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Consent and procurement: Trustees approved multiple consent agenda items including contract renewals and competitive solicitations (asbestos consulting services RFQ renewal, topsoil and site materials contracts, gymnasium and facility final completions, library furniture, portable moving, garbage collection outside city limits, and other routine procurements). Meeting minutes show motions were made and seconded for each consent item and that the motions carried.

Emergency closure wage payment: On an item described as a \"resolution regarding continued wage payment for employees by district emergency closure due to severe weather,\" district staff explained the governor declared a disaster for South Texas and asked the board to approve paying staff for the missed workday so employees would not be required to make up the date. The board approved the resolution.

Executive session and personnel actions: The board entered an executive session under Texas Government Code Section 551.074 to discuss personnel. After returning to open session, trustees announced a series of employment actions recommended by administration and approved by motion:
- Approval of an offensive coordinator position for Redbird High School (administration recommended the hire; no name announced in open session).
- Appointment of Hunter Bowers as offensive coordinator for Edinburg North High School (administration recommendation approved).
- Appointment of Haskell Buff as defensive coordinator for Edinburg North High School (approved).
- Approval of Evan Leon as principal for Johnny Economides High School (administration recommendation approved).
- The board accepted the superintendent’s recommendations for other professional hires, reassignments, resignations and retirements discussed in closed session.

Separately, trustees voted on personnel discipline and termination matters disclosed in open session. The board accepted the superintendent’s recommendation to take no action regarding a proposed termination for a particular employee (Greta Garcia). Trustees approved termination of at‑will employee Jonathan J. Fresquez and at‑will employee Gilda Morales, following advice of counsel.

Ending: Each motion on the action agenda was moved, seconded and recorded as carried. No item recorded failed on the action agenda. Several approvals referenced additional follow‑up (for example, final completion of construction projects and procurement award details retained in staff files).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","(04/08/2025) ECISD Regular Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved the consent agenda, a resolution to maintain wage payments for employees during an emergency closure, several procurement and construction completions, and personnel actions after closed session, including hiring coordinators and approving at‑will terminations.","taxTitle","EDINBURG CISD, School Districts, Texas","taxId",13541,"location","Texas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6082394,"Edinburg CISD honors students, coaches and volunteers across athletics, academics and the arts",737,1941000,2678000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2938625-791a26dc963c3c5e313f58a889eb305b&start=1941&end=2678","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2938625-791a26dc963c3c5e313f58a889eb305b/thumbnail_1941000.jpg","/articles/6082394/Texas/Edinburg-CISD-honors-students-coaches-and-volunteers-across-athletics-academics-and-the-arts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6082394-535ace507cf40121cd71b199a0a057df/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438937&Signature=U8y1WEeFInvDnZ9j6zwPOrqfAsWW9S20mpIv0cID948YVAlReIjYg9GMuHjQ6FF00nvJxEhLKNTk-YwZj9nF7GtWOzeW1Hj67XbDfHGxrrZ7hvYt-~LWePAIZ7qEUAVX2WZHVLNBpclBZj7PApVUJgdKOGJ6WJyWt3M65p6OyBdGGq1un6pR5qJ2uKZiZFnFwukp5ZhNyVag86y8ctxW63neNJDe7a6RhftqUb51GtDp1br1bothBAHuX5061XnZiFW9ksHMOM8dB4mXBYolVEg-ANC~B2ODXmX87XFJFeoe-4s~iw9kaNFu6KippyTeu9TrnfJ5aQJM~bJW7ws5hg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District trustees used part of their April meeting to recognize dozens of students, staff and community partners for academic, athletic and extracurricular accomplishments across the district.

United Way officials presented a Golden Apple Award to Edinburg CISD for having one of the top district campaigns in Hidalgo and Starr counties. “Edinburgh CISD has received this award thanks to 812 Edinburgh CISD employees that contributed over a hundred and $3,000 in 2024 to support local United Way programs,” Kimberly Davis, a United Way of South Texas board member, told trustees.

The board also recognized Coach Oscar Salinas after the city presented a proclamation in March honoring his career as a coach and athletic director. Jose Salinas, speaking at the meeting, thanked the board and said it was “a humbling honor” to return to serve ECISD as athletic director.

