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Soto leaves JohnsonHigh School, replaced byMiller
Filing underway for May North East ISD school board elections Eligible residents in the North East Independent School District have until 5 p.m. Feb. 18 to apply for a ballot spot ahead of scheduled May 7 school board elections. Single-member districts 2, 3 and 7 will be on the ballot. Those seats are held by Terri Williams, Omar Leos and Sandy Winkley, respectively. Leos won a 2020 special election to ll an unexpired term in District 3. Each NEISD board position has a four- year term. Eligible NEISD residents interested in applying for a ballot spot may get details by emailing board@neisd.net or visiting www.neisd.net. North East ISD will meet March 14 at 5:30 p.m. 8961 Tesoro Drive, San Antonio 210-407-0000 • www.neisd.net Northside ISD will meet March 14 at 6 p.m. 5900 Evers Road, San Antonio 210-397-8500 • www.nisd.net MEETINGSWE COVER DATES OF NOTE Below are key dates for candidates and residents for the North East ISD election. Feb. 18 last day to le for a ballot spot and to order an election March 1 primary elections April 1 last day to register to vote April 19-27 early voting May 7 last day to receive ballot by mail SOURCE: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NORTH EAST ISD Johnson High School’s head football coach and athletic coordinator is returning to his alma mater to lead athletics at Judson High School. The Judson Independent School District school board on Dec. 16 approved hiring Mark Soto as athletic coordinator and head football coach at Judson High, where he gradu- ated in 1991. Soto spent the last two years as athletic coordinator and head football coach at Johnson, tallying a 19-3 record, including a District 28-6A championship and a 10-1 overall record in 2021. At Judson, Soto played for famed head coach D.W. Rutledge, who led the 1990 Rockets squad to the Class 5A Division I state title game in the Alamodome, where Judson lost to Marshall High School, 21-19. “I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing— winning a state championship. It will take a complete positive community buy-in along with faith, e ort and understanding,” Soto said. Defensive coordinator TP Miller was named Johnson’s new head coach and athletic coordinator, a role he
Mark Soto, former Johnson High School athletic coordinator and head football coach, is now serving in the same roles at his alma mater, Judson High School. (Courtesy Mark Soto)
described as “a prestige honor.” “As we transition into a new year full of new beginnings, new roles and new chal- lenges, it is imperative that we continue to come together and support one another,” Miller said. Miller has more than 10 years of experience in educa- tion. He graduated from San Marcos High School where he later served under Mark Soto as an assistant football coach, and coached girls’ track and eld.
Critics claim censorship inNEISD’s library book review
school districts have been reviewing their collections, seeking titles on a list of more than 850 books with content that has been questioned by State Rep. Matt Krause, R Fort Worth. By mid-December, NEISD o cials said 215 library books were retained following a review of 252 titles, and another 20 books found in elemen- tary school libraries were relocated to middle or high schools because they are not “age appropriate.” Thirty-seven more titles were being replaced with similarly-themed books because they are damaged or obsolete, according to the district.
UNDER REVIEW At the urging of Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth,
public schools checked for books that contain “material that might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, ... because of their race or sex.” The list includes: • “Black Lives Matter: From Hashtag to the Streets” by Artika Tyner • “A Case of Need” by Michael Crighton • “Holly’s Secret” by Nancy Garden SOURCE: TEXAS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NORTH EAST ISD Several commu- nity members, teachers, librarians and students have criticized North East ISD’s book review policy, opposing the removal of hundreds of library books they say are being targeted for political reasons. NEISD and other Texas public
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