No sooner has the Brownsville Independent School District tried to diffuse scandal by appointing a former cop to the board than they ignite a fire storm by banning charter school children from the Charro Days student parade.
Yesterday, what's left of the BISD board unanimously appointed retired Brownsville Police Dept. officer Eddie Garcia to replace Erasmo Castro..
But the stunning turn of events on Charro Days children parade participation has led parents and community residents to wonder whether the new superintendent is totally out of touch with the Brownsville community. We are told that this drastic – and non-inclusive – measure was never approved by the board.
"This year," the letter to the charter schools, says "in keeping with the intent and history of the original agreement, the district has decided not to include charter schools."
In response to inquiries on the reason for the banning of charter school children from the event, a BISD letter stated that "in order to better accommodate the many district campuses eligible to participate, it was decided to limit performances to BISD entities only."
Somewhere, somehow, someone decided that the district could banish children of the city from a community wide fiesta. Curiously, no religious or Montessori schools were included in the ban. Why charters? Is it because they are in direct competition with the BISD for warm bodies? Should the city be an accomplice to this banishment of a section of the population which contributes through its taxes to the annual celebration?
"This notification saddens us as we know our students and families have truly enjoyed being part of this event," a letter to charter school parents states.
We agree. Unless the BISD and Charro Days Inc. want to start a firestorm, the children of these schools should be allowed to participate. Charro Days does not belong to the BISD or Charro Days Inc. It belongs to all of us, children of the charter schools included.
82 comments:
Why Brownsville sucks.
Small-minded, selfish shit. When I say, "All Mexicans march!," you march!!!! LOL
This is an extremely poor decision on the part of BISD. Charro Days children’s parade is about ALL children in all local schools. Shame on BISD.
Sadly, Charro Days does belong to Charro Days, Inc.
Stop faking news, Montoya.
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"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord." Proverbs 17:15
If falls on the elected city officials NO CHILD SHOULD BE LEFT "OUT" BISD CAN NOT HOLD THE CITY HOSTAGE AND DICTATE WHO HAS USE OF ITS STREETS SUE THE CRAP OUT OF BIDS AND ALL ELECTED BOARD MEMBER WHERE ARE THE ATTORNEYS TO FILE A RESTARINING ORDER AGAINST BISD AND THEIR CLOWN ORGANIZATIONS
The lying, fake news, bullshit bloggers we have in this city should march. So that we can throw fucking rocks at them. useless sonsabitches!
Why don't you ask Mayor Juan "Tres Leches" Mendez about this?
Juan, El Panson Barton's mommy died. Pobrecita. Se le acabo el aire. RIP, abuela!
Brownsville ISD needs to worry about other things, like its dysfunctional, do-nothing, dog-eat-dog board of Trustees!
Minerva Pena: No brains
Drue Brown: Spayed
Prisci Roca Tipton: Back to Mexico!
Phil Cowen: El Dedo en el Culo
Laura Perez-Reyes: La Hooters
Erasmo Castro: You quit, bro!
Sylvia Atkinson: Busted
Eddie Garcia: El Peor es nada
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good!
great job board
if ALL BISD schools cant participate why shud the charters
maybe a rotation where only 1 of the schools per year and they rotate
maybe
Brownsville ISD should be renamed...The Brownsville/Matamoros/Illegal Alien ISD. I encourage parents to remove your children from this cesspool of a public school and educate them somewhere else.
GET OVER IT! It’s a BISD event. They have Friday and Saturday to participate. BISD schools rotate every 3 or 4 years. And the disgruntled former board member is using this to hate a district he once represented. Shame on him! This is the type of person we do not need to be in any office. Thank you BISD for looking out for the children in our district.
This speaks to the BISD leadership. Now we know it has none. Minerva Pena and the other "small-minded" shitheads should resign! Exclusion never is the answer. Work toward community, pendejos!
Juan, we stomped on El Panson Barton and he stopped dissing Sofie Benavides! Pressure worlks, bro. Panson Barton caved, never wrote another word about Sofie! LOL
Commissioner Jessicat Tetreau Kalifa son and daughter are coming out on the parade. Why? Because they go to St. Joseph Academy and they wouldn't dare not allow her kids school.
