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Mercedes ISD board to contact three finalists for interviews after executive session
Summary
After a 5:33–9:41 p.m. executive session on Jan. 7, 2025, the Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees reconvened and voted unanimously to contact three finalists for interviews. Trustee Nancy Vallejo moved the action and Trustee Oscar Hernandez seconded it.
On Jan. 7, 2025, the Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees met in a special session at Mercedes Early College Academy and, after an executive session, voted unanimously to contact three finalists for interviews.
The board entered executive session at 5:33 p.m. and reconvened in open session at 9:41 p.m. Trustee Nancy Vallejo moved that the board contact the three finalists; Trustee Oscar Hernandez seconded the motion. The minutes record that the motion "passed unanimously." The meeting adjourned at 9:42 p.m.
The meeting minutes list President Marcos J. Garcia IV, Vice President Orlando Rodriguez, Trustees Nancy Vallejo, Rachel Trevino, Ricardo Hinojosa and Eddie Howell Jr. as present; Secretary Oscar Hernandez is noted as arriving at 5:33 p.m. District attorney Mike Saldaña and Administrative Assistant Martha Saenz are recorded as present from the district.
The minutes do not specify the names of the three finalists or detail the topics discussed in executive session; Texas law generally permits boards to meet in closed session for certain personnel and legal matters. The board’s recorded action directs staff to contact the finalists to schedule interviews before any public hiring decision is made.
