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Parents and staff urge Edinburg CISD board to address staffing, safety, reporting and insurance concerns
Summary
During public comment, speakers raised concerns about staffing changes, compliance with SB571 reporting timelines, campus safety incidents, insurance committee transparency, and a level-three grievance filed by elementary school counselors.
Speakers during the public comment period asked the Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees to take several accountability steps and to address staffing and safety concerns.
Marsha Gonzalez said the district has replaced veteran employees with less experienced staff, which she tied to declines in campus ratings. She cited Senate Bill 571 and asked whether suspected employee misconduct had been reported within the statute’s required time frame. Gonzalez described a campus incident that she said caused about $15,000 in damage to a computer lab and said two days passed before supervisors and the district police were notified. She also questioned an insurance presentation and asked why a community volunteer supplied utilization information when the speaker said Blue Cross Blue Shield can provide district data free of charge. Gonzalez recited figures she said appeared in district materials, including an $8.3 million rebate and line items she identified as administrative fees and prescription drug rebates.
“If I were the superintendent with the severity of issues that have occurred at this campus, I would have put this campus administrator’s name up for non‑renewal,” Gonzalez said, urging the board to act on accountability and timely reporting requirements.
Fern McCutery urged the board to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms under Texas Senate Bill 10 and said the law and the Fifth Circuit’s decisions allow posting without compelling religious instruction.
Rosanna Gonzalez Montemayor, an elementary‑school counselor, asked trustees to carefully consider a group level‑three grievance filed by elementary counselors and said counselors previously raised concerns with supervisors and district leaders without seeing change. She asked the board to listen to the counselors’ closed‑session presentations and to address their concerns in a timely manner.
Board members acknowledged the comments; the district later addressed parts of the counselors’ grievance in open session and legal counsel recommended upholding several remedies while remanding one remedy back to administration for corrective action. The meeting record shows no immediate policy changes during public comment; the board later handled some grievance and personnel matters in open session.
