Texas Education Agency-appointed monitor Abe Saavedra told South San Antonio ISD's school board Wednesday that he is intending to ask the agency to increase governance sanctions against the district.The San Antonio Report depends on reader donations to support our nonprofit newsroom. We’re in the middle of our spring fundraising drive, and every dollar you give directly supports the journalism you rely on.This story has been updated.
Past escalations by the TEA have included ousting elected boards of trustees and replacing them with an appointed board of managers to remedy governance issues and stabilize shortfalls highlighted during special investigations. Currently, the district is in the midst of two separate investigations by the agency., Trustee Ernesto Arrellano Jr.
While the board initially agreed to complete the training at the beginning of the year, they never went through with it. Trustee Stacey Alderete announced at the beginning of April that she would be stepping down at the end of June, making any team training moot until after then, Saavedra said. But board members have not yet discussed a plan to replace her seat after she steps down.
In the last two years, several board meetings have been canceled or ended early due to board members breaking quorum by choice, or by being booted from virtual meetings. Saavedra said the difference between those situations is the entrenched and historic nature of the dysfunctional board politics in South San Antonio ISD. Saavedra has been the superintendent of both embattled districts throughout his career.Despite the board issues, Saavedra said the instructional parts of the district have remained intact, and are not dysfunctional.
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