Shallowater ISD officials confirmed that an investigation is ongoing into an unnamed employee’s relationship with a student.
Shallowater ISD officials confirmed that an investigation is ongoing into an unnamed employee’s relationship with a student.
Ricardo Ortiz taught architecture at the district’s Career and Technical Education Center.
Adrian Diaz was released from Hidalgo County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
The district dismissed Lampasas High School teacher Dakota Matthews over “inappropriate communications” with a student.
The superintendent, high school principal, and athletic director are “under review” by the Texas Education Agency’s Educator Investigations Division.
Superintendent Spicer said the district does not allow distribution of any religious materials to students, although the Muslim Student Association hosted a hijab table last year.
Attorney Levi Fuller will serve in the newly created position inside the Texas Education Agency.
Republican U.S. Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy of Texas formed the Sharia-Free America Caucus to combat threats posed by Islamification.
District officials said the group Why Islam? did not have approval to distribute materials on the Wylie East High School campus.
Soft-on-crime Democrat district attorneys in Dallas and Austin are founding participants in the anti-ICE project.