Eagle Pass Independent School District Board approves One Year Contract Extension and $10K Pay Raise of Superintendent Gilberto Gonzalez
By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015
The Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) Board of Trustees approved a one year contract extension and a $10,000 pay raise from $150,000 to $160,000 of Superintendent Gilberto Gonzalez at a special Board meeting held on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Board President Lupita Fuentes.
Superintendent Gonzalez had three remaining years on his employment contract until 2018, but will now be extended until 2019 with the EPISD School Board’s action on September 1, 2015. In addition, Gonzalez’s salary is increased by $10,000 per year to $160,000.
Fuentes stated that Superintendent Gonzalez had received a favorable evaluation by School Board Trustees whom expressed confidence in his leadership and the direction the EPISD is heading into. Fuentes noted that Gonzalez had received an overall evaluation rating of 3.8 out of a maximum 5 by the seven Board trustees.
“Superintendent Gonzalez has done an excellent job for the Eagle Pass Independent School District concerning his leadership and fulfilling the goals and programs requested of him and the District by the School Board. He has met our expectations and demands of him as the top educational leader in the District,” said Fuentes.
Fuentes pointed out that Gonzalez’s one year contract extension was unanimous by the School Board while the $10,000 salary increase was not unanimous as Trustee Ignacio “Nacho” Saucedo voted against the pay increase as not being merited.
EPISD Board of Trustees include Board President Lupita Fuentes, Board Vice-President Dr. Hilda P. Martinez, Board Secretary Dr. Hector Alvarez, and Board members Rudy Bowles, Ignacio “Nacho” Saucedo, Glenna Purcell, and Humberto Torralba II.
Fuentes highlighted that the EPISD Board is working very hard in establishing educational policies and procedures that will maximize and enhance the education of over 16,000 students enrolled in the District.
