Editor's Note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of the new CCISD board member's maiden name.

The CCISD Board of Trustees approved Dolly Gonzales Trolley to fill the remainder of the term for the District 4 seat previously held by Catherine Susser, who resigned in Nov. 2020, at a special board meeting held Monday morning.

Susser submitted her letter of resignation in October 2020 due to family strains with her husband working in Dallas. Her term was to expire in 2022.

Trolley was one of three applicants to fill the District 4 seat. She is set to be sworn in at the board's next meeting Jan. 25.

Trolley, who has lived in Corpus Christi for nearly five years, has two children in the district’s schools.

“I am particularly passionate about advocating for our special needs population,” Trolley said. “I am interested in working with fellow board members to approve a smart and sensible budget during this difficult time.”

The board also approved two action items concerning adding three extra days for teacher preparation and a grant for the CCISD Police Department to purchase body cameras for police staff.

The proposed dates for CCISD teachers to have for more preparation are Feb. 15, Apr. 5 and May 28.

In February 2020, CCISD Police Department Chief Kirby Warnke asked the board for a grant to purchase body cameras for his staff. The motion was approved with hopes the equipment would be put in use in October 2020.

"We still haven't rolled them out," Warnke said. "We are rolling them out this spring."

Warnke explained that when he received the body cameras, the company informed him of a higher-end product that would save them $16 per body camera.

COVID slowed down shipment of the body cameras, Warnke said.

"Around September it got funded, we ordered them, they came in the middle end of November, then the vendor said (they) had brand new cameras," Warnke said. "We'd like to have the newest ones where they worked out the bugs. So we shipped those back. The new ones are en route. But that's half. We were only funded for half, so now we're asking for support on the other half."

With the approval of Warnke's request, his staff will receive a total of 42 body cameras with 20 on the way at the moment.

Warnke said anyone who will be in a position of patrol will wear a body camera.

"If you're going to have a high instance of being in the public, you're going to get one," Warnke said. "We prioritize by contact with the public."

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