SUPER BOWL
Kansas City 38
San Francisco 17
La institucionalidad y funcionamiento del Distrito Escolar de Brownsville debe ser revisada críticamente a profundidad, no parece que las transición haya creado realmente otra institución con doctrina, estructura y funcionamiento apropiado al sistema penal acusatorio. El conservadurismo está anquilosado en la institución, debe haber una reingeniería institucional profunda.
ke bueno
no es justo ke mis nietos no puedan desfilar y los de las idea si pueden
eso es bueno
que organizen su propio desfile los de la otras escuelas con el dinero que le rroban al distrito
I am wondering, isn’t the Thursday Parade called the BISD children’s parade, doesn’t it mean that the participants should be BISD students. For years the private schools have participated with the BISD’s parade; now the charter schools want to bully their way into the parade and push out BISD’s students? Guess when it was one or two charters it was no big deal. Now that there are lots charter schools, guess BISD had to relook at the numbers for the parade.
No wonder people from foreign countries find it easy to come into this country and try to destroy all the American culture/values. What has this country come to!!! People please wake up, this country is great because we have laws, rules, policies, practices and great customs, that work for this entire country. How would anyone like for people, who are not living in their home, to go in and force unwanted changes/practices in their homes. Welcome to the harshness of 2020. Please everyone let’s get along and respect each other and abide by the needs, policies, practices and culture of this outstanding Nation.
A Note to charter schools: Get a WRITTEN agreement with the city, unite with the private schools ( Incarnate Word, St. Joseph, Guadalupe Regional, St. Luke, St, Mary's, Baptist HS, Episcopalian, Christian HS) have a Border Fest in a smaller scale that what Mcallen does, choose a date right AFTER state exams, get someone like Alex Fernandez ( Vicente's grand son) and you will attract young crowds; and if you succeed, BISD will "suddenly" decide to be friendly and call you back. You can respond that you are not interested and shut the door in their face like they have done to you.
BUNCH OF SORRY BASTARDS.!!!
DO NOT CHARGE THE PARENTS FOR SCHOOL TAXES!!!
THIS IS THE WORK OF EDDIE LUCIO III AND EDDIE LUCIO JR. RACISTS COWARDS!!!
Juan wow, really since when was BISD Appointed to head the parade and all? Wrong message, Guess the BISD Group cant stand the competition from charter schools who are eating their lunch. Its no secret parents will take their kids where there conditions are better and performance is excellent. As for charro days, in its heydays it was good but nowadays the younger generations really are not into this thing uness you are going to go party and get drunk and eat plain and simple. Perhaps it might be a good idea to start a boycott like in the old days UFW boycotted buying non union fruits and vegetables. Let just boycott charro days and sombero fest, as always only a few persons who really benefit from this event each year paid by the taxpayers of the city of brownsville and yes these folks know who they are and they dont care.
Could it be possible that they are trying to keep the parade within a determined amount of time? If that is the case then I can understand why they would limit the number of participants. Even if this is not the case, at the end of the day this event is put on by BISD. They should have the right to determine who participates. I am sure Jubilee or IDEA hold events in which the district does not participate. The tax payer argument is irrelevant We all pay taxes to South Texas ISD, yet they select who attends their district.
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EDDIE LUCIO III PERSONAL LIQUOR EXPENSE.
number two Eddie Lucio III with $10,218.98 PERSONAL LIQUOR EXPENSE. Lucio placed fourth on the The Texas Monitor’s Living Large AND DRUNK index among members of the House.
AND WHEN THE LADIES REFUSE HIS ADVANCEMENT, HE CALLS THEM LESBIANS. TURD NOT ALL LADIES ARE EASY LIKE JAMIE YOUR WIFE. SHE SUCKS WE ALL KNOW THAT. JAMIE LIKES BEING FEATHERED NOT ONLY THAT SHE LIKES THE WHOLE CHICKEN.
