Oct 31 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It was no accident that the dog who stole the show at last week’s San Benito High School Homecoming parade, and piqued the curiosity of many onlookers wondering if he had an owner showed up on the main stretch of Sam Houston Boulevard that day. ‘Kong,’ as he is …
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Jun 27 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been nearly a year since I issued a challenge to the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, then-Interim Superintendent Alfonso Obregón and Miller Jordan Middle School Principal Mary Alice Leal to turn the oft-troubled campus around. Plaguing Miller Jordan at that time was yet another principal reassignment, the …
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May 28 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Afterschool Program has once again exhibited a strong showing at the National Chess Tournaments, including one individual who earned a first place rating. Frank Roberts Elementary, Rangerville Elementary, Fred Booth Elementary, Ed Downs Elementary, Dr. Garza Elementary and Dr. Cash Elementary competed at the …
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Apr 08 2014
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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Mar 28 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Four professional football players visited Miller Jordan Middle School this week to help kick off the annual NFL Fuel Up to Play 60 and NFL Flag Football League weekend in San Benito. Justin Tryon, currently a free agent cornerback who recently played for the New York Giants; Miami …
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Jan 17 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Texas Education Agency has rated two San Benito CISD campuses academically unacceptable, according to data obtained from a previous school year, officials confirmed. Miller Jordan Middle School and Veterans Memorial Academy both received academically unacceptable ratings, and on Friday, SBCISD Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ismael Cantu …
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Sep 07 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Board President Yliana González expressed concern Thursday regarding screen capture and print screen images of purported communication between a former Berta Cabaza Middle School choir director charged on multiple counts of online solicitation of a minor and a 12-year-old Miller Jordan Middle School student who authorities …
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Aug 31 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees met on Thursday, Aug. 29 in which action was taken on a number of items, including the 2013-2014 budget, the selection of an on-site primary health clinic provider and the assignment of a principal at Miller Jordan Middle School. The budget …
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Aug 27 2013
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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Aug 20 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Oscar Medrano of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees has called into question the recent transfer of a middle school principal. On Tuesday, Medrano expressed concern with the manner in which Interim Superintendent Alfonso Obregón moved Mary Alice Martinez from the principal post at Miller Jordan Middle School …
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