Tag: Progreso ISD (PISD)
Former Progreso school board president pleads guilty to drug trafficking
The Progreso school board’s former president has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
Progreso police chief files wage lawsuit against city over aggressive K-9
Progreso’s chief of police has sued the city alleging he has not been paid for caring for a police canine that had previously bitten an officer, a firefighter and a visitor to his home.
U.S. Department of Education pumps $163M into Valley districts
Federal funding is pouring into South Texas school district coffers.
Hidalgo County school districts see new faces on boards; voters reject props
The May 4 elections saw multiple changes to school boards and all propositions failing to pass for two school districts.
Valley voters to decide local city and school races on Saturday
Rio Grande Valley voters will have one more chance to cast their vote for the May 4 elections with the conclusion of early voting on Tuesday.
Progreso mayor stored, packaged drugs at middle school he worked at, feds say
Federal prosecutors allege that Progreso’s mayor stored and packaged drugs at the middle school he worked at and went into hiding after his brother was arrested last year for drug trafficking.
Smaller Valley schools struggled to meet state score averages
With the Texas Education Agency releasing its yearly Academic Performance Reports after a collaborative lawsuit to challenge last-minute changes to the grading system, large valley school districts passed with flying colors while smaller school districts struggled to meet the state average.
8 leadership changes, new tax rates shook up RGV schools in 2023
With 2023 coming to an end, the public education institutions in the Rio Grande Valley saw about eight superintendent changes in addition to school districts passing new tax rates and bonds.
Hidalgo County school districts pass tax-rate ratifications, bonds
Hidalgo County voters this year considered two bonds and eight tax-ratification elections and all but three failed to pass.
Hidalgo and Cameron County results for Nov. 7, 2023 elections
This page will be updated throughout the course of election night with unofficial results from multiple sources. Make sure to check back here periodically. Results are unofficial until canvassed by local entities.