Tag: SBCISD

County to run elections this year

By JACOB LOPEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com The Cameron County Department of Elections is going to be handling City of San Benito and San Benito Consolidated Independent School District elections. SBCISD Business Manager Emma McCall said, “That’s what’s been proposed. The (city) commission has approved it, and our (school) board has approved it.” McCall said that the County …

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Inside San Benito Schools

DR. MARC A. PUIG, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS   Special to the News Fiscal Health As the district’s Superintendent of Schools, it is ultimately my responsibility to ensure that the district is financially stable and that our campuses and departments are operating within their budgeted means. On Tuesday, February 10, during the regular board meeting, I …

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What’s Next for Stonewall? SBCISD proposes plan for hotel

By JACOB LOPEZ  Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig spoke at a special workshop by the San Benito Public Housing Authority to propose a plan for the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. The District sees the hotel as an opportunity to create the Stonewall Jackson Hospitality Instruction Hotel.  In a booklet provided by …

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Inside San Benito Schools

DR. MARC A. PUIG, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL   Special to the News In light of the district-wide lockdown that we recently experienced, we would like to inform parents, the community and the public at large about the importance of keeping everyone safe and free of harm’s way during an emergency and/or potential crisis. Notification Codes/Procedures With …

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EXCLUSIVE: SBPD seeks answers in Code Red scare

Police chief: ‘Main threat was over in Harlingen’ By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Confusion abounds as details continue to emerge with regard to last week’s Code Red lockdown. Officials with the San Benito Police Department will approach the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office with regard to a Jan. 16 threat that resulted in a …

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Person of Interest Speaks Out

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com “This is not my fault,” said Juan Manuel Garcia in Spanish, in an exclusive interview with the San Benito News. Garcia is the man accused of threatening to open gunfire at one or more schools within San Benito Consolidated Independent School District on Friday, Jan. 16. Investigators with the …

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BREAKING: San Benito CISD on lockdown (UPDATE 2)

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com UPDATE: As of 11:30 a.m. the lockdown has been lifted. UPDATE 2: Story updated Friday, 6:43 p.m. Schools within the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District were on lockdown Friday until 11:27 a.m. after the San Benito Police Department received a phone call from an unidentified male, stating that …

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Schools underperforming; Puig Plans for Improvements

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Two schools within the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, Miller Jordan Middle School and Frank Roberts Elementary School, were included on the 2015-2016 Texas Education Agency’s Public Education Grant (PEG) list of underperforming schools. New SBCISD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marc Puig, with the help of official evaluations …

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Limón to retire after nearly three decades

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com On Thursday, trustees held a special meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District’s Board of Trustees where they accepted former Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón’s resignation as the district’s new Assistant Superintendent (Executive Director) of Human Resources. Limón officially stepped into the Human Resources position earlier …

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The Download: The District, The City and the NEWS

By JACOB LOPEZ  Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com We’re always learning. That’s something that stuck with me this week after I spoke with new superintendent of schools Dr. Puig. Every day, I’m learning something new about San Benito, or the many challenges of running a newspaper that prints twice a week. It can be difficult. It can definitely be …

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