Aug 09 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Spencer Gantt is looking to stay the San Benito Greyhounds Head Football Coach and Athletic Director for the foreseeable future, and he hopes the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees agrees on Tuesday. Board members will discuss extending Gantt’s contract, which expires March 2014, during closed session at a …
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Aug 07 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A well-respected judge and beloved member of the San Benito community died Monday morning. Family members of former Justice of the Peace Oscar De La Fuente Sr. confirmed August 5 that he had succumbed to what they believe were heart complications earlier that day. He was 84. Throughout …
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Jul 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Officials and sources involved in the suspension and subsequent request for an investigation into Antonio G. Limón, who remains on paid administrative leave as San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools, cited on Friday a number of cases involving teachers accused of mistreating or acting inappropriately with students as additional …
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Jul 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Members of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees have reported receiving a number of threatening messages as a result of recent decisions they’ve made. According to SBCISD Board President Yliana González, certain trustees have been receiving threats, including one in the form of a letter sent to …
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Jul 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A fundraiser has been organized to help Oscar Medrano, a member of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, pay for medical expenses incurred as a result of suffering from a stroke in January. It’s been seven months since Medrano was hospitalized due to severe headaches. Surgery was then …
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Jul 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Jay-Z is misunderstood. I apologize for the random observation, but follow me on this one. A self-proclaimed secular man who acknowledges the existence of God—yet doesn’t subscribe to any religion or spirituality—is believed a Satanist by many due to perceived Illuminati references in his music, clothing line and even …
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Jul 10 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The controversial proposal by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees to purchase Android tablets from the father of a sitting board member is actually the dad’s second attempt at submitting the bid. In April, Jesus “Chuy” Aguilera, owner of Chuy’s Custom Sports in San Benito …
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Jul 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD board members pointed to tax troubles as cause for parting ways with the provider of the school district on-site clinic. The Board of Trustees on Tuesday will discuss and take possible action on providing ISD Managed Care Services, a Port Isabel-based company that serves as the …
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Jun 28 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Expect more changes in personnel at the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District. But as of Thursday, two vacant principal positions were filled. It only took the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees approximately an hour and a half of closed session discussion at a June 27 special …
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Jun 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito High School principal vacancy may be filled this week. A special meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the John F. Barron Administration Building Board Room. On the agenda for that meeting are only …
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