{"id":165622,"date":"2025-08-22T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/165622\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T04:57:11","slug":"parents-speak-out-after-woman-arrested-at-edgewood-isd-board-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/165622\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents speak out after woman arrested at Edgewood ISD board meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Edgewood ISD parents and community members held a press conference at the Alamo Colleges Westside Education & Training Center on Thursday, two days after a woman was arrested at a board meeting for exceeding her allotted time to talk.<\/p>\n

According to a news advisory, parents and the MindShiftED Parent Institute will \u201cdeliver the testimonies they were denied at Tuesday\u2019s school board meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Edgewood ISD police arrested Maribel Gardea,<\/a> the executive director of MindShiftED Parent Institute, after she spoke past her allotted time during public comments, according to footage<\/a> from the meeting.<\/p>\n

She was charged with criminal trespass, resisting arrest and interrupting a meeting or procession, records show.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents were cut short, excluded from the speaking list, and intimidated when they attempted to raise concerns. The press conference will highlight these injustices and uplift the voices of families determined to be heard,\u201d the advisory states.<\/p>\n

In a statement to KSAT, Edgewood ISD Superintendent Eduardo Hern\u00e1ndez said, in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe individual\u2019s actions were not in alignment with the EISD Board Operations Procedures and Code of Ethics, necessitating their removal. To ensure productive dialogue, we ask all participants to adhere to the established procedures and decorum that guide our board meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Telemundo spoke to Gardea<\/a> when she left the Bexar County jail on Wednesday. She spoke in Spanish during that interview, which KSAT translated a small part of:<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted parents to feel comfortable to voice their opinions, and then this happens,\u201d she said. \u201cA district that tries to silence the voices of families is criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n

MindShiftED is calling for three things from Edgewood ISD:<\/p>\n