Campus ban for PSJA board member lifted, attorney says

The lawsuit between PSJA ISD board member Cynthia Gutierrez and her colleagues and the district’s superintendent has taken a new turn.

On Wednesday, a judge ordered that a censure that physically banned her from district property be lifted. That censure also required her to appear at board meetings via video-conferencing.

Shortly after that ruling, legal counsel for PSJA notified the court that it would appeal the ruling. Those lawyers also contend that the physical ban is not lifted.

The school board, superintendent and their employees are now restrained from enforcing or attempting to enforce any ban, exclusion or prohibition against Gutiérrez’s physical presence on school district property and at public events for two years, according to the judge’s order.

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