Aug 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Another San Benito educator was arrested this week on child molestation charges. David Noyola, Band Director at Miller Jordan Middle School of San Benito, was arrested on Aug. 13, for sexually assaulting a minor – this after former San Benito CISD educator, Jose N. Mendez Jr., was accused …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees on Aug. 7—in a vote of 4-3—trustees green-lighted an $800,000 program with the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston that will provide the district with instructional support service. Although the board’s majority ruled …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees recently voted to amend its health care vendors, an effort that will reportedly save the district at least $250,000 annually. At a special meeting of the school board, trustees were presented with the findings of an evaluation committee’s in-depth analysis of …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will analyze bids and finalize a decision regarding the district’s future health care vendors on Thursday, Aug. 7, at a special board meeting. Earlier this summer, SBCISD advertised an open request for vendor proposals for the following services: Stop loss insurance; …
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Jul 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent Board of Trustees on Tuesday, July 15, discussed updating Policy DC (Local) and Policy CH (Local) to reinstate powers stripped of Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón in November 2012. The matter was presented by members of the Board’s Policy Committee. School Board …
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Jul 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com One item that was up for discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees was a request to approve the Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP). According to SBCISD Planner/Evaluator Ruben Franco, each year the district must reapply for OFSDP in …
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Jul 08 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special board meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District on Tuesday, July 8, two consulting firms were enlisted to make presentations to the board regarding how each firm will service the district in its quest to hire a new superintendent. The Board was expected …
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Jun 27 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will hold a budget workshop at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at the John F. Barron Administration Building. On the agenda for the workshop are a review and discussion of the 2014-15 local maintenance budget recommendations and most recent financial audit. …
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Jun 10 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón addressed on Tuesday the probability of the 2014 STAAR test scores influencing pending principal reassignments. “Right now, it’s too early to tell,” Limón said Tuesday about which principals may be reassigned. “We’re still evaluating the results of the second …
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Jun 06 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Eighteen-year-old Liliana Polanco lost her class ring earlier this year; it was a dainty piece of jewelry that usually adorned her left ring finger, where she planned for it to remain as a keepsake that would serve to remind her of life at San Benito High School. The SBHS …
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By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Sam Hunt, famous county music singer, surprised South Padre Island’s Sea Turtle Inc. by wearing a vintage “Save the Ripley” tee shirt in his “Water Under the Bridge” music video, which was uploaded three weeks ago and already has 384K views. The PRESS asked Wendy Knight, CEO of Sea Turtle Inc., … Continue reading [...]
Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce 41st Annual Ladies Kingfish Tournament will take place this Saturday, August 13, 2022. The tournament kicks off Friday, August 12, with check-in and on-site registration from 4-7 p.m. at the South Padre Island Convention Center. There will be a BBQ with all the … Continue reading [...]
By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS Thursday August 4 saw the loud joyous celebration of winners and the defeated groans of losers at the grand opening of The Green Room, the new poker room in Port Isabel. The establishment, which is only open to adults of 21 years of age and is 100 … Continue reading [...]
(Courtesy photo by Dianna L. Harvill) By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista, along with the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, welcomed a new business to their city on Friday, July 29. The ribbon cutting for Johnny’s Liquor Cabinet occurred at 1 P.M. that afternoon. The Laguna Vista location is their second … Continue reading [...]
By SHELDON MOORE Special to the PRESS On Saturday morning, July 30, 2022, Port Isabel celebrated the culmination of a long term effort to make the Mayor Arturo Galvan Coastal Park a reality. A large number of Galvan family members and relatives as well as a sizeable turnout from the community, including City Manager … Continue reading [...]
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