Ten Candidates Register for Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees Election

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016

Last minute candidate registrations raised the number of candidates for the Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees Election to ten on Monday, August 22, 2016.

Registering for Position 1 currently held by Humberto Torralba, who is not seeking re-election, are Juan Jose “Pachis” Olivares, Ronnie Rivera, Jorge Barrera, and Ricardo “Riche” Lopez.

For Place 2 Position, incumbent Ignacio “Nacho” Saucedo registered for re-election and will face challenger Christopher Hiller.

For Place 6 Position, incumbent Dr. Hector Alvarez, Jr. registered for re-election and will face challenger Carmen Ravenna.

For Place 7 Position, incumbent Glenna Purcell registered for re-election and will face challenger Carmen Schmerber Garcia.

The Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees election will be held on November 8, 2016.

Current EPISD Board members not up for re-election are Board President Lupita Fuentes, Hilda Martinez Caballero, and Rudy Bowles.

The EPISD has over 16,000 students.