Tag: San Benito CISD

Trustees question interim super’s salary

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Alfonso Obregon’s pay as interim superintendent for San Benito CISD will be addressed behind closed doors at Friday’s regular board meeting following concerns that his salary had not been previously agreed upon in open session. Scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 21, the Board of Trustees is expected to …

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WHO WILL LEAD? Permanent superintendency remains in limbo

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The common theme concerning the future of the San Benito CISD superintendent position, at least according to two members on the Board of Trustees, is uncertainty. As an investigation remains pending into matters she said are of “concern,” Board Secretary June Aguilera said on Tuesday she was “not sure” …

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CONSIDER THIS: Evaluating the Board of Trustees

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The events that transpired in San Benito this week exhibited the best and the worst of what this community has to offer. It appeared as though one day we were all jumping for joy in celebration of another appearance of the San Benito Lady ’Hounds in the Elite Eight …

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BREAKING: Meeting called to suspend SBCISD superintendent

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A special meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees has been called by Board President Yliana G. Rodriguez to suspend Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón. According to Limón, the meeting is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, at the John F. Barron Administration Building …

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Sanchez pleads not guilty in bus driver’s death

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr. plead not guilty Wednesday to intoxication manslaughter, a charge which stems from the death of a school bus driver who was killed while on his way to work in San Benito. At an arraignment hearing Wednesday in the 107th State District Court in Brownsville, Sanchez, 21, …

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LIMON’S FUTURE UNDECIDED: Trustees individually evaluate superintendent

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Although the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees have again decided to take no action on the superintendent’s contract, which has been in question now for over three months, members did offer their evaluation of the superintendent via individual input. In a move that Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. …

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Superintendent’s contract up for discussion Monday

NEWS Staff Report Here we are again. The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, after five months of negotiations, will meet Monday, April 29, to once again discuss Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón’s summative evaluation and possible action on his contract. The item will be heard in closed session, as it has been the …

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Child Abuse Prevention Run, Walk this Friday

NEWS Staff Report The Heavin Resaca Trail will soon be introduced to an event many hope will become an annual affair. The first annual Child Abuse Prevention 5K Run/Walk, an event sponsored by San Benito CISD, is on tap Saturday, April 27, at Kennedy Park and Heavin Resaca Trail in San Benito. Set for 9 …

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First ever Child Abuse Prevention Walk in SB nears

By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS The first annual Child Abuse Prevention 5K Run/Walk, an event sponsored by San Benito CISD, is scheduled later this month. The goal of the run and walk, slated Saturday, April 27, is to help create awareness for child abuse and its repercussions. “In 2012, almost 2,000 cases of …

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Board to discuss super’s contract at special meeting

By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS San Benito CISD School Board members voted Monday night to postpone the summative evaluation of Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón’s contract… again. The Board of Trustees instead opted to revisit his evaluation for a special meeting tentatively scheduled for April 25. The decision came after the board …

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