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Judson ISD trustees deny level 3 grievance alleging trustee social-media bullying
Summary
On Jan. 30, 2025, the Judson Independent School District Board of Trustees denied Christopher Garza’s level 3 grievance alleging online bullying and improper use of a trustee’s Facebook account, upholding the administration’s earlier decision after legal review.
The Judson Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to deny a level 3 grievance filed by Christopher Garza during a special meeting Jan. 30, 2025, upholding the administration’s level 2 decision after hearing testimony and legal argument.
Garza told the board his complaint “boils down to one thing,” accusing a trustee and others of participating in online bullying, describing posts that he said called him a “convicted *** offender” and claiming he had been blocked from a Facebook page presented as representing a district trustee. He asked the board to order the trustee to unblock him, to issue a public apology and to provide assurance the trustee would not post about named individuals again.
The grievance centered on whether a trustee’s social-media activity could be treated as state action under the governing legal framework cited by both sides.…
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