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Members of the Uvalde school district’s board of trustees have been serving four-year terms since 2008, but trustee Jaclyn Gonzales asserted May 19 that those terms throw the district out of compliance with a 1982 federal decree. It appeared the school district planned to address the discrepancy during its May 19 meeting, but Gonzales requested a point of order as […]
School district hires police chief
Edward “Eddie” Puente is the new chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department, following a 19-year career with the East Central ISD Police Department. Uvalde County Judge Bill Mitchell swore Puente into service May 19, though Puente started his new role on May 12, UCISD public information officer Mikka Sanchez confirmed to the Leader-News via email. Puente […]
Visitors dig research center field day
Fifteen pairs of hands carefully sliced and stitched tomato stems like surgeons in a greenhouse operating room May 8 when the Uvalde Research Center hosted a tomato grafting workshop as part of its annual field day. Plant enthusiast Maria Salvatierra enlisted the help of graduate student Asmita Sharma to properly graft a tomato, and graduate student Asmita Nagila explained that […]
Uvalde survivor seeks 376 volunteers to honor Robb victims
FREEFormer teacher Arnie Reyes is calling for 376 volunteers to join him at noon May 24 at Uvalde’s downtown plaza to wave orange flags for 77 minutes in support of gun violence prevention. On that date three years ago, Reyes lay on his classroom floor, bleeding from gunshot wounds, for 77 minutes while 376 law enforcement officers congregated at Robb […]
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