Eddie Garcia was a detective for a while, once he found out he was going to be moved back to patrol, he realized he could not hack it and wound up retiring. Why would the school board want someone who cant work when the heat turns up? Garcia was a "legend" in his OWN mind. Good riddance!
EDDIE LUCIO JR IS RASCA NALGAS
State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) suggested that local school boards are too FRACTIOUS to make many school safety decisions, and suggested that TEA study the cost of implementing airport-style checkpoints in schools statewide.
CAMERON COUNTY POOR LIST, AGAIN.
EDDIE LUCIO III EDDIE LUCIO JR THIS WHY YOU SUCK AND SWALLOW
EXPECT TO PAY HIGHER FEES, NEW FEES, NO PROPERTY RIGHTS TO OWNERDHIP. INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY FOR BONDS.
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BISD DOES NOT "CELEBRATE DIVERSITY"
EDDIE LUCIO III YOU SUCK!!!
Jan 9, 2019BISD does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability or genetic information in employment or provision of services, programs or activities.
BRING IN TEA
BISD IS OUT SMOKING WEED WITH EDDIE LUCIO III.
BRING BACK CASTRO, BYOB.
McAllen, Harlingen San Benito Port Isabel Los Fresnos Charter School pride. Bisd parents protest parade. Cancelled.
VOTE FOR A TRUE POWERHOUSE.
ERIN GÁMEZ
Democratic candidate for Texas State Representative District 38
"AND JUSTICE FOR ALL"
Texas District 27 Senate
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Car caravan bisd. Parking lot. Bisd does not do any work. Just problems. Students walk backwards to class.
Pre-k do not take your nap.
BISD will never be on the list of humanitarian awards the nobel peace prize, wallenberg medal nor the carnegie medal bunch of super idiotas y estupidos.
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HOW ABOUT A ADVOCATE "AGAINST CHILDREN" I NOMINATE BIDS AND THERE IS ONLY ONE NOMINATION - BISD...well deserved
Charter schools want to stand apart - let them! No parade for you elitists.
End Charro Days! Makes us too-Mexican.
As a former educator in our community, I am appalled that the fools at BISD have blundered into yet another public relations fiasco.
The notion of banning children not enrolled at BISD smacks of closed minded, parochial thinking at its worst. It mirrors, quite accurately, the divisive nature of our nation's politics in its attempt to make a local celebration of regional diversity exclusionary.
I don't know what the Board's role in this decision was, but someone in Central Administration needs to pull their head out of whatever orifice they have it stuck in. This is a no brainer! Don't these people have enough problems to deal with? A Board mired in scandal with seats becoming revolving chairs as one member after another is discovered to have, at a minimum, exercised very poor judgement would seem to be too busy screwing up to find yet new laughably inane positions to take!
juan guess the BISD board and staff cant stand a little competition gee whiz, whats next? Thats why the BISD should have seen this coming 10 years ago or more since Idea academy started. But like always they took it too lightly and now these charter schools are eating everyones lunch, adios
The New Sup made the call. At 350K, and from Edinburgh, he thinks he owns Charro Days in Brownsville. People 350K!!!All Brownsville Children should participate, regardless.
EDDIE LUCIO CALL. HE HATES CHARTER SCHOOLS.
The bottom line is that Texas needs high-quality charter schools, not just more charter schools, and SB 127 as passed by the Senate provides for charter expansion without sufficient quality control. Senators voting against the charter-expansion bill on final passage were: EDDIE LUCIO JR. of Brownsville,
January 25, 2020 at 8:03 PM
This orgaization if tax funded and NOT owned by one single person nor the elected board let all schools participate if that's not the case the cob should NOT loan any officers or city employees nor city property to this racist organization BISD
BISD lacks the leadership and everyone knows it. Disappointed.
I just read one of the comments stating that charter schools want to bully themselves into being in the Charro day parade and pushing the Bisd Schools out. What an idiotic thought! I would like to think that as a city we want all the children of Brownsville to participate including charter schools,private schools and daycares. The only option that we have as residents of Brownsville is to vote out the so-called leadership that we have running the city and school board.This stupid decision by BISD cannot stand, and we have to do something about it. It's unfortunate that of all the POLITICOS running at this moment for office, none are speaking about or supporting the children of Charter Schools. Shame on all of you. Including Ruben Cortez who is running for state senate and is a member of the TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION.
