Parents to meet with superintendent 

Staff

-Eagle Pass

Parents will meet with EPISD Superintendent Gilberto Gonzalez Thursday morning at 11:00 A.M. at the EPISD Board Room where he will answer all their questions and concerns dealing with recent school closings at both LDC and Austin schools.

What parents are most concerned about is the lack of communication both when the decision was made to cancel classes last week from Wednesday through Friday and Tuesday when parents were advised that classes were also cancelled at Austin Elementary.

"We have been going by rumors, maybe we're going to the old junior high, maybe we're going to Austin," said an anonymous parent, "We got a memo on Monday, but no memos were sent out after that, we found out on TV and on Facebook."

Superintendent Gonzalez is repeatedly announcing on the school district's TV channel that due to fumes at the school which has not been used for at least two years when Cerna Elementary was built, as the district rushed to prepare the school to give classes to the children of LDC.

"The head of the district is having trouble making decisions," stated an irate parent in a telephone conversation with News Gram officials, "And if the leader is making decisions that do not make sense, his subordinates are going to make mistakes too," referring to the fact that a central office administrator who is not the superintendent or the assistant superintendent for support services made the decision to use oil based paint at Austin Elementary.

According to sources, there were many water lines which were in need of repair in the school and the water fountains had not been used during this time. 

They say that the toilets were too high for use by children ages pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. 

At LDC, the three rooms which are in the back of the building were repaired, the walls were torn down and workers replaced insulation and sheet rock in these rooms.  Parents want to know why the rest of the school did not receive the same treatment during the summer.

The parents said that the superintendent had sent bottled water on Monday for the children to drink and they also appreciate that he is taking the time to meet with them, but they still want answers to all of their concerns.

The News Gram had not received official communication from the district at press time.