By Juan Montoya
Lawsuits filed in federal court sometimes tend to take years to get resolved and adjudicated.
However, the lawsuit filed by 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo-Lopez and her "next friends" – her two children – against the Brownsville Independent School District has moved quicker than most.
Elia filed on Nov. 30, and by Dec. 6 Judge Andrew Hanen had ordered a pre-trial and scheduling conference for January 30, 2018.
The next day, Cornejo-Lopez followed with a motion for a hearing on a temporary restraining order (TRO), which Hanen denied on Dec. 7, two days later.
Cornejo-Lopez followed a week later – Dec. 15 – with a second motion for a hearing on a TRO. Hanen set Jan. 3 at 2:30 p.m. for the TRO hearing and ordered the BISD counsel Baltazar Salazar and Miguel Salinas to appear for the hearing and show cause why the TRO should not be issued.
Before then, however, Hanen must decide if Cronejo-Lopez can represent herself or any other persons in the Southern District of Texas since she is not licensed to practice before the court or other federal districts. Cornejo-Lopez filed a motion to allow her to appear "for one time only" to argue for the TRO.
Meanwhile, we have been corrected and have been told we made a mistake when we said that she did not have an attorney. Actually, Gustavo Acevedo, of Pharr, is listed as her lawyer. If we had read the docket sheet correctly we would have noticed. Our apologies to Elia and Mr. Acevedo. The docket, meanwhile, now appears free of all entries other than her filing the complaint and does not list dollar damage demands.
But as we wait for further developments, there are a few noteworthy claims by Cornejo-Lopez made as she presses her case before the court. Among these are:
1. That BISD board counsel Baltazar Salazar had violated BISD policies – and her freedom of speech – by not allowing her to address board members in executive session as set forth in the BISD policy manual on two separate occasions, Sept. 5 and Sept. 12, 2017.
2. That the 13 grievances she had filed on behalf of her children were handed over to Walsh Gallegos who in turn hired Victor Antonio Resendez to investigate the claims before the board would hear them. Cornejo-Lopez said Resendez worked for eight months and never finished the report before he was fired by the law firm. Now, 18 months later, Cornejo-Lopez said she has never seen the report.
3. But Cornejo-Lopez said BISD had summaries of the grievances that they provided to board member Carlina Presas-Garcia on October 2016 which then were sent to the rest of the board members and other BISD personnel and subsequently were posted on social media, local blogs and Facebook. Cornejo-Lopez claimed the summaries were one-sided and slanderous. Walsh Gallegos hired Elizabeth Neally to investigate the leak. She and Resendez were fired on December.
4. That the delays in hearing the grievances will make them moot since one of the students' graduation date may come before they are heard.
5. That the BISD is discriminating and retaliating against her children because she filed complaint with the U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights for not allowing her to address the board on their grievances on Sept. 5 and Sept. 12, 2017.
6. That teacher Mayra Kreuger, when she learned of the grievances against her, emailed her fellow teachers asking for their advice on how she should handle them. Cornejo-Lopez charged that by doing so, she emailed it to Adrian Garcia – Catalina Presas-Garcia's husband and BISD head golf coach – as to embarrass, harass, interfere with positive relationships, and with actual malice to cause intentional infliction of emotional distress to her and to L.M.L (her daughter).
7. That the defendants did not allow one of her "next friends" to take a 7.0 GPA weighed AP World History while forcing him (and 781 other freshmen) to take a 5.0 GPA average World geography course.
8. That Area Administrator Terry Alarcon "admitted" to Franciso Zabarte that she altered a government document – the evaluation of A.D. Tom Chavez of Coach Tom Campos – and used the altered document to fire Campos.
9. That as a result of the district giving the AP Spanish test in middle school to 1) Mexican nationals, 2) recent immigrants in the U.S. 3) children whose parents speak only Spanish 4) future first generation college students 5) are tested in middle school to get out of probationary status. Cornejo-Lopez claims that these students who were tested in middle school should not be deprived of the GPA weight given to high school students and wants the BISD to retest them and give them the credit.
10. Claims that Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas lied about TEA rules that prohibit giving GPA weighed credit to students who passed the exam between 2013-2014 in the 2017-2018 school year.
11. That teacher Diego Garcia conspired with Kreuger to make a false report against L.M.L., but failed to report that he had walked in on a female teacher (P.C.) who was "in a compromising position" with a student (A.G.) hiding behind a four-drawer cabinet. She charges that Garcia conspired with the teacher to not report the "suspected sexual abuse of a student/child by his teacher..."
20 comments:
Elia Cornejo Lopez, is so full of SHIT she needs to stop assuming things and stop fighting for her adopted spoiled children. Yes she didn't have those children and she is constantly asking people do you know who I am? Yes your a Piece of Lard and you need to stop bullying people just because you are a so called Judge, I'm a teacher and you have managed to manipulate the system and always want things your way. Stop pointing fingers at people and own up to your own faults and ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR... I would hate to have one ugly looking mother I'd be a shame to call you mother... Don't forget you managed to remove your spoiled BRATS from school to school because you always wanted your way.. La Marrana Atorado Que No Vales Mas Que Para Tragar !! Get a life and exercise you are one FUGLY LOOKING PIG...
