El Paso Times
Clint Independent School District trustees decided they would welcome petitions from the community seeking to change the school board's at-large representation to single-member districts.
On Wednesday, trustees voted 5-2 to invite voters to achieve the required number of signatures and present the petition to them at a later date. Trustees Janice Armstrong and Robert Lara voted against it.
If residents were to petition the school board to change to single-member districts, they would have to collect about 5,000 signatures.
"The board approved endorsing an effort for community members to achieve the required number of signatures on a voter petition for a possible voter referendum," said Laura Cade, spokeswoman for the district.
Voters do not need the approval of a school board to take that action.
The Rev. Ed Roden-Lucero, co-chairman of the El Paso Inter-religious Sponsoring Organization, or EPISO, said that the trustees completely missed the point of what the community wants and what is best for the students. For more than a decade, Roden-Lucero and members of the public have urged trustees to change from an at-large representation to single-member districts.
Residents and members of EPISO also asked that trustees order that an internal audit be conducted on the district's legal expenses regarding single-member districts and whether the district attempted to cheat federal accountability measures, as in the El Paso, San Elizario and Canutillo districts. In December 2012, trustees decided not to investigate whether student credits were manipulated to cheat federal accountability measures. Clint trustees said there had not been any concerns raised to order an audit.
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9 comments:
If people do not even vote in browntown, what makes you think Ernie's and Joe's politiqueras would not the vote harvesting????
Now that the Moronic Ric Perry is in the Hog-Pen, the Chaqueros are runing to the arms of the Democratic Party.
Single member districts were established to make sure there was ethnic and racial equality. Here, what do single member districts do...just further divide the community. Look at the city commission, we have single memeber districts and it seems that each represent just their district...and no one represents the entire city. And, how do you divide the city.....????????
A friend once told me that there are two kinds of "Mexicans"; rich ones and poor ones . That's Brownsville for you .
There is nothing wrong being a nice guy; you are a nice guy being a Democrat ; then you are a nice guy switching to the Republican Party ; Then you switch to the Democratic Party and still are a nice guy for being a nice guy political opportunist .
You mean the Chaquteros !
Chaqueteros
Cha-que-te-ros
I'm posting this here because the fat tub of lard Bobby Cervantes is a free coward and is so stupid to realize he is hanging himself. He has really crossed the line with Luci by attacking her deceased mother and family.
Thus Pathetic Fat Ass Will burn IN hell.
It is a known fact that César López was placed on the BISD board to protect the $50,000,000 health insurance premium currently being paid. The agent uses commissions to grease some members greasy palms. As a purchasing agent with a neighboring school district he manipulated bids to be awarded toThe "right" parties. The current "lawyer" to the board lends himself for this kind of crap ! As we can observe , we have a criminal enterprise in action.
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