Texarkana College trustees will decide at a special meeting Aug. 5 what they will do about President Frank Coleman’s continuing employment, officials say.

Board President Dr. C. Jack Smith said trustees will have the options then to renew or decline to renew or extend Coleman’s contract, or to defer a decision on renewing it for several months.

It could even be to “start a new president search,” Smith said.

Coleman has been under fire for the past couple of months. The board established a performance evaluation for the TC president in May, the first effort ...