Texas Public Policy Foundation

Subscribe to our FREE daily email

📍 Drive to CARTHAGE ISD Office   📅 Tuesday, September 22, 2026 to Calendar
📄 View Official Agenda
Heads up, taxpayers and parents: We’ve audited the upcoming CARTHAGE ISD agenda. There are 4 items targeting parental consent and taxpayer funds that need your immediate attention before the gavel falls.
⚠️ Warning (LEVEL 7)
Requires Verification

Vote on Secret Changes to Board Rules
📅 Scheduled Action
The board is voting to adopt a new ‘Board Procedures Handbook’ without making the document public beforehand. This handbook governs how meetings are run, how the public can speak, and how transparent the board must be. Approving it sight-unseen could lead to new rules that limit public access and accountability.
Response

DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the Carthage ISD board immediately. Insist that the vote on the ‘Adoption of Board Procedures Handbook’ be postponed until the full proposed handbook is posted on the district’s website for public review.

💰 Impact: Reduced Public Access
🚩Watchlist (LEVEL 6)
Requires Verification

Approve Secret School Health Council Recommendations
📅 Scheduled Action
The board will vote on unspecified recommendations from the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC). These councils can influence sensitive curriculum on health and human sexuality, often without direct parental oversight. Taxpayers and parents have a right to know what policies are being approved for their children before the vote.
Response

INVESTIGATE: Contact the Carthage ISD administration and demand that all recommendations related to the ‘School Health Advisory Council’ item be published online for public review well in advance of the vote.

💰 Impact: Bypassing Parents
ALERT (LEVEL 4)
Requires Verification

Undisclosed Consultant Contract for Transportation
📅 Scheduled Action
The board is set to approve a ‘Consultant Service Agreement’ with Region VII for the Transportation Supervisor. The cost, scope of work, and specific deliverables are not disclosed in the agenda, making it impossible to judge if this is a necessary expense or wasteful ‘consultant creep’.
Response

DEMAND THE DETAILS: Contact the Carthage ISD board and ask for the full contract and cost for the ‘Region VII Consultant Service Agreement for Transportation Supervisor’ to be made public before any vote is taken.

💰 Impact: Undisclosed
ALERT (LEVEL 3)
Requires Verification

Undisclosed Spending on School Bus Wraps
📅 Scheduled Action
The district plans to purchase ‘School Bus Wraps’ without disclosing the cost or purpose to the public. While this may be for school spirit, it could also be a non-essential, cosmetic expense at a time when every dollar should be focused on the classroom.
Response

ASK FOR THE PRICE TAG: Contact the Carthage ISD board to ask for the total cost and justification for the ‘Purchase of School Bus Wraps’ before they approve the spending.

💰 Impact: Undisclosed
District Info
Address 1600 W PANOLA, CARTHAGE, TX 75633
“Freedom, Prosperity &
Opportunity”
TPPF is a conservative think tank whose mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas and the nation.

Contribute to the mission

Powered by Sentinel Engine