At sunset and within hours of DeSpain submitting his resignation letter, a Uhaul sits in front of the ICISD superintendent's residence. In the foreground is the flood damaged Fleming Avenue that DeSpain leaves to all of his successors for the life of the City Gym building.
In perhaps the most anti climatic board moment ever, ICISD Superintendent Ray DeSpain submitted his resignation to the board on June 19, 2023. Without any fanfare and with only one board member publicly expressing praise for his work, the full board voted unanimously to accept his resignation. No parent appeared during public forum to either praise him or speak of the damage done, yet another indication of how far removed this board and his office are from the community.
At the same time, the CFO Robert Helms submitted a report that the ICISD budget for 2023-24 will be short hundreds of thousands of dollars. Budget cuts for teacher salaries is a certainty. See this post, DeSpain Blows Budget Just as He Leaves Town, for Helms' report and analysis of the board's response.
The Board also interviewed superintendent candidates during this meeting. My comments are pending.