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Judge Rodriguez asks county to absorb juvenile case manager role as grant funding ends
Summary
Judge Rodriguez requested the court add juvenile case manager Roy Reschwind to her court budget after state grant funding ends, saying he serves summonses and coordinates juvenile diversion and truancy work across 22 schools; commissioners raised concerns about uneven case loads and suggested a review of resource allocation.
Judge Rodriguez told the commissioners she wants to add her juvenile case manager, Roy Reschwind, to her court's budget after the grant that funded the position ends. She said Roy is integral to summons service, truancy work and the juvenile diversion coordinator role, and that he currently supports a heavy caseload across many school districts and charters (she listed CCISD, Flower Bluff, West Oso, London ISD and others) and said she handles a disproportionate share of truancy cases in the county.
Rodriguez said Roy is housed at her office most days, serves summons personally at schools and coordinates a newly required juvenile diversion referral process that helps avoid formal filing. She told commissioners that if Roy’s position is not retained within her budget, summonses would shift to constables’ offices, which are already burdened and have returned unserved papers in some cases because they could not get to them in time.
Commissioners asked follow-up questions about whether other JP courts could take a larger share of cases and about how filings are assigned. Members referenced earlier analyses showing substantial differences in caseloads among JP courts; some urged a data-driven review of workloads and recommended the court consider redistricting or reallocation of staff based on case volumes and service demands, while others cautioned about statutory and practical limits to reassigning cases.
Rodriguez said she would be willing to use some of her temporary funding (she cited approximately $22,000) to offset part of the cost and asked the court to consider the remainder. Commissioners encouraged compiling a caseload-by-court report and suggested working with staff (including Commissioner Pusley’s prior analysis) to craft an equitable allocation model.
No formal vote was taken; commissioners asked staff to provide relevant data and documentation for further budget deliberations.
