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Weslaco ISD earns 'Superior Achievement' Schools FIRST score of 98 amid bond-related point loss
Summary
District staff told trustees the district received a 98/100 Schools FIRST rating; the presentation said two ceiling points were lost due to a high bond-to-property-value correlation tied to the 2023 bond, but all critical indicators passed.
The Weslaco ISD public hearing on the Texas Schools FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas) concluded with the district reporting a "Superior Achievement" rating and a total score of 98 out of 100.
"So for this current submission, the district received 98," district presenter David Obleto said during the public hearing, walking trustees and the public through the 21 indicators used by the state. He explained that the district lost two points under a ceiling indicator that measures the ratio of bonded debt to the district's assessed property values after the 2023 bond passed.
Obleto described the scoring framework and noted that the district achieved full points on most critical indicators, including unmodified audit opinions, internal-control findings, compliance on grants and contracts, and required public posting of financial information. "We received those full points," he said about the audit and compliance indicators.
The board acknowledged the presentation without objection. President Isidoro Nieto and trustees praised the business office for the result and asked for the TEA letter referenced in the presentation to be distributed to the board for review.
The district's disclosure appendix, read as part of the hearing, listed trustee and superintendent reimbursements totaling $4,433.39 and showed no reportable business transactions between trustees and the district aside from a trustee's disclosed ownership in Vision Source.
Trustees did not take further action during the public hearing portion; the Schools FIRST report will be posted online per the presenter's statement.
