Running for Edinburg ISD President.
• Received a rating of “Superior Achievement” under the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) for the ninth consecutive year
• Adopted a balanced budget in 2012-2013 despite state cuts to education and without any employee layoffs
• Gave all employees in the current budget a two percent cost-of-living raise for all employees, which followed an across-the-board $500 stipend to all employees in December 2011
• Reversed a $4 million deficit in the district’s self-funded insurance plan within the first year and built a surplus of $18 million in the insurance plan
• Secured a "Safe Routes to School Grant,” a joint project with Hidalgo County and the cities of Edinburg and McAllen to build sidewalks for schools.