Drop this law-suit abuse. The idiot does not know where she can and can not
practice law. Oh, well, she didn't know that she could not run for two elected
position at the same time, so what does that tell you? Tierenla a loco! Hey, what
happened to the phantom driver of her red Mercedes that the police followed to her
house and to the hit and run accident on the frontage road when a vieja picked her
up in a brown SUV? Swept under the rug?
Wow She is making some serious allegations and that is what should worry us if they are true.
I don't think she is being treated fairly. Todos de tapan con la misma cobija .
Hope this is the catalyst for major investigation of this corrupt district. They will rake her over the coals
to try to silence her.
marana, lawsuit abuse only, kids are dumb so we cant help that right?
That woman is a bully plain and simple and has tried to ruin the lives of good people many times over the years. Her kids break the law and she uses her position to cover it up. She uses her connections to pressure and coerce and bully teachers and to call them corrupt because of the faults of administrators or school board members is bullshit. She’s a bully with a gavel who is known throughout the legal community as being an inept, incompetent judge.
Can someone explain why she would donate $20 to Texas DPS on July 11 2016, from her campaign funds. Seems odd to me.
Elia Cornhole Lopez is using her position and this law suit to intimidate BISD in hopes they will give in to her harassment and bitching. She has exaggerated this suit as a part of that intimidation. A previous report indicated that she was pissed because her daughter didn't get in a certain class because she failed to get the application in to BISD in time. Elia obviously believes that BISD should waive rules for her kids because she is an elected official. Elia seems to be a "helicopter" mom and thinks all should stand aside and salute when her kids pass by. Elia should be shut down and not re-elected.
If the district has set policies, how can you call them corrupt rules or regulations. It is when one breaks those policies that one does wrong, and as long as the policies are not
overlooked, no one can claim discrimination. If the girl didn't follow the outline policy that everyone else read and followed, than how the devil does La Marana Judge want for her to be allowed to take a course only because she is the daughter of a so-called judge. Even another judge stood at the board meeting and asked them not to change policies because one person wanted them changed. She stressed that all other students were following that criteria and it would not be fair to change the rules in the middle of the road. Elia was sitting on two chairs with the ugliest face starring at the judge daring to speak against her.
She was a board member and should know policy, including that on special-called board meetings the public audience agenda item is not included. But since she slept through most of the meetings, she probably never read the policies. Now she doesn't know that she can't not function in federal court, but because it is she who has asked, everyone should bow at her and allow only her to do so. Elia, you are showing your true colors and some of us will never dare vote for you ever again, even for dog-catcher.
Dis bitch be crazy!
Did you ever ask yourself how Teri alarcon rose to the top?
Forget about these students whose parents manipulated the schools and use their so called power there maybe some truth to this but the only civil rights violated here are those of at risk students whose parents dont know how to fight the system. At risk students who were not provided with instruction so as to help them pass TAKS test for the 2013 2014 graduating class at Veterans. Investigation is done when parent emails board members only to find out that it was true yet the AA' covered up for administration cause they are friends. I also understand that a solution has been provided to these students who haven't passed TAKS ny an email sent to counselors yet who is going to notify these students og possible solutions. Their civil rights have been ignored we are talking about graduation not a stupid GPA. This happened at Veterans Memorial. My concern is whom did they talk to in that campus, did they say the truth or did BISD cover up for administration. All I know is that my nephews have not graduated nor have they been informed of the possibility of doing an IGC packet on TAKS or to substitue it for EOC. Also a student at Veterans was given an IGC packet this year and he finally graduated when he should have graduated in 2015 but was denied doing packet cause he wasn't enrolled. He wasn't enrolled this year but had the opportunity. As per testing coordinator the student had to be enrolled in school in order to work on packet so she says. He was not allowed to work on IGC last yearcause according to her main office testing center said no. Did that rule change this year. Funny when they spoke to student this year both testing coordinator and peims administrator responded to him "had we known this last year we would have helped you. P.S they knew about him para que se hacen pendejas
Anonymous
Bisd covers up for each other
Robert Sanchez for county judge fuck it he has all the hot girls after the divorce .
The AA always covers up for her friends. Alarcon is the master. Probably because she has her own skeletons to protect. Has she ever been for the kids?? Nah, she’s just here for herself.
Shut up and stop rooting your own horn. A dysfunctional arrangement with one skank doesn’t count as having all the hot girls.
I would rather have my children, than a "hot" loose chick....
Hmmmmmm
QUE FEA ESTA ESTA VIEJA
P.C. had her teacher certification revoked last month by TEA. From what i hear she is working with kids again.
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