Progress Times

3 days ago | progresstimes.net | Matt Wilson

The Hidalgo Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name J.A. Gonzalez the lone finalist for superintendent at a special meeting on Monday. Gonzalez previously served as superintendent in McAllen and Harlingen. Hidalgo has been without a permanent superintendent since November, when Xavier Salinas retired from the position.

5 days ago | progresstimes.net | Matt Wilson

McAllen Independent School District Superintendent René Gutiérrez directed staff to bring back planning periods for teachers at a school board meeting Wednesday in a reversal of one of the district’s most controversial cost savings measures from last year. Prior to cutting planning periods last year, hundreds of McAllen teachers had two blocks of non-instructional time daily.

5 days ago | progresstimes.net | Luciano Guerra

Last week we shared Part 1 of the Bobby Jack Wright story. In it we focused on the Mission native’s life from grade school through high school. It included highlights of his years growing up on Sunrise Lane in north Mission, and of his time as a member of the Mission Eagles’ baseball team, the 1966 Eagles’ B Team football team, under Coach Robert Capello, and on the 1967and 1968 Eagles’ varsity football teams, under Coach Elbert “Lum” Wright.

1 week ago | progresstimes.net | Matt Wilson

The city of McAllen may sue its election vendor over equipment failure during the May city commission election. In a statement McAllen released the day before the election it reported receiving a complaint about “potential irregularity in the voting process for the District 3 election.” The city said it notified its sole third-party election software vendor, Election Systems & Software, and began cooperating with the company to identify and resolve possible software errors.

1 week ago | progresstimes.net | Matt Wilson

The Hidalgo Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name J.A. Gonzalez lone finalist for superintendent at a special meeting Monday. Gonzalez previously served as superintendent in McAllen and Harlingen. Hidalgo has been without a permanent superintendent since November, when Xavier Salinas retired from the position. In a release, the district praised Gonzalez’s long career in public education, particularly emphasizing academic achievements of districts he has led.