RASCA NALGAS
Dr. Gutiérrez:
How can you afford to do what you do with that meager salary? And, and I don't know what's happened to your advertising company?
Senator Lucio:
I have that little company. I do more than advertising now. I said, remember I said it got better as a Senator? Obviously there is more opportunities. I, I have consulting contracts with a firm out of Dallas, architectural firm, that builds jails and prisons. That's helped me a lot. I have another advertising, not advertising, consulting contract for an engineering firm out of Houston. Those little jobs that I get doing consulting work and all that's helped me a lot. And I don't mind telling you, sometimes you build a prison and you get a bonus. You build a jail, you get a little bonus. Those things add up and obviously that's what has afforded me to be able to build a home out in the country. I don't mind telling you, being in the Senate has opened, even though I'm not a lawyer, has opened up opportunities for me. And I'm thankful. I'm thankful. 1, 1 probably can gross as much as a Congressman does in Washington, but I'm at home. And I'm involved in a branch of
Lets see how many candidates that are running for office voice their oppositon to this bad decision by BISD. Those that don't say or oppose you need not vote for them they are not children friendly but self-seving jerks DON'T VOTE FOR THEM...
Don’t blame and badmouth the teachers and schools. It’s not our fault. Blame our superintendent who makes $29,000 a month and makes these decisions. $29,000 a MONTH!!!!
BISD SUCKS PERIOD
Hey BISD it has always been called THE CHILDRENS PARADE not the bisd Childrens Parade. Who is fucking in charge over there?
BISD is one Disaster after another. Maybe the Charter school kids could be allowed to sit in Sams Stadium to watch the parade on the absolutely ridiculous scoreboard. People of browntown are tired of the crap education that the BISD teachers and administration provide and Kids are leaving as fast as charter and IDEA schools can be built. Teachers hate BISD but most of them do not meet the qualifications to switch jobs to charter schools. Bringing in outside teachers Is better than hiring local.
BISD is one Disaster after another. Maybe the Charter school kids could be allowed to sit in Sams Stadium to watch the parade on the absolutely ridiculous scoreboard. People of browntown are tired of the crap education that the BISD teachers and administration provide and Kids are leaving as fast as charter and IDEA schools can be built. Teachers hate BISD but most of them do not meet the qualifications to switch jobs to charter schools. Bringing in outside teachers Is better than hiring local.
they should also ban the matamoros schools
and the adult day cares!
Children's rights include the right to health, education, family life, play and recreation, an adequate standard of living and to be protected from abuse and harm. ... Non-discrimination means that all children have the same right to develop their potential in all situations and at all times.
We need to communicate with children's rights organizations and report what BISD intentions are and their actions against the children of this community.
This run away agency needs to be stopped and controled the city should call tea. If he city elected officials don't do any thing to stop bisd than they need to be replaced. The parents of those children being left out are taxpayers and have a right to be included bisd does not own the city or its properties and does not pay city employees.
Is this their apogee finally telling us that all they want is to take as much tax monies as they can, do as they want and not care about the cildren this is a climax and a culmination of their views and goals. Now they want to rule the COB, will these elected official give them the key to the city?
Local government in action seminar in Edinburg sponsored by upper valley cities the topic 'HOW NOT TO BE LIKE BROWNSVILLE AND BIDS", at the UTRGV campus no lower valley city was invited. I wonder why? BOLA DE ESTUPIDOS starting in brownsville.
January 25, 2020 at 3:18 PM
Idiota all these agecncies are funded by taxpayers and ther should be no discremination against anybody. Report this to the feds..
@6:41
Teachers hate BISD but most of them do not meet the qualifications to switch jobs to charter schools
Do you even need a high school diploma to teach at Idea?
BISD teachers need a college degree and pass state certifications to have a job.
all this is a waste of taxpayers monies, charro days, kids parade and sombero fest. Someone is making money and its sure not the taxpayers.
