News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 2000 Page: 2 of 18
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Page 2 News Bulletin Thursday, April 20, 2000
School says coach resigned voluntarily
Tom Carlucci violate student privacy, right hand as if he were going said no.”
Staff Writer An attorney general ruling to hit me and then dropped it.” According to statements by
The March resignation of a dated April 5 forced the school Markgraf stated he put his both the student and Markgraf,
high school coach was not to release notes and memos hands on the boy’s chest and Coach Kerry Overmiller was
requested, school officials said, from the in-house investiga- told him “You better watch present at the beginning of the
although the teacher had tion. Identifying details about what you say.” Markgraf’s incident, but left the room,
recently been reprimanded for the student were censored. statement continues by saying On Jan. 18 at 4 p.m., Moore
an altercation with a student. Statements from district Markgraf slowly pushed the met with Patterson and
Medina Valley officials about the incident and student backwards. At that Assistant Principal Gilbert
Superintendent Willard Murrey subsequent in-house investi-
placed science teacher and gation into exactly what tran-
football coach Tim Markgraf on spired are somewhat contra-
administrative leave with pay dictory.
in a letter dated Jan. 22. He
Markgraf says in his state-
point, Markgraf asserts he left
the room.
Athletic Director Jay
Patterson’s statement about a
meeting on Jan. 17 at 8 a.m.
cited “allegations of potential ment that he and the student between himself, high school
misconduct” pending the out- were in a casual conversation principal Dr. Matilda Moore,
come of the district’s investiga- about deer hunting and jerky, and Markgraf contradicts a
tion into a Jan. 14 incident The conversation turned to statement written by Dr.
between Markgraf and a stu- football. Markgraf compared Moore about the same meet-
dent.
Markgraf tendered his resig-
nation March 8, and it
becomes effective May 26,
2000.
School officials refused to
’comment on the incident
shortly after Markgraf was
placed on administrative
leave, saying comment would
the student’s injuries to his ing.
own. The student then said,
“You better watch it, Coach. I’m
in the prime of my life right
now. I can take you out with
one shot.”
“I stood up and told him to
In his statement, Patterson
Morales. Moore wrote in her
statement, “Coach Patterson
and Gilbert Morales both indi-
cated to me they felt (the boy’s
father) would not be satisfied
unless serious measures were
taken.”
“Mr. Markgraf was not
asked for his resignation,” said
Murrey. “I issued a letter of
reprimand and counsel. I also
spoke to him about how pro-
says Markgraf said he pointed fessional educators should
to his chin and told the stu-
dent to give it his best shot.
However, Dr. Moore’s state-
ment reads, “I asked if he had
conduct themelves.”
Markgraf has been
an
go for it,” according to pointed at his chin and said
employee of the district four
years and, according to
Murrey, this is the first incident
Markgraf’s statement. Markgraf something like go ahead, take involving Markgraf.
says the student “raised his your best shot. Coach Markgraf
Summer academic programs offer more than remedial help
Academic programs offered at
Medina Valley campuses:
: High School
: June 5 - July 13 8 a.m. - 12:30
: p.m. Monday - Friday (Available to
- students from surrounding dis-
T tricts with approval from home dis-
trict and MVISD) Fee: 1/2 Unit
Course $70. One Unit Course
$140, Late registration fee, $25.
Out of district students 1/2 Unit
A Course $90, One Unit Course,
, $180, Late fee $25. Geometry
Honors $180 for 1 unit.
Courses for credit:
-Public Speaking -1/2 unit
-Health -1/2 unit
-Geometry Honors -1 unit
Remediation courses:
5 -English I, II, III, IV
-U.S. History, World History,
-Health, Keyboarding
-TAAS Remediation
High School
TAAS
Remediation Classes -
June 19 - July 10
-Math
-Writing
-Reading
Registration will be available at
central office 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
For more information contact
Teresa Haby at (830) 931-2243
ext. 190 or School Counselor.
CREDIT BY EXAM
Credit by exam will be offered
for Health and Keyboarding. Both
of these are 1/2 credits. Materials
may be picked up, with $35 book
deposit, from the high school
counselors during the last week of SUMMER ACADEMY
school. There will be two test June 5 - July 13 8 a.m. - 12:30
dates: June 16 and June 30. For p.m. Monday - Friday
more information please contact: Medina Valley Intermediate
Teresa Haby at (830) 931-2243 School
ext. 190 or Mary McMullen (830) For more information please
931-2514 ext. 120. contact Teresa Haby at (830) 93-
K-8 OPTIONAL EXTENDED 2243 ext. 190 or Debbie Knight at
YEAR SUMMER SCHOOL (830) 985-3421.
June 5 - June 30 8 a.m. 12:30 SUMMER MIGRANT PRO-
p.m. Monday - Friday JECT
Medina Valley Intermediate June 5 - July 13 8 a.m. - 12:30
*By invitation only. p.m. Monday - Friday
For more information please Medina Valley Intermediate
contact Teresa Haby at (830) 931- School
2243 ext. 190 or Debbie Knight at
(830) 985-3421.
BILINGUAL/ESL
KEEPING THE BEAT
Members of
the Medina
Valley Junior
High School
Symphonic
Band practice
in the after-
noon. The
Symphonic
Band recently
won an excel-
lent rating in
both concert
performance
and sight
reading dur-
ing
the
University
Interscholasti
c League
competition.
(Photo by
Tom
Carlucci)
i World Geography
-Economics/Government
-Math Models, Algebra
Algebra II, Geometry
-IPC, Biology
1,
Happy Birthday Dad
But, most of all, thank
you for all you did for us .
(and did without for us). "
We hope we can be at y
least half as good
Gun Club
Saturdays
April 22, 2000
The
Countrymen
Dance 8:30 pm - 12:30 am
Admission
$5 per person
(Under 13 FREE)
parents as you were and
are, but dream to go
even farther with our
kids. Thank you for your
expression of inexhaust-
ible love for us, Frank
and Gina, and all of
humanity. We look
forward to your emails
and your next visit in
4
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) person. We always feel 2
3 your presence. Joseph, 0
A Carmen, Brittany, )
M Brianna, and Mikaella .
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When: Friday, April 21,7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 22,7:00 p.m.
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Nursery to 4 yrs. will be provided. For more information, call (830) 709-0900.
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Children’s Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday April 22nd. 9 A.M. -12 Noon
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**Free breakfast and lunch will
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Next week: Complete listing of
Medina Valley summer camps.
| Band Director Dora Jean Roberson (center) plays the
French Horn with students in the Medina Valley Junior High
School Honor Band. The Honor Band won the University
Interscholastic League Sweepstakes Award for superior per-
formance in sight reading and- concert. (Photo by Tom
Carlucci)
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Barnes, Thomas. News Bulletin (Castroville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 2000, newspaper, April 20, 2000; Castroville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1689349/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Castroville Public Library.