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Weslaco Independent School District Board of Trustees

18 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 7 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 49 min · 16,430 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 24, 2026
Board votes unanimously to adopt 0.9433 total tax rate for 2026-27Play 38:03
Newest meeting we have
Aug 24, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Benjamin Castillo, Trustee · Jaclyn Sustaita, Board member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Special meeting · 44 minMonday, August 24, 2026Board votes unanimously to adopt 0.9433 total tax rate for 2026-27Speakers: Jaclyn Sustaita, Jaime Rodriguez, Benjamin Castillo, Isidoro Nieto
Play 38:03
Special meeting · 58 minMonday, August 10, 2026Board votes unanimously on superintendent retirementSpeakers: Jaime Rodriguez, Benjamin Castillo
Play 56:04
Work session · 2 h 37 minMonday, July 13, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Jaclyn Sustaita, Benjamin Castillo, Isidoro Nieto
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Public hearing · 4 h 07 minMonday, June 22, 2026Speakers: Eduardo Serna, Marcos De Los Santos, Jaclyn Sustaita, Jaime Rodriguez and 1 more
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Who does the talking

No one member stands apart on the Weslaco Independent School District board: 3 of the 4 members we rank could rank first

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Nov 17, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

A ranking, with its marginEarly readLess of this board's speech is named so far, so its ranks are wider. Each rank is a 90% range across 11 resampled meetings, so "2nd–4th" means the data can't place them more exactly. The ranges may widen as we name more of the speech.
Coverage: about 78% of members’ speaking time named (56%–79%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting
—Isidoro NietoBoard member · Place 7 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare8.5min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart4.9questions asked per meeting, at least
—Jaclyn SustaitaBoard member · Place 3 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare4.3min, at least4 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart11.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · ranked by minutes per meeting
1st–3rdMarcos De Los SantosTrustee · Place 2Share10.8min, at least6 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated55%of the members’ talking · 22%–76%13.6questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–4thArmando CuellarVice President · Place 6Share4.5min, at least4 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated23%of the members’ talking · 14%–37%2.0questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–4thBenjamin CastilloTrustee · Place 5Share2.1min, at least8 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated10%of the members’ talking · 6%–26%4.2questions asked per meeting, at least
2nd–4thEduardo SernaTrustee · Place 1Share1.9min, at least6 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated9%of the members’ talking · 6%–26%4.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · not ranked
—Jaime RodriguezSecretary · Place 4 · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.5min, at least9 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · line = our margin: members whose lines overlap may sit in either order · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 18 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

Our most critical area is really in the classroom. And, and it's true, that's just automatic, you know, it's out there, there's research and everything, but everybody knows lower class numbers, more effective, more time for, uh, intentional instruction, differentiation instruction, time for the teacher to plan even appropriately because they're not overwhelmed with just the size of that classroom.Marcos De Los SantosTrustee · Weslaco Independent School District Board of TrusteesWatch the full meeting from 43:09
I see that we're spending funds all these different areas, all these different positions. You know, you see, it's like you always say, see people say, well, we're top-heavy, right? But then you still have maintenance, nutrition, and transportation that are understaffed, right? And have levels that they meet, levels that are kind of critical.Marcos De Los SantosTrustee · Weslaco Independent School District Board of TrusteesWatch the full meeting from 2:18:56
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance32%21%–43%
Ceremony and recognition6%3%–9%
Public comment1%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 20% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

    Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

    Public comment

    Of the 18 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 6 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 10, 2026, heard from 3.

    3 on Aug 10, 20263 speakers2 speakers0.6 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 18 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberAug 24Aug 10Jul 13Jun 22Apr 27Apr 20Mar 9Jan 26Jan 19Dec 15Nov 17
    Eduardo SernaNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Isidoro NietoPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    Jaclyn SustaitaPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentPresent
    Benjamin CastilloPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    Marcos De Los SantosNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    Armando CuellarPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresent
    Jaime RodriguezPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot shownPresentNot shownPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4844960 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district