No more free rides zero tolerance returns to expulsions
San Felipe Del Rio CISD board approved changes to the student handbook restoring mandatory expulsions for drug offenses by inserting shall. Interim Superintendent Bobby Fernandez noted prior policy failed. expulsions rose from 47 in 2000 01 to 60 plus drug incidents in 2001 02 and 40 drug offenses by mid 2002 03.
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San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Bobby Fernandez
Fernandez
Two marijuana loads seized near Rio Grande in Val Verde County
Val Verde County Sheriff's Office deputies intercepted two separate marijuana cargoes weighing about 450 pounds near the Rio Grande. One seizure recovered 121.55 pounds from a Ford Explorer abandoned on Cienegas Road, the other 337.86 pounds in a Ford station wagon driven by a 22 year old News-Herald photo by Bill Sontag SMT Lines driver Victor Gomez. The marijuana was packaged in cristales sacks and wrapped in foil and tape, with bundles formed for human mule transport and strapped into backpacks.
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Val Verde County
Sheriff's Office
Rio Grande
Larry Pope
Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division
Shannon Rogers
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
WVSO
Lovell Barrera
Cienegas
Union Pacific Railroad
Sheriff’s Office Reserve
Clay Sinclair
Barrera
Cienegas Road
Texas and Del Rio push for bigger highway funds
Del Rio mayor Dora Alcala and Val Verde County official Otila Gonzalez join TEX-21, a Texas transport caucus with 180 lawmakers, to call for a fair share of federal highway dollars. They argue Texas bears greater truck traffic and pays more in gas taxes than it receives, seeking redistribution and stronger highway funding.
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Texas
del Rio
Dora G. Alcala
Otila Gonzalez
Val Verde
Mike L. Fernandez
TEX- 21 Transportation Legislative and Congressional Caucus
Gonzalez
TEX-21
Alcala
Kids Day Fair at Dr Alfredo Gutierrez Jr Amphitheatre
The San Felipe Creek Walk Association hosts the fourth annual Kids Day in the Park at the Dr Alfredo Gutierrez Jr Amphitheatre this Saturday from 5 to 9 pm. Free food and drinks, contests, and prizes are offered with sponsorship from local groups and businesses. Between 600 and 800 children are expected. the event is free and run entirely by volunteers.
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Alfredo Gutierrez Jr
Gutierrez Real Estate
Rio Grande Rail
Sergio Diaz
Trevisio
San Felipe Creek
Salas family fundraiser for autism care planned Aug 30
Joel Salas Jr a shy five year old with autism attends Calderon Elementary but needs expensive therapy. His parents Joel and Sandra Salas drove to Key Largo Florida for treatment since the facility there accepts cash only and does not take insurance or Medicaid. They faced about $6000 in travel and medical costs and call for a fund raiser on Aug 30 to help cover expenses.
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Joel Salas Jr
Joel
Calderon
Key Largo
Fla
Joel and
Sandra Salas
Florida
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