Super and mold: Board trustees to discuss ridding both

October 15, 2002

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By Criselda Valdez

The Brownsville Herald

The Brownsville Independent School District board of trustees on Tuesday

will revisit several of the district's most controversial subjects,

including the suspended superintendent and two schools closed for mold

problems.

An agenda item listed under the closed session portion of the meeting

addresses the " deliberation on employment, evaluation, duties, discipline or

dismissal of a public officer or employee: Superintendent. "

The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. at the BISD Administration building on

Price Road.

" BISD attorneys came to us with additional concerns regarding Dr. Noe

Sauceda. They wanted to bring them up to the board of trustees for possible

action, " BISD Board President Herman Otis Powers Jr. said.

Powers said it was premature to comment on the nature of the concerns, but

added that if the board deems it necessary to take action on the agenda

item, the concerns will be made public at that time. BISD Board Attorney

Mike Saldaña will present the concerns to the board, along with attorneys

from Escamilla & Poneck Inc., Powers said.

During the open meeting, school board trustees are scheduled to once again

tackle the mold issue at Aiken Elementary and Besteiro Middle schools.

According to agenda documents, the board is set to approve an

" architect/engineer firm to assist the district in the Aiken/Besteiro Mold

Renovations/Remediation Project. "

An administrative committee has recommended Engineering and Fire

Investigations, a Houston-based firm, to help work on the two schools.

Aiken and Besteiro have been closed since January because of mold in the

library and cafeteria areas.

BISD elementary school #139 will be one step closer to reality if board

members approve an administrative recommendation to approve JDS Construction

Co. Inc, for construction services. According to agenda documents, the

contract is worth $5.98 million, including $5.93 million for the base bid

and $43,500 for the data and phone line installations.

The elementary, which will sit between FM 3248 and the Quail Hollow

subdivision, west of Laredo Road, is expected to replace Clearwater

Elementary.

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