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Edinburg CISD trustees pressed over campus safety after student brought gun; board says issue reviewed in closed session, no action taken
Summary
Board members and union leaders raised concerns about district handling of a recent incident in which a student brought a 9mm pistol to campus. Trustees said they discussed the matter in executive session and for the record said no action was taken.
Edinburg — Trustees for the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District faced sharply worded public criticism and questions from board members on May 9 after administrators disclosed that a student brought a firearm to a district campus.
The criticism came during the public-comment and superintendent-report portions of the board meeting. Marcia Gonzalez, president of Edinburg AFT Local 6583, told trustees the district faces “dangerously unsafe” conditions and said the board must hold leadership accountable. “Every time the board turns a blind eye to problems that are happening in ECISD, you send a clear message that you…
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