Vincent Torres

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  Published on: 8/28/2009    Last Visited: 9/4/2009  

  Board Vice President Vince Torres lamented, "The Legislature did us no favors by passing a pay increase for some employees and not funding it for others."
  
  Defining "equity" led to a split in the board. Torres, who wanted to reduce the budgetary impact by not giving raises to well-paid administrators, argued that equity can't mean retaining current disparities, and trustee Sam Guzman noted, "3 percent to someone who makes $90,000 is very different to someone who makes $19,000.
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  Ultimately, the classified raise passed 9-0, while the administrators' pay hike was approved 7-0 (Torres and Guzman abstained).
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  • Vince Torres

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  Published on: 5/22/2008    Last Visited: 10/4/2008  

  AISD Board Vice President Vince Torres and Allison Principal Lupe Velasquez.

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  Published on: 9/5/2009    Last Visited: 9/5/2009  

  The board split over the administrators: Vice-President Vince Torres and Trustee Sam Guzman opposed giving them a pay raise and just wanted the cash to go to the district's lowest-paid classified staff.
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  They reconsidered the vote, passing it 9-0 on the second attempt, but Torres and Guzman abstained from the admin raise, leaving it unanimous at 7-0.
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  Torres clashed more vocally with Carstarphen over the proposal to take 500,000 out of campus budgets, relating to roll-over expenditures.

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  Published on: 11/7/2007    Last Visited: 12/24/2008  

  November 7, 2007 - Austin City Council Member Lee Leffingwell and other arealocal officials today joined Austin School Board members Vincent Torres and Cheryl Bradley and Austin Superintendent Pat Forgione to unveil the new plug-in hybrid school bus the school district recently purchased.
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  "Our willingness to test this bus for a year says we are committed to improving the quality of Austin's air, and it says we are committed to creating an environment that is safer and healthier for our students," said Trustee Vincent Torres, vice-president of the Austin School Board.

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  Published on: 5/27/2008    Last Visited: 5/30/2008  

  Williams was re-elected President; Trustee Vincent M. Torres, District 4, will again serve as Vice President, and Trustee Lori Moya, representing District 6, was elected the Board's new Secretary.

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  Published on: 3/27/2009    Last Visited: 3/27/2009  

  After a brief introduction by board President Mark Williams, Carstarphen was nominated by board secretary and District 6 trustee Lori Moya, seconded by Vice President Vince Torres, and elected by a unanimous show of hands.

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  Published on: 6/25/2007    Last Visited: 12/24/2008  

  Board Vice President Vincent M. Torres announced that the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) has named Austin School Superintendent Pat Forgione as Superintendent of the Year for Region XIII, the Central Texas area representing 59 school districts in 16 counties.
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  "On behalf of my colleagues on the Board, I extend our congratulations to Dr. Forgione on this first important step," Vice President Torres said.

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  Published on: 5/4/2007    Last Visited: 5/14/2007  

  Larry Najvar of Edward Jones Investments, AISD Trustee Vince Torres, and TCEF Founder John Blazier

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  Published on: 9/13/2007    Last Visited: 9/13/2007  

  2006 Summer Governance Seminar attendee Vincent Torres, board member from Austin ISD, discusses seminar topics.

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  Published on: 11/7/2007    Last Visited: 5/17/2009  

  Austin, T.X. (November 7, 2007) - Austin City Council Member Lee Leffingwell and other local officials today joined Austin School Board members Vincent Torres and Cheryl Bradley and Austin Superintendent Pat Forgione to unveil the new plug-in hybrid school bus the school district recently purchased.
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  "Our willingness to test this bus for a year says we are committed to improving the quality of Austin's air, and it says we are committed to creating an environment that is safer and healthier for our students," said Trustee Vincent Torres, vice-president of the Austin School Board.

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