Oct 11 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I’m ashamed to admit that I never actually met retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Richard Williams; the two of us only ever communicated by email correspondence and telephone calls here and there. I have few regrets in this business, and this is one of them. Consider first that …
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Oct 10 2013
NEWS Staff Report A school bus accident reported early this morning led to numerous students of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District being transported to a local hospital. According to SBCISD officials, the bus was carrying students from Riverside Middle School, San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy and San Benito High School. The incident was …
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Oct 01 2013
Special to the NEWS Officials with the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District confirmed Tuesday that a memorial service will be held for Chief Petty Officer Richard Williams, U.S. Navy (retired) on Thursday, Oct. 3. Scheduled at 6 p.m., the service will be held in the San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy Gymnasium. All students, former …
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Sep 28 2013
Special to the NEWS San Benito CISD is mourning the loss of longtime Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor and retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Richard Williams. Williams died on Thursday at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville after a lengthy illness. Despite his health issues during the past 10 months, Williams was …
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Aug 09 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results have been released, and every school within the San Benito CISD achieved a “Met Standard” rating. “In the past, we used to have ratings that were referred to as a campus being Exemplary, which is the highest rating; …
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Jul 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito educator Stacey Lee Gonzalez has literally broadened her horizons A newly-hired English teacher at San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy, Gonzalez, 21, set out in June to spend her summer teaching abroad. It was a decision that eventually led her to Poland, where she’s taught children from the …
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Jul 24 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Even more reassignments of school district principal positions were announced Monday, making the personnel move the fourth time in which campuses have undergone leadership changes. The latest principal assignments have been finalized by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District for the 2013- 2014 school year, according to …
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Jul 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com School district positions they are a-changin’. At a special meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday, a number of principal resignations and reassignments were approved in anticipation of the 2013-2014 school year. Want the whole story? Pick up a copy of …
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Jun 01 2013
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS Citizens were treated to a night of music as the San Benito CISD String Orchestra and the San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy Mariachi Band held a joint concert on Thursday. The first half of the concert consisted of sixth graders from the three San Benito area middle schools: …
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May 20 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Facing possible suspension on Thursday, San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón confirmed on Monday a number of administrative changes in assurance of the district’s progression, he said. “To ensure that the district continues moving in the forward direction, I am making the following reassignments of personnel …
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