Tag: suspension

SBCISD students ID’d as victims in ex-choir teacher case

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Affidavits of arrest filed with Justice of the Peace David Garza’s office indicate that a former San Benito choir teacher arrested last year for online solicitation of a minor, a case involving a Harlingen juvenile, has also been accused of victimizing students attending Berta Cabaza and Miller Jordan Middle …

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Board proposes hiring law firm to probe Limon

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Tuesday to possibly acquire the services of outside counsel to investigate suspended Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón. Trustees were updated on the outcome of mediation held Tuesday between Limón and his attorney, Gus Acevedo, and school …

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Limon seeks reinstatement after mediation

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Antonio G. Limón exited mediation on Tuesday with only one thing to say: “The only offer I will accept is reinstatement” as the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent of Schools. Limón said on Tuesday that although the mediation was conducted “in a professional manner,” he continued to …

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Trustees link teacher allegations to Limón’s suspension

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Officials and sources involved in the suspension and subsequent request for an investigation into Antonio G. Limón, who remains on paid administrative leave as San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools, cited on Friday a number of cases involving teachers accused of mistreating or acting inappropriately with students as additional …

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Retired Robstown ISD head to lead SBCISD for three-month period

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com One is in and the other is out. During the special board meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees on Thursday, May 23, trustees voted 4-3 in favor of placing Antonio G. Limón on paid administrative leave as the district’s superintendent. Also, the board – in …

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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: Limón says suspension due to allegations of obstructing online solicitation probe

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Antonio G. Limón said he was suspended as the San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools for what he called a “ridiculous” accusation of attempting to block an investigation involving the former Berta Cabaza Middle School Choir Director, Alfredo Hernandez, Jr., for online solicitation of a minor. Hernandez emailed BCMS …

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