Mar 29 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com They did it again. The San Benito High School chess team secured a state championship for the second straight year at last weekend’s state chess tournament in McAllen. Many other local campuses also qualified for the National Chess Tournaments scheduled in Tennessee next month. SBHS took last year’s …
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Mar 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees voted Friday 4-3 to select Flores and Torres, LLP of Edinburg, replacing Austin-based law firm O’Hanlon, McCollom and Demerath. The latter firm, recently serving in an interim capacity until trustees sought requests for qualifications (RFQs) for a new firm, was hired …
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Mar 20 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Salazar Insurance Group (SIG) was selected Tuesday by the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees as the new insurance agents handling the voluntary and major medical plans for the school district, replacing former agent Bob Trevino Insurance, who had served in such capacity for approximately 12 years. …
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Mar 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD students and staff are mourning the loss of one of their own. Sarah Lee Moreno, a 46-year-old technology coordinator at Frank Roberts Elementary School, died Monday, March 18 at approximately 11:30 a.m. Moreno had worked at Frank Roberts for 22 years. “She’s going to be …
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Mar 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Friday, March 22, in which the board will discuss and consider possible action to terminate the interim law firm of O’Hanlon, McCollom and Demerath. Also on the agenda is the discussion and consideration of possible …
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Mar 15 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s funny that, during Spring Break, the hottest subject in San Benito this past week was a school matter. So while the city is abuzz with speculation about whether San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón will get the boot, I thought it would be interesting to …
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Mar 01 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In a school year that has arguably been marred by tragedy and controversy within the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, there are those who have painted a different picture of the academic institution – a more thoughtful one. Such thoughtfulness is present in fundraising conducted by district …
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Feb 23 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The 21-year-old driver of a Ford Mustang involved in a two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a San Benito CISD school bus driver has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with the incident, San Benito police reported Saturday. According to Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San …
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Feb 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The 2011-2012 Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) report has been released for the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District. The district’s total value has increased from $812,992,753 for the 2010-2011 school year to $819,631,496 for the 2011-2012 school year, an increase of $6,638,743. Previously, the district’s total value …
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Feb 22 2013
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS At the regularly scheduled meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón’s contract was one of several items on the agenda, alongside the matter of whether or not the district would hire a budget consultant. While no decision …
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