Every Wednesday, the students from South Texas College clock into their shift at the largest hospital in town. Donning light blue scrubs and compression socks, they practice checking vitals on a mannequin.
At just 16, McAllen High School junior Delphine Mangelschots has felt the pain of having someone you love, someone you care about, battle cancer.
PSJA ISD has had a capable superintendent now since late 2022 when the November school board election flipped the majority, swept out two incumbents by the largest vote disparity seen in recent years, which finally brought a decent superintendent back on board in the wake of three years of rack and ruin after Dr. Daniel King retired in late 2019.
Approximately two months ago, a story was published in The Advance that indicated that Grand Prairie ISD (Dallas metroplex) had fired former PSJA ISD Superintendent Jorge Arredondo after only two months on the job, July through September, as the district’s new supe. The vote was 4-2 to dismiss him, with one abstention.
PSJA ISD Board Candidate Victor Perez, Place 7, is running against the seat’s incumbent, Cynthia Gutierrez, but one slam made against him — he took money to support school vouchers when he ran for the State Board of Education in 2022 — simply isn’t true, he said.
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