McAllen ISD to develop facilities master plan
The McAllen Independent School District is aiming to develop a facilities master plan that should help it capitalize on more financial flexibility in two years. A facilities master plan would essentially appraise the current status of the district’s physical infrastructure and forecast infrastructure needs for the future. Superintendent René Gutiérrez told trustees at…
Read MoreLa Joya ISD planning external audit of special education program
The La Joya Independent School District is planning to have an external auditor audit its special education program which the district’s new administration has — at least in part — found to be “broken.” In June, Superintendent Marcey Sorensen described at length the district’s plans to fix a $55 million budget deficit. None…
Read MoreMan alleged “cruel and unusual punishment” over Hidalgo County Jail confinement, arrest by Edcouch PD
After midnight one Sunday in July of 2022, a police officer responded to Maria Moreno’s apartment in Edcouch after her 40-year-old son, Luis, had a mental health episode. Maria, an arresting document says, called police after Luis started yelling and became hostile when an individual on a crisis hotline asked him if he…
Read MoreCity of Mission looks toward cuts to rectify budget woes
On Monday senior Mission Assistant City Manager David Flores learned from a man who’d mentored him in the ways of municipal government that he’d be losing his job. Flores is one of three high-level city employees whose positions are eliminated in City Manager Mike Perez’s proposed budget plan, which also aims to fix a…
Read MoreLa Joya city manager to resign
La Joya City Manager Leo Olivares plans to resign after almost three years at the city’s helm. Olivares said Monday he hadn’t yet left his post though he expected to do so “sooner rather than later,” saying he’d accomplished what he set out to in La Joya and was leaving on good terms.…
Read MoreUltimate result of Hidalgo County JP contest between Segovia, Treviño hinges on appeal process
Despite the exceptional amount of attention and work put into the Hidalgo County justice of the peace election contest between Ramon Segovia and Sonia Treviño, the entire issue may just wind up being decided by how fast courts can work. On Wednesday a judge reversed the results of a May runoff race for Hidalgo…
Read MoreSullivan City Manager describes termination as politically motivated ambush
Sullivan City Council isn’t saying why it fired City Manager Lisa Rivera Monday evening, but Rivera has an opinion on the matter: she says she was blindsided by insider politics because she wouldn’t play ball. After discussion behind closed doors in executive session, council voted 4-1 Monday to terminate Rivera after less than…
Read MoreMCISD hopes to fill Place 7 by late August
The Mission school board hopes to fill its recently vacated Place 7 seat in as little as 21 days. Trustee Minnie Rodgers resigned from the board Wednesday, leaving her seat vacant. After an executive session discussion, the board greenlit a timeline for filling that seat described by attorney Eden Ramirez Jr. According to…
Read MoreRodgers retires from Mission school board
Mission Consolidated Independent School District Trustee Minnie Rodgers resigned from the school board Wednesday, but unlike most politicians, she didn’t end her career with her mind on politics. In contrast to many school board trustees in the Rio Grande Valley who’ve retired on good terms after a long tenure, Rodgers wasn’t in the mood to…
Read MoreMendoza reinstated as Mission school board after quiet resignation
Ta-da: Mission has the same school board trustee it had yesterday. That is the sum of Trustee Veronica “Betty” Mendoza’s trick, which she apparently embarked on as a failed effort to keep her job at La Joya ISD. The Mission school board unanimously Wednesday reinstated Mendoza to her seat on the board that she’d resigned…
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