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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55 • Number 240 830 • 379 • 2234
Guadalupe County appoints new Seguin ISD to delay return County Court-at-law Judge from Winter Break to Jan. 11 review of candidates.
Kirsten Legore By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
“We’ve gone through a process of getting applicants, interested individuals to submit their applications, questionnaires. We reviewed those and selected a handful of applicants and attorneys to interview. We’ve gone through the interviews so what we did, went back into executive session, had further conversations,” said Kutscher. “I think we had a situation where we had nine interested candidates and interviewed five -- people that have all been involved and active in our community, experienced and all of them could have done the job. I really do appreciate their commitment to the community and their willingness to serve. It’s a difficult position for the court to be in. This doesn’t happen very often. One that we took extremely serious and again, just want to say thank you to the applicants that did take the time to show their interest,” said Kutscher.
(Seguin) -- The Guadalupe County Commissioners Court has appointed a new County Court at Law Judge #2. After interviewing and deliberating its list of candidates behind closed doors, the court on Tuesday reconvened in open session to appoint Kirsten Legore to the unexpired term of current Judge Frank Follis who has chosen to retire. Kutscher says ultimately, it was Legore’s diversity in experience Guadalupe County Judge Kyle that led to her selection. Kutscher says the appointment was made after a very thorough “It includes being right over
20 years of legal experience being an attorney. She was an administrative law judge with the Texas Youth Commission specializing in juvenile cases. She had been a prosecutor with the county attorney’s office as an assistant county attorney, adjunct professor, community member that has been very involved and also, she’s been working for the Seguin ISD, school district dealing with a lot of different issues from potential lawsuits with the district but also individual issues with family, protective orders, truancy just a wide array of issues and situations. So overall, Mrs. Legore stood out to us as somebody that had a very diverse background, who had experience in understanding in many different areas. She also is the type of person that is very approachable and personable, that is able to work with just about anybody but at the same time, Mrs. Legore is strong enough to being able make those critical and difficult situations which is ultimately why I think the majority of the court selected Mrs. Legore,” said Kutscher.
Winter Break EXTENSION (Seguin) -- In an effort to quell COVID related cases and quarantines, Seguin ISD students will get an extended winter break, returning to school on Jan. 11. The extra days come with an urgent request from Seguin ISD Superintendent Dr. Matthew Gutierrez. “In order to help slow the spread of COVID within our community, I am asking that our students and staff self-quarantine from Jan. 1-10 and closely monitor their health. We have seen an increase in cases and hospitalizations following Thanksgiving and my goal is to help reverse this trend as we begin the new year. The extended holiday break is designed to create a buffer between Christmas and the first day of school,” said Gutierrez.
Extended family gatherings and COVID See JUDGE page 3 fatigue have contributed to a slight increase
in Seguin ISD’s confirmed COVID cases and quarantines during the month of December. Delaying the first day to Jan. 11 will allow families to evaluate the health and wellness of members who may be exposed to the virus over the holiday. “The health of our students and staff is paramount for us to keep our schools open for face-to-face learning. Ultimately, this is our goal. In order to accomplish this for our community, I encourage our families to keep tabs on their health and get tested during the break if necessary. Anyone exhibiting COVID related symptoms should not return to school or work until cleared by a physician,” said Gutierrez. District employees will return to work on Jan. 7-8 to prepare for the students’ return on Jan. 11. “Our students and employees have done a tremendous job this fall. By following health protocols at the campus level, our schools have been safe learning environments. We want to continue this trend into the new year. My wish is that our Matador family has a blessed and restful holiday season with safety as a priority,” said Gutierrez. Seguin ISD COVID statistics are posted online at www.seguin.k12.tx.us/page/ covid19.stats.