Mayor presents proclamations honoring UISD and LAREDO ISD trustees
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City leaders presented proclamations recognizing school board members from UISD and LAREDO ISD, with officials highlighting trustees' unpaid volunteer service and schools' role in providing meals and other supports to students.
The Mayor presented proclamations in City Council chambers honoring board members from UISD and LAREDO ISD and praised trustees for their service to students and schools. "These proclamations are important to recognize the work that the board members for both school district provide to our schools and to the service to our students," the Mayor said, noting the board members' role in offering solutions to local challenges.
The Mayor highlighted local needs, saying the community faces "very difficult situations" including a "high poverty level" and students who depend on schools for lunches and other services. The Mayor credited school boards with helping develop opinions and solutions that address those needs.
A school trustee thanked the mayor and framed board service as unpaid civic work. "School trustees do not get paid. We are not on salary. We donate our time and our talent to the betterment of our youth and to support our faculty and administration and all our workers," the trustee said, adding that recognition from the council "feels good to be appreciated."
A school official also spoke in praise of trustees, referencing remarks by "mister Roy Lopez" and thanking board members for their service. The official encouraged families to choose public schools, saying, "Send your kids to us. We want them."
The proclamations served as ceremonial recognition; no formal votes or policy actions were recorded in the remarks. The session then moved on from the proclamations.