SAN ANTONIO Dina Serranos decision to not resign from the Edgewood Independent School District board of trustees after sharing a controversial picture on Facebook late last month has cost her district a partnership with a prestigious student-mentorship program, public records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders confirm. (KSAT)Emails handed over to the Defenders following a records request show that donors have pulled their support for the West Side district following Serranos post. Long said in recent years he has donated time and helped get school supplies for the district. Guide Right ProgramSerranos post and her subsequent refusal to resign caused leadership of a historically Black fraternity to back out of a budding partnership with the district to mentor students. Seay told the Defenders via telephone last week his group had been working to form a partnership with EISDs middle schools for a couple of years.

Five attendees who addressed Serrano in person all admonished her for the post, which came during a time of continued civil unrest throughout much of the United States. Its just unacceptable, said 88-year-old Dorothy Collins, a barrier-breaking educator who worked for Edgewood ISD for 38 years. After going into executive session for about an hour, trustees reconvened and read a resolution condemning Serranos actions. Castilla and the Bexar County District Attorney said the board did not have the power to remove Serrano from the board outright. I was elected by my community, so I am going to stay on the board, said Serrano as she left the meeting Monday afternoon.

The weekend post on Serranos Facebook page included the photo as well as the caption that read: Happy Fathers Day Babe! I am extremely disappointed by the poor judgment demonstrated by a member of the Edgewood ISD School Board. The EISD School Board will not overlook any type of behavior that is considered offensive. This does not reflect the Edgewood ISD Board of Trustees nor the Edgewood Independent School District. I sincerely apologize to Edgewood ISD, family, friends, supporters and my tight knit community for my poor judgement in choosing to post a 2015 Arizona family vacation photo on Facebook, Serrano wrote.

SAN ANTONIO – A trustee with the Edgewood Independent School District is accused of making a Facebook post over the weekend in which a man was pictured with his head in a noose and two children pulling on the other end of the rope. I am sorry.”Edgewood ISD Trustee Dina Serrano. “I am extremely disappointed by the poor judgment demonstrated by a member of the Edgewood ISD School Board. “The EISD School Board will not overlook any type of behavior that is considered offensive. This does not reflect the Edgewood ISD Board of Trustees nor the Edgewood Independent School District.