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Mar 17, 2025 |
star-telegram.com | Gary Long
The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees failed to agree Friday night on a path to hold a special election to fill former board president Erasmo Castro Jr.'s seat, choosing instead to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. The board met Friday because Tuesday is the last day to call a special election for the next available date on the state's election calendar, May 3.
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Mar 15, 2025 |
myrgv.com | Gary Long
The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees failed to agree Friday night on a path to hold a special election to fill former board president Erasmo Castro Jr.’s seat, choosing instead to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. The board met Friday because Tuesday is the last day to call a special election for the next available date on the state’s election calendar, May 3.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
star-telegram.com | Gary Long
Erasmo CastroThe Brownsville Independent School District is seeking applications and will hold a specially called Board of Trustees meeting Friday to consider appointing a trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death last month of board president Erasmo Castro Jr.Castro died Feb. 15 from pancreatic cancer. He was elected to the board in November, and his fellow trustees elected him board president when the new Board of Trustees was sworn into office following the election.
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Mar 10, 2025 |
myrgv.com | Gary Long
Only have a minute? Listen instead The Brownsville Independent School District is seeking applications and will hold a specially called Board of Trustees meeting Friday to consider appointing a trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death last month of board president Erasmo Castro Jr.Castro died Feb. 15 from pancreatic cancer.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
myrgv.com | Gary Long
Only have a minute? Listen instead Brownsville lost a fighter for the little guy with Erasmo Castro’s death, friends and associates said Monday, days after his death early Saturday. Fellow trustees elected Castro president of the Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees after his election to the board for a second time in November. He died from pancreatic cancer early Saturday morning, his family and the BISD board announced via Facebook.
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