EducationSaturday, November 14
Edgewood ISD's board approves Superintendent Eduardo Hernandez's retirement, effective Feb. 1
The SATXtoday team
If you live on the Westside, here's the news: Edgewood ISD's board approved Hernandez's early retirement agreement despite calls to delay the vote. Trustees met behind closed doors as dozens of community members attended, and several urged the board to let newly elected trustees weigh in.
Hernandez's contract and retirement, step by step
- 2025Board extends Hernandez's contract to June 2030
- Sept.Board extends his contract again, to 2031
- Nov. 11Board votes on his voluntary retirement agreement
- Feb. 1Hernandez's retirement takes effect
Sources: San Antonio Report, KABB
Hernandez, 52, told the San Antonio Report that "prayer is taking me away." He plans to attend next week's meeting, where the board will likely name an interim leader, and will support the transition until his last day in February.
- Financial terms: not public yet; board says online by week's end
- District rating: overall D several years in a row
- Hernandez's college scholarship will likely end
Nearly 9 yearsas Edgewood ISD's superintendent
Hernandez has served longer than he or the board that hired him expected.
Source: San Antonio Report
Sources: San Antonio Report, KABB