Several teams and coaches were honored for season accomplishments: Lady Cougar varsity soccer (by coach Watson), Lady Jaguars (district champions) and the boys varsity team that finished 22–3–1 and advanced to the regional semifinals (coach Rodriguez). Multiple powerlifting teams from the district’s high schools reported regional qualifiers and state qualifiers across both boys and girls divisions; coaches named individual qualifiers and medalists.

Robotics sponsors and students also received recognition: district novice and junior winners in an online coding competition, sumo‑bot champions and three students who will advance to the Texas Alliance for Minority Engineering (TAME) state competition at Rice University on May 17 (the district said the trip will be all‑expenses paid for qualifying students and possibly sponsors). The South Middle School band program was honored as a Rio Grande Valley Band Program of Distinction, and Edinburgh High School’s cheer program was recognized for national championships.

Academic accomplishments acknowledged included district spelling‑bee winners and regional champions who will advance to national competition and multiple winners at the Texas Youth Creator Awards (state placements across photography, multimedia, graphic design and other categories).

Ending: Board members and the superintendent applauded students, coaches, sponsors and families. No formal votes accompanied the recognitions; they were ceremonial acknowledgements recorded in the meeting minutes.","At its April meeting, the Edinburg CISD board recognized United Way contributions, a city proclamation for Athletic Director Oscar Salinas, sports teams’ championships, powerlifting qualifiers, robotics competitors advancing to state, band distinctions and student winners in spelling and the Texas Youth Creator Award.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6082399,"Edinburg CISD reports 33,330 students, a year‑over‑year decline of 576; district adds new reporting columns",473,6835000,7308000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2938625-791a26dc963c3c5e313f58a889eb305b&start=6835&end=7308","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2938625-791a26dc963c3c5e313f58a889eb305b/thumbnail_6835000.jpg","/articles/6082399/Texas/Edinburg-CISD-reports-33330-students-a-yearoveryear-decline-of-576-district-adds-new-reporting-columns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6082399-ba282d3a02cb69f6b46c228a30abb9f0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438937&Signature=Zmv9hvSepOAtT90VeWO9jbiEHF7Wj1u5fUV2qf9mh7U7ZG0-n0AY6zRar0V7HrieXFgjw7DhWlZFsyhglG1bCE05knxOHibBmcwlEeKAfCX2IqKg7FtN-SfB4OqRWeuB2l11Na~JAJRgdyh08x2~Dvb5oYP8YCsItxNxXy~tYdgyWDSWG3zaRqucisOeS6G6NGXdgLSUaSY0kz0NKUWpfa2b8IMLnK8vyyKmIbiNa4tPGzO49i~1XUBKbNfz9xRlFZs1ein7Cy~xxh7gq1Ap7uTjfCuXLsxu8lxcyzz1T27uKCgsQUsPXtwqAWFGHLG2NvvP9S7hecVgEfFZiKKXsA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Freddy Martinez, the district’s director for PEIMS and pupil accounting, presented the 2024–25 enrollment comparison and told the Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees that, as of the instructional day April 4, 2025, “our total district enrollment was 33,330 students, which reflects a decrease of minus 576 students, compared to the same instructional day last school year.”

The presentation and discussion matter because enrollment counts affect state funding, accountability measures and campus staffing. Martinez highlighted new elements added to the board’s report: bilingual (emergent bilingual) counts, migrant columns, and a new column tracking first‑time in‑district transfers (students who transferred for the first time within ECISD this year).

Martinez gave campus‑level examples to explain the transfers column: Austin Elementary showed a zero net change because it received 32 in‑district transfers and lost 32; Avila Elementary showed a net gain of 18 (37 in, 19 out); Betts Elementary showed a net loss of two (21 in, 23 out). He also reported other figures that year‑to‑date: “we have 101 high school students that have graduated year to date” and “we have 216 new students” who had never been with ECISD before. On migrant students he said the district has recorded 20 migrant student withdrawals this school year and that the cumulative migrant percentage remained 3.76%.

Board member Louie Alamia asked Martinez to add another column correlating the number of emergent bilingual students to campus accountability ratings (a–f), saying it would help target supports. Martinez replied he would work with the executive team to provide that data.

Superintendent Mario Salinas placed the drop in context, telling trustees that while ECISD shows a decline, it is smaller than the losses experienced in some neighboring districts. He also said the district has nine charter schools operating inside its attendance boundaries and cited Region 1 data showing 1,898 students in the ED area who do not live in Edinburg.

