EPISD Board votes against challenging appointed monitor

the board. several board members were against the idea of a filing a lawsuit against the state agency and the board abc-7’s jerry najera is live with the story … rick estela monitor fred liner was appointed in may by texas education commisioner micheal williams. the trustees recently took over for the board of managers that had been place since 2013. this following episd’s cheating scandal. but now that the trustees have been reinstated — one trustee believes state oversight is no longer needed. district 5 trustee chuck taylor was the board member who requested the discussion to challenge the states appoinment of a monitor that would counsel the board members. the new group of trustees went into executive session to discuss the lawsuit and possible implications the district could face. once out of the session board members voted to not pursue litigation against the state. board president dori fenenbock telling me she doesn’t feel it’s ideal to have a monitor but it does have advantages. “he brings some great insight he’s available to us as a mentor, he’s been very responsive to us so i think we have a benefit to having him involved particularly because we are all new” taylor did not want to comment on the matter. by law liner is appointed for 90 days. the commisioner will have a opportunity to extend the position, relieve him from the position or permantley make him a conservator if they feel the new board of trustees is not managing appropriately. today texas governor greg abbott signed an $800-million dollar border security package into law. it will speed up