This earlier post has a summary of this year’s races for the San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees. District 4, an area south of downtown, including Burbank High School (known for its Agricultural Science magnet program), has the most divided race. “Four vie for District 4 seat in SAISD”, Maria Luisa Cesar, San Antonio Express-News, March 27, 2013.
District 4 has a four-way race:
- Incumbent Adela Segovia (also the board’s Assistant Secretary) survived a six-way race in 2009. She has been criticized for her role (by act or omission) in the destruction of a mural, “Hispanic Soccer! Muy Caliente” (1994) by Vincent Valdez, on the exterior of Burbank High School. “More Than a Mural”, Callie Enlow, Queblog (San Antonio Current), June 7, 2010.
- Fernando Velazquez (campaign website) is a community organizer who fought to save the mural and to save Burbank High School from closure in 2009. He has the endorsement of the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio. Read more: “SAISD school daze”, Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, January 13, 2013; “This bulldog is no mascot”, Plaza de Armas, December 27, 2013.
- Arthur Valdez, Jr. (campaign website) is the father of muralist Vincent Valdez and has the endorsement of the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel and the San Antonio Express-News.
- John “Rocky” Graciano
Details about when and where to vote at Bexar County Elections.
