Board General Information

The Board is composed of seven officials elected for three-year terms.  They generally meet on the 2nd Monday of each month. Below you will find the schedule. This schedule is subject to change at any time at the District's discretion. Please check this web page for any updates to the schedule. 

2026 Board Meetings - Tentative Schedule:

Open session begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Palacios Independent School District Board Room located at 1209 Twelfth Street.  

• If you wish to address the board publicly during the board meeting, you must complete a comment card and present it to the Superintendent's secretary prior to 6:00 pm on the day of the meeting.  Comment cards are located in the administration building.
• Comments must be no longer than three minutes when read.  You are asked to refrain from sharing personal information about your student or mentioning specific PISD staff members by name.  Comments of a similar nature may be consolidated into one representative comment. 

The Board makes major decisions regarding school policy, curriculum, and expenditures, but it is limited by law and rules set by the State Board of Education.  Other duties consist of adopting goals and objectives for the district, reviewing and acting on policies, adopting an annual budget, setting the tax rate, electing school personnel as recommended by the Superintendent, and reporting to the public about the District's progress.