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Public commenters tell San Benito CISD board of rodent sightings, staff retention and stipend concerns
Summary
At the San Benito CISD board meeting, public commenters raised health and safety concerns after multiple rat sightings at the high school and urged the district to review pay and retention for school police officers, bus drivers and other staff; Superintendent Fred Perez acknowledged the rodent problem and said the district is addressing it.
During the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District board meeting, public commenters urged the district to address a reported rodent infestation at San Benito High School and raised broader staffing and compensation concerns.
The comments began when public commenter Andaire Agueyes Abru said students and staff had logged multiple rat sightings across campus, including in classrooms and the cafeteria, and that some teachers had bought their own traps. "This situation is unacceptable," Abru said, adding that a lingering odor of a dead rat and reports of droppings posed…
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