Education
BY JARRETT WHITENER & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
The Judson ISD board of trustees appointed a new interim superintendent during a Feb. 16 special meeting. This is the district’s second interim superin- tendent appointed by the board over the past month—not including the previous appointment of an acting superintendent. What you need to know In a 5-1 vote, the board appointed Robert Jaklich following a closed-session meeting. Trustee Suzanne Kenoyer was absent, and José Macias Jr. was the lone dissenting vote. Jaklich said he has been in education for 40 years. He said he has worked at the Education Service Center, Region 20. ESC Region 20 is one of 20 non-regulatory regional education service agencies within Texas that assist districts in improving student performance, according to JISD appoints new interim superintendent
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its website. Jaklich also said he understood the importance of focusing on every child, every classroom, every day. “I also understand coming into Judson, we have some challenges that we have to deal with, and they’re very big challenges, but they’re not challenges that we can’t overcome,” Jaklich told Community Impact . How we got here The board placed Superintendent Milton “Rob” Fields III on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of reported concerns and appointed Lacey Gosch, the district’s assistant superinten- dent of support services, as acting superintendent during a special board meeting in January. On Feb. 4, trustees voted to propose terminating Fields’ employment contract and have him remain on administrative leave with pay, according to previous reporting by Community Impact .. During the Feb. 4 meeting, the board appointed Mary Duhart-Toppen to serve as interim superin- tendent, but ultimately voted to appoint Jaklich, as previously reported by Community Impact .
Schertz-Cibolo-Univer- sal City ISD trustees voted to limit trustee Matthew Short’s access to funds and district facilities other than scheduled meetings posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act on Feb. 19.
Matthew Short
This follows a Jan. 22 action from Judson ISD trustees to propose the termination of Short’s position as a teacher. What happened During the meeting, Board President Letti- cia Sever said she and trustee Bill Paschal met with Short to discuss the negative attention around the JISD employment dispute and the challenges it was creating for the district.
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