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Mercedes ISD board places Supt. Benjamin Clinton on paid administrative leave, names Dr. Alicia Nyola interim
Summary
The Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees voted in open session to place Superintendent Dr. Benjamin Clinton on administrative leave with pay and to appoint Dr. Alicia Nyola as interim superintendent.
The Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees voted in open session to place Superintendent Dr. Benjamin Clinton on administrative leave with pay and to appoint Dr. Alicia Nyola as interim superintendent, delegating to the board president authority to issue the leave letter and to negotiate an interim-superintendent agreement.
The actions occurred after the board reconvened from executive session and followed motions made during the meeting. "I move that we place the superintendent of schools, doctor Benjamin Clinton, on administrative leave with pay and delegate the authority to provide the administrative leave letter to the board president," Trustee Vallejo said when she introduced the motion to the board. The motion carried after trustees present voted in the affirmative. Trustee Rodriguez later moved to appoint Dr. Alicia Nyola as interim superintendent and to "delegate authority to the board president to negotiate interim superintendent agreement," and that motion also passed.
The board first voted to approve personnel matters discussed in executive session, described on the agenda as "resignations, terminations, appointments, evaluations, reassignments, duties, and discipline" for professional, noncontract, substitute and maintenance/transportation/cafeteria staff; the administration had recommended approval based on the executive-session discussion. That motion carried on a separate vote earlier in the meeting.
Meeting minutes show the board explicitly recorded that it would not take any action on student-discipline matters or on the agenda item described as "discussion of public consultation with the attorney." The board also noted upcoming events, including graduation on May 30 and a regularly scheduled board meeting the following month on June 17, 2025, with the location to be finalized (the board discussed holding it at the central office).
The votes on the three formal motions were each recorded as carrying. The meeting adjourned at 11:37 a.m. according to the board's final announcement.
