said he bought them snacks and drinks.

It is against the rules for those students to attend or participate in school spon-sored or related activities, according to Education Code 37.006.

It is also unknown if the superintendent needed or got parental permission to take those students from the DAEP campus, or if he alerted the school’s princi-pal.

DAEP Principal Bernadette Weatherspoon said she had no comment at this time.

“This is not politics in the school district,” Hermann said. “How irresponsible, and would the whole board agree to it if it was?”

Upon investigation, The Sealy News found that no official complaints were filed with Sealy ISD, accord-ing to Hermann, or with the Texas Education Association.

Many of those attending last week’s meeting felt that the board was trying to ignore the public’s view.

Trustees immediately went into executive session and the board, along with its lawyers, spent about an hour behind closed doors.

When the meeting was opened again, the vote was taken.

Assistant Superintendent Hlozek was named interim superintendent and the meeting was immediately adjourned.

The crowd sat sort of flab-bergasted.

Many complained that the board president wasn’t speaking loud enough for them to hear what was going on and there was a call for public comments. Hermann’s response was that the meeting was adjourned now.

The crowd laughed.“Public comments,” a sta-

ple of public meetings, was not on the special meeting agenda. It also did not appear on the agenda for a special meeting held the week before either.

Hermann explained that the previous meeting was a planning session and he allowed commentary pro-vided by a student and par-ent because it was a small group talking about pro-grams. It was not appropri-ate for this latest meeting, he said.

“It’s a personnel issue and it’s not up for discussion,” he said.

Hermann said he couldn’t make any board member stay to listen, but that the public could speak if it wished. All of the board members stayed to hear two people speak.

Gary Morton, a special education teacher, voiced his support for Kana.

“He’s the only (superin-tendent) who has supported us wholeheartedly in our revolving door of superin-tendents,” he said.

Morton described how Kana would visit the stu-dents often and cheer them on at events. Sealy Junior High science teacher Lavinia Owen seconded that point. She described how he would show up to classrooms and student events, which was a great contrast to previous super-intendents.

“Let’s be honest, we didn’t see them at all,” she said.

Hermann said that the board felt the same way about Kana, and that was why they hired him in the first place.

“I told Scott I’m routing for you,” Hermann said after the special meeting.

Now the district is in the middle of gathering infor-mation about the issue of

suspension.Kana recently had a

review by the board that resulted in a unanimous vote not to extend his con-tract. Kana is now halfway through his current three-year contract. He was expected to go through another review in July, where the board could approve an extension.

Losing a superintendent to suspension is just anoth-er episode in the district's attempt to maintain itself and consistently changing staff.

“We as a staff fully sup-port him,” said Sealy Elementary School second grade teacher Tiffany Collins. “Healing had come after so much division.”

for Angola City Police and Steuben County Sheriff’s Department.

The county is also look-ing into abolishing the position and replacing it with a hired position, like Colorado County has done, that focuses solely on accounting and booking education and background, said Bilski.

Kimes will remain the treasurer until the November election, when each local county party will be able to put up one candi-date for the position. Kimes would be a Republican can-didate if he chose to run.

Since Frank left after the March 5 deadline for the primary election, the posi-tion will not be on that bal-lot.

The winner of the November election will serve out the remainder of Frank’s term, which is two more years. County trea-surers are elected to a four-year term.

Frank gave notice after what she says was a week continuing a history of

frustration with trying to perform her office, accord-ing to her notice letter.

“I have performed with-out being duly considered and under the budget restraints of this county judge and her long serving commissioner’s court,” Frank wrote in her resig-nation letter. “I am con-vinced the future will glean no change.”

Frank would not com-ment further on what exactly the frustrating events were other than what was detailed in infor-mation sent to the press March 2.

“I intend for this to be amicable,” she said.

It’s spring and with the new season comes resolu-tions of cleaning and de-clut-tering.

Austin County residents will receive some help in that quest this month with the annual household hazardous waste and E-Scrap collection day on Saturday, March 24, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Austin County Fairgrounds in Bellville.

This is a resident’s chance to dispose of home chemicals, pool and lawn chemicals, paint, stains, poisons, flea collars and insecticides, pes-ticides and other household products.

This is also an opportunity for citizens to dispose of tele-visions, computer monitors, telephones and other elec-tronic equipment.

A cost-share fee ranging from $1 per vehicle to $15 for a full pickup and trailer will be charged to supplement the grant.

Items that will be accepted include computer monitors, CPUs, laptops, televisions, printers, telephones, stereos and cell phones and chemi-cals including drain opener, oven cleaner, stain remover, polish, pesticides, paint, sol-vents, varnish, herbicides, hobby supplies, pool chemi-cals, auto fluids, acids, bat-teries and products labeled “caution,” “warning” and “poison.”

Items not accepted include explosives, radioactive mate-rials, dioxins, business waste, tires and containers,

household waste, micro-waves, washers and dryers, air conditioners, refrigera-tors and freezers, photocopi-ers, smoke detectors, house-hold trash and dehumidifi-ers.

All products should be transported in original con-tainers. Do not consolidate them. Containers should be

sealed and not leaking.This collection is sponsored

by Austin County in conjunc-tion with Houston-Galveston Area Council and Texas Commiss ion on Environmental Quality. For further information call Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski’s office at (979) 865-5911.

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Sealy’s own Jason Guilbeau will be speaking at the Gordon Memorial Library Wednesday, March 28, to detail Stephen F. Austin’s early life and his journey to Texas.

Guilbeau has a degree in history and international affairs and plans to pursue a doctorate focusing on Texas history.

“I want to humanize Austin and find the truth of what went on here,” he said.

The free lecture is part of series of historical talks planned by the library and the Sealy Area Historical Society. A salad lunch and finger foods will also be available to enjoy during the talk.

Austin never intended to come to Texas and had set-tled into law in New Orleans. His father was the one who had worked out a

plan for the land being held by Mexico. Austin even wrote to his mother that he didn’t know what his dad was doing and worried that he’d ruin the family name, said Guilbeau.

Guilbeau has spent a lot of time researching Austin’s life. He’s read all of his let-

ters and has put together a detailed portrait that he plans to explain at his talk. One of the things Guilbeau said that struck him about Austin was that he was a man of contradictions.

Austin was a cosmopoli-tan, but ended up living most of his life on the fron-

tier. He also loved family, but spent most of his time away because of the com-mitment to Texas. He also loved companionship but he never married or spent a lot of time with friends.

Guilbeau will also explain fun details of Austin’s life; like that he once dated a woman who became the mother of Mary Todd Lincoln while he was in col-lege in Kentucky.

Guilbeau has had a brief career in politics, working at the state capitol, house administration office and U.S. state department, but now hopes to teach Texas history on a collegiate level. His personal research has given him a great apprecia-tion for Texas history and where he comes from, which he will share at the end of this month.

“It’s so sad that San Felipe isn’t more,” he said. “Especially for a state that’s had this much impact on history.”

County E-Scrap set for March 24

Historical luncheon to focus on Stephen F. Austin

The Sealy News/AMBER GONZALESJason Guilbeau stands in front of the Stephen F. Austin statue in San Felipe. He will speak on Austin at the Gordon Memorial Library's luncheon on March 28.

By AMBER GONZALESStaff Writer

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