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Residents renew demand to rename Robert E. Lee Elementary; speaker criticizes board transparency and superintendent pay
Summary
A petition drive to rename Robert E. Lee Elementary resurfaced five years after initial submissions; a speaker also criticized district leadership and cited pending state bills limiting superintendent pay.
A resident who led a petition five years ago urged the Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees to act on a renaming request for Robert E. Lee Elementary, saying the district has promised but not delivered action.
“Five years ago the citizens of Edinburg were promised progress ... We are owed action on this item,” Guadalupe (Lupe) Pardo told trustees during public comment. Pardo said her petition gathered 1,197 signatures and that the issue had produced substantial public discussion and media…
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