EDDIE LUCIO VOTES AGAINST CHARTER SCHOOLS!!!
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There should not even be a charro days PERIOD stupid gringos started this shit time to end it.
Is bird its a plane no thats Eddie Garcia the security guard.
Jan. 27 at 1:37...for the moron whose has a very limited vocabulary; There has NEVER been of Mexican as President of the United States and for good reason. You are a perfect example of why there has never been a MEXICAN as President of the United States.
Juan, doesnt the charter schools also get funding from the TEA, taxpayers funds? If they were on their own they wont make it. check this out
End charro days you end discrimination by BISD
BISD will be losing a lot of money. They charge charter schools $250 for each club joining the parade. I know with my campus alone BISD will be losing $5000 in parade entrance fees. With that said, maybe the charter schools should all rally together and start their own parade on Wednesday to kick off or on Sunday to end the festivities. BISD would charge us, then disregard our entry numbers and push us all the way to the end of the parade anyway. They were never courteous and if anyone fouled up and let a charter school go sooner than planned they would stop the school and push others by them until they were back at the end again. Let them be prideful. BISD is already suffering academically why not let them suffer morally. Their students are learning from the best examples and that is why they won’t succeed like they should be. In the end, they are only worsening their reputation. Maybe now since the illuminated parade is sponsored by IDEA, a charter school, maybe IDEA should ban BISD from that parade.
Time to fire Gutierrez - the man who thinks all Mexicans are like him, but doesn't understand brownsville is a different kind of town.
Sue the crap out of these babosos stop them from using city facilities free of charge
Y las iglesias QUE les importa madre...
Las iglesias catolicas andan atras de los ninos why don't they defend them?
Your school has 20 entries paying 250 each?
Think your math is messed up.
BISD IS doing great academically for being a true public school.
IDEA, how many dyslexic, autistic, students with disabilities do you service at your factory?
How many students that have run afoul of the law, yet still deserve to be educated do you service in your factory?
How many students that skip school and have many unexcused absences do you keep at your factory?
The cob should come in and stop the selective discriminatory decision by BISD or not let them use city property.
Its like saying southmost citizens can not attend the BISD board meeting estupidos
TIME TO BOYCOTT THE CHARRO DAYS EVENTS. THAT'S WHAT HURTS THEM. DOLLARS!!!!
IT ANGERS ME THAT BROWNSVILLE DOES NOT HAVE ANY LEADERSHIP.I WISH PARENTS WOULD PROTEST AT THE BISD BUILDING OR THAT KIDS FROM ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD DO A WALK OUT IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.I ALSO THINK THAT ATTORNEYS SHOULD BE INVOLVED.THE PARENTS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE TAX PAYERS AND THEIR KIDS SHOULD BE IN THE PARADE.I GUESS BISD AND CHARRO DAYS INC.NEEDS LAWSUIT.
Why would BISD students walk out to support the students of charter schools?
If you worked at Home Depot and got pay raises, would you walk out in support of Lowe's employees who didn't get pay raises?
But I do like how you used all-caps to show how powerful this message is for you. Or, are you just yelling at us?
el estupido at: January 28, 2020 at 10:27 AM
Your description of BISD is nearly perfect, you forgot to include yourself idiota
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Parents at Brownsville ISD have on a regular basis “dumbed down” their child’s education by begging Diagnosticians to make them “special ed” in order to get a stinking $check$ from the federal government. We somebody please flush!
Corruption a la galore, indictments, pending indictments, predators, borrachos, mojado bus drivers, spoil food at cafetirias, million dollar scoreboard with kick backs, uniforms for athlectics from friends of elected board members and on and on and on now they descriminate against the children
09:53AM
You know to much. Keep drinking your beer.
STUDENT WALKOUT. IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES THAT ATTEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
If chavez finds out he won't show up Boycott charro days and its racist attitude and protest paying taxes to this racist agency.
The Mexican new media should find out and report that BISD is discreminating agains the children here during charro days somebody call the mexican news media...
Don't pay BISD taxes in protest of their racial descrimantion. BOYCOTT!
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