTED TRUSTEE OF AT LARGE PLACE SIX FOR THE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 2.051.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CANVASING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HELD MAY 2ND, 2026. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY TRUSTEE HARRIS.
SECOND BY TRUSTEE POTEET. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO RUN FOR THIS BOARD.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A HARD JOB RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE ALL THOSE WHO STEPPED UP.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES 2 TO 0. WITH THAT BEING THE ONLY AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 5:36 P.M. ON MAY 12,
2026.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.