Tag: San Benito CISD (SBCISD)

HARLINGEN — Area school districts are spreading holiday cheer.

SAN BENITO — Officials have yet to set a timetable in which to launch repairs as the San Benito school district’s $40 million bond-funded project enters the ninth month of a construction shutdown.

SAN BENITO — The children with their faces animated and joyous spoke excitedly about their holiday fundraiser.

With temperatures resting between the 80s and 90s under a sunny South Texas sky, Friday in San Benito was an otherwise beautiful day that should have been filled with excitement. Neighboring Harlingen was coming to town that night for arguably the biggest high school football game in Texas, the Battle of the Arroyo. Halloween is also right around the corner and families would normally be running to stores to stock up on candy and costumes.

SAN BENITO — Family and friends Tuesday remembered Robert Tumberlinson as San Benito High School’s iconic principal “Mr. T” who went on to become a longtime school board member who helped shape the district’s politics.

When the San Benito school district announced in June that it was temporarily closing the old Greyhound Stadium, the reaction then was arguably more tepid. This may be since the football field belonging to this proud city's former high school was anything but mortal at the time.

SAN BENITO — Nearly three weeks after her suspension, Superintendent Theresa Servellon is resigning, planning to retire.

SAN BENITO — Two weeks after the San Benito school district’s new board of trustees suspended her, officials have pulled Superintendent Theresa Servellon’s profile from the district’s website, sparking questions surrounding her future here.

HARLINGEN — Israel Villarreal had just finished removing the weeds around the plant with its delicate white blooms.

SAN BENITO — The San Benito school district's new board of trustees, on a 4-3 vote, suspended Superintendent Theresa Servellon Sept. 8, a year after the past school board hired her.