Tag: Mercedes ISD (MISD)

The Mercedes school district has responded to a lawsuit brought by the district’s former superintendent and also in a separate filing asked a federal judge to dismiss it.

The Mercedes Police Department said there are no injuries following a shooting that happened Monday afternoon near the Mercedes Early College Academy.

The Mercedes school district's former superintendent — who was arrested over allegations she interfered in a police investigation — has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the district violated the Equal Pay Act by underpaying her because she is a woman.

Mercedes school board trustees voted Wednesday to approve a contract with Superintendent Maria J. Chavez.

The Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 4-2 Wednesday to name Interim Superintendent Maria J. Chavez as the lone finalist for the permanent spot.

The Mercedes school board voted Wednesday to reopen its superintendent vacancy to applicants for an additional 10 business days.

Former Mercedes middle school coach David Bryan Reyes pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual assault of a child and improper relationship between an educator and a student, landing him deferred adjudication and 10 years of probation.

After over three hours of discussion in executive session Wednesday, Mercedes school board trustees once again took no action on naming a lone finalist for the position of superintendent.

The Mercedes school board voted Wednesday to take no action on its superintendent search or applications for the position.

MERCEDES — Every student in Oscar Rodriguez’s agriculture mechanics class agreed they’d each worked together to build their award-winning squeeze chute, welding trailer and flatbed goose-necked trailer.