According to Venus ISD Superintendent Bobby Matthews (very, very nice guy, by the way), Hispanic civil rights organization League for Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has inquired (as has The Venus Voice) into the new vacancy on the Venus ISD left by Vance Fields, who resigned recently. The biggest concern that The Venus Voice has is that the school board will appoint Fields' opponent in the May 2010 election, ousted incumbent Joe Russell. That would not be good, as there are many questionable things surrounding Russell's tenure on the board.
The Venus Voice sides with LULAC's push to allow a Hispanic representative appointed to better reflect the overall student population, which consists of a large Hispanic minority (if not a majority.)
While we're at it, Venus ISD should be carved into seven individual trustee districts or wards to better serve the needs of taxpayers and students alike.
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