Edinburg school board trustee lost committee seat, say on insurance bids after comments to district attorney
Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board Trustee Luis “Louie” Alamia lost his chairmanship and seat on the board’s insurance committee and agreed to give up his say in awarding insurance products for a year after the school district received a complaint in January about comments he allegedly made to the Hidalgo County District Attorney. The district received…
Read MoreSullivan City hires city attorney
This article originally appeared in the May 31 edition of the Progress Times. The Sullivan City City Council hired Jay Peña as its city attorney last Tuesday evening. Peña practices with law firm Pope & Peña, which has served as Rio Grande City’s legal counsel for a couple of years. Sullivan’s been without a formal…
Read MoreMcAllen school board appoints Thompson to Place 7 seat
After about five hours and 45 minutes of discussion in executive session Monday, the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees appointed attorney Lucía “Lucy” Thompson to the Place 7 board seat longtime Trustee Sam Saldivar, Jr. resigned from last month. The board met at noon to discuss the 31 people who applied for the…
Read MoreMission taps Rigney for city attorney
Mission hired Patricia Rigney as its city attorney last week. According to City Manager Mike Perez, council approved a contract with Rigney Tuesday and she was expected to start Thursday. “She has a very good work ethic, very dedicated to what she does,” he said. “She loves local government.” The city’s been without a fulltime…
Read More31 apply for vacant seat on McAllen ISD school board
If McAllen Independent School District trustees wanted a diverse list of applicants to apply for the Place 7 vacancy on their board, they certainly got one last week. A total of 31 individuals applied to serve in that position by last Friday, the deadline. Those applicants want to take the seat of long-serving Trustee Sam…
Read MoreMission school board names Valdez interim superintendent
The Mission Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees named Cris Valdez interim superintendent Friday after the board’s decision to move toward parting ways with Superintendent Carol G. Perez. The board voted May 27 to place Perez on administrative leave with pay and directed its attorneys to negotiate a separation agreement with her. Sharon Roberts…
Read MoreMercedes school board votes to fire superintendent, litigation possible
The Mercedes school board voted to terminate Superintendent Maria Chavez for good cause Tuesday evening, although no one at the district will say what that good cause is because they think there might be some litigation related to the dismissal. Chavez joined the district as interim superintendent at the end of 2022 before being named…
Read MoreMcAllen ISD may resume negotiations with city over Quinta money
This article originally appeared in the May 25 edition of the Progress Times. McAllen ISD may soon resume negotiations with the city of McAllen over the district’s effort to renege on a $3 million commitment to an expansion project at Quinta Mazatlan after a two-month impasse in which the school district basically just stopped talking…
Read MoreMcAllen school board taps Peña for board president
This article originally appeared in the May 24 edition of the Progress Times. McAllen ISD trustees elected Sofia Peña to her first term as school board president Monday. Peña has served on the board since 2021. Peña was board secretary prior to Monday and replaced Debbie Crane Aliseda as president. “It’s an honor for me…
Read MoreMission CISD superintendent placed on leave, board greenlights separation agreement negotiations
At a special board meeting Monday, Mission Consolidated Independent School District trustees placed Superintendent Carol G. Perez on paid administrative leave and directed attorneys to negotiate a separation agreement with her. The board named Sharon Roberts, a deputy superintendent at the district, Perez’s acting replacement. Trustees are slated to discuss naming an interim superintendent at…
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