Tag: Interim Superintendent of Schools

SBCISD maintenance head terminated, fears retribution

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Longtime San Benito CISD employee David Garcia, who for the last 10 years served as the school district’s maintenance department director, was indefinitely suspended without pay on Friday. SBCISD Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ismael Cantu notified Garcia of his termination via a memo. Also, SBCISD transportation department director …

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CONSIDER THIS: Why Miller Made the Grade and Cantu Failed

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com If you were to corner local officials about the controversy that currently plagues San Benito, some would point to scandals in Brownsville, Progreso or any other city equal or greater in disrepute than the community they’re entrusted to serve and implement policy. In San Benito, a great number of …

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Miller Jordan educators call for campus stability; plead with Trustees to halt frequent principal reassignments

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com More than 30 educators and support staff from Miller Jordan Middle School have come together to express their concerns about the stability of the campus – this as a result of fears that the school may incur its eighth principal reassignment in seven years. The educators in question called …

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SBCISD first day attendance low

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD saw an increase in attendance at its secondary campuses but a decrease at its elementary schools for the first day of class. Secondary schools saw an attendance of 4,912 on the first day of school for the 2013-2014 school year, an increase of 36 …

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