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Edgewood ISD board approves two senior administrative appointments after closed session
Summary
The Edgewood Independent School District School Board approved the superintendent's recommendations to appoint Cynthia Lavinia as assistant superintendent of human resources and student support services and Rachel Gomez as executive director of business and finance following a closed session at the May 20, 2025 meeting.
The Edgewood Independent School District School Board on May 20, 2025, approved two senior administrative appointments recommended by the superintendent after reconvening from closed session.
The votes followed the board's closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act. Trustee Frank Espinosa moved to approve both superintendent recommendations; Trustee Michael Valdez seconded the motion to appoint Cynthia Lavinia, and Trustee Sergio Delgado seconded the motion to appoint Rachel Gomez. Board members voted by voice/hand; the motions passed without recorded discussion.
Cynthia Lavinia was approved as assistant superintendent of human resources and student support services. Trustee Frank Espinosa moved, “I move to approve the superintendent's recommendation to appoint Cynthia Lavinia as the assistant superintendent of human resources and student support services,” and Trustee Michael Valdez seconded. The board voted in favor and the motion passed.
Rachel Gomez was approved as executive director of business and finance. Trustee Frank Espinosa moved to approve the superintendent's recommendation to appoint Rachel Gomez as executive director of business and finance; Trustee Sergio Delgado seconded, and the motion passed by the board's voice/hand vote.
Earlier in the meeting the board moved the consent agenda, including administrative-procedures manual corrections, by a single vote after a motion that specified deletions and alignment edits to agenda item 5L. The board then entered closed session at 7:08 p.m. under the Texas Open Meetings Act and Texas Government Code sections cited by district staff; the board reconvened at 7:56 p.m. and took the actions described above.
The board also approved trustee travel to TASB conferences and a trustee nomination process for a TASB leadership class; those motions passed by voice vote at the May 20 meeting.
No additional discussion or conditions tied to the appointments were recorded in the public minutes during the roll call votes. The superintendent presented the recommendations and the board voted to approve them following closed-session consideration.
