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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Gary Long @glong4
30 Mar 21

All in favor of this. Will there be strings attached? Maybe good strings.

Gary Long
Gary Long @glong4
5 Mar 19

.@BrownsvilleISD just split with its superintendent after 4 years of continuous improvement, but reforms may be here to stay @The74 https://t.co/9UKBTX9OD5

Gary Long
Gary Long @glong4
5 Mar 19

Despite poverty, @BrownsvilleISD schools thrive under strong principals, deep community support, and every kind of innovation @teainfo @The74 https://t.co/9UKBTX9OD5