Ending: Martinez closed by offering to answer further questions; trustees requested the added bilingual‑to‑rating correlation and accepted the updated enrollment report. The board did not take further immediate programmatic action during the presentation.","Director of PEIMS and pupil accounting presented an updated enrollment comparison showing district enrollment of 33,330 as of the April instructional day, a decrease of 576 students compared with the same day last year, and introduced new report columns for bilingual counts, migrant returns and first‑time in‑district transfers.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6082403,"Edinburg residents renew calls to rename Robert E. Lee Elementary after five-year delay",1504,7740000,9244000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2938625-791a26dc963c3c5e313f58a889eb305b&start=7740&end=9244","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2938625-791a26dc963c3c5e313f58a889eb305b/thumbnail_7740000.jpg","/articles/6082403/Texas/Edinburg-residents-renew-calls-to-rename-Robert-E-Lee-Elementary-after-five-year-delay","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6082403-497ac0f59e94db8b6e49a6aa7a2e7994/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438937&Signature=W4IGBFrbAUwJHI6b0mMSQij8GZwgLzfaYUJK88h5te7cEw02SSezS9GuMlE0CZxYtaaaRMX3bHZDfqz2dWO-f6xdeGMPC~I1GBgcs9cwKuGHkSBxrC9sfiHcLbo-SL16jwE-mF~l~F6eW2q~iIPEAZqlgCnGmvbunEj040YslgkgnUv9vapI7qDjLSmQdHC9BQN9bv2K2sD6Bp-mtfLNFixp5sg6Pgopl7FTUEVnzb34WVhyj06j8plMZw4KOE1kuA0sHYJu6XCQVlBDbGDTWzJNe91Ww-ThlrRAJFW9IkHz6S9wKamUXGAOijXZmWwpcuyFl~zkruBXc2MaXb1eag__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dozens of community members asked the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on April 4 to complete a renaming of Robert E. Lee Elementary that voters approved in a 2020 process, saying the school’s Confederate namesake sends an exclusionary message to students.

Speakers framed the issue as both a broken promise and a matter of equity for students. “I humbly ask that you take this article home with you and read it after the meeting,” said Margarita Gonzales, who identified herself as an Edinburg resident and attendee, noting community outreach and roughly 300 emails to the board. “I ask that, after you read this article, you take some time to speak with each other about the behavior and the message that collectively ECISD is conveying to the public through its inaction on renaming the racistly named Robert E. Lee Elementary School.”

The nut graf: commenters said the district formally began a renaming process in 2020 that favored changing the name, and they urged trustees to implement that outcome rather than leave the name in place. They framed completion of the renaming as symbolic but consequential to how students — particularly Black and Latino children — experience school.

Multiple speakers recounted local roots and civic concerns. Michael Sanchez said he was worried that the district’s delay signals that “the district … is run by people who do not respect protocol or procedure,” and that community trust is at stake after five years without action. Maria Hernandez, who said she is an ECISD graduate and a first-generation college graduate, told trustees that a school’s name “sends a message about who we admire, who we honor, and who we want our students to look up and embody.” She suggested names that reflect local contributors rather than Confederate leaders.

Other speakers invoked history and morality. Jonathan Craig cited the Confederate constitution to argue that Robert E. Lee represented a political project that defended slavery, writing that “fighting for the right to commit trafficking and enslavement of human beings is not something that should be celebrated and honored.” Jacob Betchell, who said he was born in Edinburg, told trustees he was disgusted children still see the name daily near his grandmother’s house and urged board members to “honor the promise you made through that referendum.”

Board procedure and public comment rules were also discussed at the start of the public-comment period. Legal counsel Ben Castillo explained the board’s ability to shorten individual speaking times when many people signed up; the board adjusted limits to give more speakers an opportunity.

Ending: Trustees did not announce a follow-up timetable on the renaming during the meeting. Public comments on the topic occupied a substantial portion of the allotted comment time, and speakers said they intend to continue organized outreach until the board completes the renaming process voters initiated in 2020.","A string of public commenters urged the Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees to complete a renaming process voters initiated in 2020, saying the district’s inaction sends the wrong message to students and the community.","actionData","errors"]

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