Jul 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent Board of Trustees on Tuesday, July 15, discussed updating Policy DC (Local) and Policy CH (Local) to reinstate powers stripped of Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón in November 2012. The matter was presented by members of the Board’s Policy Committee. School Board …
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Jul 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com One item that was up for discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees was a request to approve the Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP). According to SBCISD Planner/Evaluator Ruben Franco, each year the district must reapply for OFSDP in …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees selected a firm at a special meeting on Tuesday to search for a new superintendent. Trustees hired Austin-based Waterford and Associates via a 4-3 split vote. Opposing the motion for Waterford were trustees Yliana González, Hector Leal and …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special Tuesday, July 8 meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, the Board of Trustees approved three action items that may mean possible termination of three of the district’s medical and pharmaceutical providers. SBCISD Board President Arnold Padilla said, “The Trustees felt we needed …
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Jul 08 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special board meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District on Tuesday, July 8, two consulting firms were enlisted to make presentations to the board regarding how each firm will service the district in its quest to hire a new superintendent. The Board was expected …
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Jul 03 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Wednesday morning apartment fire at the Luxury Apartments in San Benito claimed the life of Alicia C. Anguiano, of San Benito, as well as her young grandson. Anguiano, 64, was in the apartment with her 5-year-old grandson, whose identity has yet to be released, when the fire …
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Jun 27 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A bidder for the San Benito CISD on-site primary health care clinic continues to raise concerns regarding the recent selection process. Andy Bonner, President of Healthcare2U, formerly known as Business Healthcare Solutions, alleges irregularities concerning the district’s hiring of a consultant to evaluate the clinic bids. Specifically, Bonner …
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Jun 27 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will hold a budget workshop at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at the John F. Barron Administration Building. On the agenda for the workshop are a review and discussion of the 2014-15 local maintenance budget recommendations and most recent financial audit. …
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Jun 24 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD incurred more than a quarter of a million dollars in costs associated with the year-long suspension and investigation into Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón, district records have shown. Of the approximately $335,983.43 spent by the district as a result of the superintendent’s suspension and investigation, …
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Jun 20 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón confirmed on Thursday that he would not be making any principal reassignments for the upcoming school year. “After long and hard consideration, after reviewing the data, after meeting with individual principals, I informed the board Tuesday night that I …
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