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Weslaco ISD board approves consent items, new principals and starts nonrenewal process for one administrator
Summary
During a regular meeting following a budget workshop, the Weslaco ISD Board approved multiple consent items and personnel actions: they confirmed new hires and contracts, appointed two elementary principals, authorized a specified contract with a mandatory end date and voted to begin the nonrenewal process for an administrator.
WESLACO, Texas — Following a budget workshop, the Weslaco ISD Board of Trustees moved through a series of routine and personnel actions during its regular May meeting, approving the consent agenda, hiring and contract recommendations and two principal appointments, and authorizing steps related to a proposed nonrenewal of an administrator.
Lone Star Governance and consent items
The board approved the Lone Star Governance monthly report and then approved the full consent agenda, which included routine business items and several operational contracts. Several motions passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the public minutes.
Contracts and staffing
The board approved personnel recommendations for certified and noncertified staff and issued letters of assurance for paraprofessionals and auxiliary staff. A motion to approve the superintendent's list of hires, including certified professional and noncertified personnel, carried on voice vote.
Principal appointments
The board approved the superintendent's recommendations for two principal positions: - Gilbert Geboyoso was approved as principal at Airport Drive Elementary. - Carmen Briones was approved as principal at Northbridge Elementary.
Both appointments were approved by motions from board members and carried by voice vote.
Targeted contract modification
Board members approved a motion that applied to a specific contract discussed in executive session: the board authorized renewal with a mandatory ending date of Dec. 1, 2025, and a one-time salary adjustment tied to a reduced duties assignment. The motion was made on the public record after the closed session discussion.
Nonrenewal process for an administrator
After executive session, the board considered the superintendent's recommendation regarding the chapter 21 term contract of administrator Mary Moreno. The board voted to proceed with legal steps discussed in executive session; a motion directed the superintendent to meet with legal counsel and the employee and authorized the superintendent and the board president to provide all required nonrenewal notices pursuant to applicable Texas statutes. The motion carried on a voice vote.
Public comment and context
Before the closed-session discussions, two members of the public addressed the board. Gloria (Florial) Leal (spoke as a family member on behalf of an employee identified as Mrs. Moreno) urged the board to invest in first-year-principal training and to reconsider administrative leave. Julie Valdez urged the board to restore longer public-comment time limits and to improve the district's public-information-response timing. Those comments were entered into the public record before the board's executive-session deliberations.
Why it matters
Personnel decisions, principal placements and the initiation of a chapter 21 nonrenewal directly affect campus leadership and school operations. The board's motions set a public timetable for the nonrenewal process and signaled that the superintendent and legal counsel will complete required statutory notices and procedures.
Ending
Board minutes record the motions and voice votes but do not include a roll-call tally for each item. The board indicated it would return any remaining routine items to the consent or regular agenda in upcoming meetings and will continue to handle staffing matters in line with state-required procedures.
