TMISD school board debates superintendent's employment

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I’M PATSIMON...AND I’M KATIAURIARTE...WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE LATESTDEVELOPMENTS OUT OF THE TULOSOMIDWAY ISD...{***SX PLASMA**}WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING A CLOSEWATCH ON THE FATE OF THESUPERINTENDENT THERE... CKFERNANDEZ.

THAT WAS EXPECTED TOBE DECIDED TONIGHT...{***FULLSCREEN**}IT WAS IN MID-JULY... WHENFERNANDEZ WAS PLACED ON LEAVEAFEW DAYS BEFE ORTHE TEXASEDUCATION AGENCY ANNOUNCED ITWAS INVESTIGATING TULOSO-MIDWAYI-S-D FOR GRADE TAMPERING.{***DBL BOX**}OUR SETH KOVAR JOINS US NOW LIVEOUTSIDE THE TULOSO-MIDWAY I-S-DADMINISTRATION BUILDING.SETH STILL NO WORD ON WHETHERDOCTOR RICK FEANRNDEZ WILL KPEEHIS JO{***TAKE LIVE**}NOT YETHE SCHOOL BOARD ENTERED CSEDEXECUTIVE SESSION AT SIX1 M-1AND THEY HAVEN’T COME OUTIN.

STHEY’RE CLOSING-IN ON FOUR HOURSOF DEBATE AMONG THEMSELVES ANDPRIOR TO THAT THEY DIDN’TPROVIDE ANY NEW DETAILS ASO THOW WE GOT HERE.{***VO*}{***SOT FULL**}NATS: applauseA BRIEF ROUND OF APPLAUSE FORCONCERNED TULOSO-MIDWAY S-I-PARENT CINDIE GONZALEZ.{***SOT FULL**}CINDIE GONZALEZ/CONCERDTMISD PARENT 21:51 "I’m crossingmy fingers.

I really likedDoctor Fernandez." :54THE FUTU OREF SUPERINTENDENTRICK FERNANDEZ WAS THE ONLYORDER OF BUSINESS AT TONIGHT’SSPECIAL CALLED SCHOOL BOARDMEETING.GONZALEZ AND FELLOW CONCERNEDPARENT SILVIA HENDERSON... WERETHE ONLY SPEAKERS DURING PUBLICCOMMT.ENBOTH OF THEM CALLED ON THE BOARDTO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHYFERNANDEZ WAS SUSPENDED WITH PAYIN JULY AND FACING A POSSIBLEFIRING TONIGHT{***SOT FULL**}SILVIA HENDERSON/CONCERNEDTMISD PARENT 13:24 "I just wantto know basically theinvestigation results.

If he wasright what he did, and basicallythe truth." :32{* *SOT FULL***CINDIE GONZALEZ/CONCERNEDTMISD PARENT 21:30 "I’d be OifKthey fired a teacher for doingwrong.

I mean anybody.

Ihedidn’t, why isn’t he allowed todo his job.

And if he did,ou yneed to show us the proof." 0:4GONZALEZ’S SUSPENSION CAME DAYSBEFORE THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAGENCY ANNOUNCED THEY WEREINVESTIGATING T-M-I-S-D FORPOSSIBLE GRADE TAMPENG.RIBUT THE BOARD WOULDN’T SWERANGONZALEZ AND HENDERSON’S CALLSFOR MORE INFORMATION SAYINGONLY THEY CAN’T COMMENT ONPENDING INVESTIGATIONS.THE TWO PARENTS SAY THEY’D BEO-K WITHER FNANDEZ’S FIRING IFHE WAS IN THE WRONG BUT THEYHOPE THAT’S NOT THE CASE AND HECAN KEEP HIS J.{***SOT FULL**}CINDIE GONZALEZ/CONCERNEDTMISD PARENT 21:59 "He’s veryforward and innovative.

He wantsto take our district tadifferent level which is whaweneed." :09{ **TAKE LIVE**}I’VE HAD PLENTY OF CONVERSATIOWITH T-M-I-S-D PARENTS,TEACHERS, AND STAFF MEMBERSDURING THE ALMOST URFO HOUR WAITFOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TCOO MEBACK WITH A DECISION.THEY TELL ME THESE MEETINGS HAVEA HABIT OF GOING UNTIL ALMOSTMIDNIGHT.WHEN THE DECISION COMES DOWNWE’LL LET YOU KNOW.{***DBL BOX**}REPORTING LIVEN I