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The South Texas Independent School District Board of Trustees may hire Sandra Ochoa — who currently sits on that board and is Edcouch-Elsa ISD’s superintendent — to lead STISD after receiving a Texas Education Agency waiver last week. The Texas Education Code stipulates that a trustee of a school district can’t work with that district…

A judge Tuesday said she would hold witnesses testifying in relation to Edinburg school district’s nude exercise suit in contempt and maybe even throw them in jail if they do anything that further delays court proceedings. In 2024 Robert Vela High Head Football Coach made some student athletes exercise in locker rooms in a state…

The father of a student at Robert Vela High School sued three Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District employees this month on behalf of his minor son, alleging the school’s head football coach forced his son to exercise naked last year and that administrators at the district failed to hold that coach accountable.   Raul Rocha…

[email protected]   The Mission City Council will hold a special meeting on Friday, August 29 at 4pm at city hall to consider changes to Mike Perez’s role as city manager. The meeting is open to the public.     On Tuesday, Perez declined to comment on his employment status. The reason for Perez’s separation is…

Donna Mayor David Moreno sued the city’s school district in late June, claiming Donna ISD demoted him unfairly while he worked there after he allegedly failed to report some teachers causing a drunken disturbance on a school trip in 2023 quickly enough. Moreno was the district’s CTE director in 2023. According to his suit, around…

The Hidalgo Independent School District approved a $210,000 three-year contract with new Superintendent J.A. Gonzalez on June 16.   Hidalgo trustees named Gonzalez, who previously led McAllen ISD and Harlingen CISD, lone finalist for superintendent in May.   The district has been without a permanent superintendent since November, when Xavier Salinas retired.   “We’re entering…

The Hidalgo Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name J.A. Gonzalez lone finalist for superintendent at a special meeting Monday.     Gonzalez previously served as superintendent in McAllen and Harlingen.   Hidalgo has been without a permanent superintendent since November, when Xavier Salinas retired from the position.   In a release,…

Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees may suspend Superintendent Mario Salinas at next week’s meeting on Wednesday. According to a board agenda posted Friday afternoon, trustees will discuss a possible reprimand and disciplinary action for Salinas “up to and including” his suspension. Salinas didn’t immediately return requests for comment, nor did Board President…

The University of Texas Board of Regents authorized UTRGV to purchase The Monitor newspaper building in McAllen Thursday, though a potential sale isn’t anticipated to be finalized for months.     AIM Media Texas, which owns The Monitor, says a sale wouldn’t mean a decline in quality for readers of McAllen’s paper of record or…

The city of Mission said in a press release Wednesday that it’s made significant progress toward bringing systems back online after a ransomware attack crippled the municipality’s operations. According to the Mission’s release Wednesday, the city believes it will “be back to full operational capacity soon.” “We are continuing to work with industry experts to…