Good evening. The special meeting is now convened. The time is 05:01PM. Board members present are, Jeanette Garza Linder and myself, Rick Campo. Our first order of business is to hear from speakers to our agenda. Although the comment during school board meetings will only be available to those persons who have signed up to speak prior to the meeting, time per current protocol. We have five speakers who will be limited to two minutes each per board policy. We ask you to stay on topic or remain in individuals, especially students, as their identity is protected under law, but you may not you may name your own child.
Any speakers? Okay. Great. This concludes the hearings of, hearings of agenda speakers. The purpose of this special meeting is to canvass and accept the final the official results of the November for the Houston Independent School District single members five, six and seven. May I have a motion, to canvass and accept these official results? So moved. I second the motion. The official results are as follows: HISD Trustee District five, Maria Benzon, received 12,339
votes or 6363.09% of the total votes cast on 11/04/2025, which is a majority of votes cast making her the winner. Her opponent, Robbie McDonough received 7,219 votes or 36.91% of the total votes cast. HISD Trustee District six, Michael McDonough received 7,148 or 60.4%
of the total votes cast on 11/04/2025, which is a majority of the votes cast making him the winner. His opponent Kendall Baker received 4,687 votes or 39.6% of the total votes cast. HISD Trustee District seven, Bridget Wade, received 9,628 or 54.06 of the total votes cast on 11/04/2025, which is a majority of the votes cast making her the winner. Her opponent,
Audrey Nath received $8,181 or 45.94% of the total votes cast. The official tabulation of the results of the election, including precinct level returns, is contained in the attachment to the order, canvassing returns, and declaring the results of the November for Houston Independent School District, single member districts 56, and 7, which has been provided to the trustees.
Any questions or comments before we vote? No. Thank you. Okay. The question, is on the motion to canvass and accept the results of the November. Those in favor, please raise your hand. Okay. The vote is unanimous. Two in favor, none opposed. Let the record reflect the official Canvas results for the November Election for Houston Independent School Districts, single member Districts 56 And 7 has been accepted and approved. With no further business to discuss,
the special meeting of the school board is now adjourned at 05:04PM on 11/17/2025. We are adjourned. Thank you. Shall we? Thank you. You were worried about me?