Tag: Edinburg CISD (ECISD)

The Edinburg CISD School Board ordered Friday a tax rate election for Nov. 7, with other Rio Grande Valley districts poised to consider doing so on Monday — the deadline to decide.

Sonya Khoobehi remembered being shocked to see her music teacher from Edinburg High at her sister, Sandra Mour's recital in Waco. It had been years since Kurt Roehm, a beloved and well-known classical musician and instructor from the Rio Grande Valley, had taught both Sonya and her sister, so seeing him travel hundreds of miles to Baylor University to support her meant something.

As the 25th season of the popular CBS TV show “Big Brother” makes its premier tonight, viewers from the Rio Grande Valley will be able to see one of their own.

Texas Boys State delegates participated in reflections presentation and certificates of recognition ceremony recently at Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Conference Center in Weslaco.

Continuing to look at a positive enrollment outlook, the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved Tuesday a partial compensation package for employees, though the board still has to approve a budget this summer and may discuss calling for a tax rate election during that process.

MISSION — Gunnar Williams faced a potential life-altering decision when he finished eighth grade. His father, Farrell Williams, had just been hired as Brownsville Porter’s offensive coordinator, leaving the younger Williams to decide whether he’d join his father for his high school career or stay in Harlingen.

The Edinburg CISD Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve a settlement agreement with Payroll Director Zelda Martinez and Personnel Director Margarita Oyervides that followed the district's attempt to terminate them in January.

With a broad smile on his face, Nicholas Tijerina threw both hands high in the air as he crossed the stage at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering commencement ceremony on May 13.

The Edinburg school district’s dispute with two directors the district’s board proposed for termination in January is not quite as neatly resolved as it seemed last week.

In an about-face, the Edinburg school board voted Friday to reverse course on terminating two directors regarding an extra payment dispute and kicked Board President Mike Farias and Vice President Letty Garcia out of their officer positions.