MARFA — The Marfa ISD Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Board Vice President Yolanda Jurado on Monday.
Jurado was serving in her third term as a school board member. Her most recent term began in May 2024, when she filed to keep her seat and was unopposed. Jurado’s seat, Place 3, is not up for election until May 2027, meaning an appointed board member will serve the remainder of that unexpired term.
Jurado did not attend Monday’s school board meeting where trustees accepted her resignation. She did not respond to a request for comment from The Big Bend Sentinel by press time.
Interim Superintendent Arturo Alferez said Jurado did not state a reason for stepping down in her letter of resignation to the school board, but expressed appreciation for fellow board members and district staff and her desire to resign effective immediately.
The school board will solicit letters of interest, detailing one’s interest in serving on the board, from the public in order to fill the vacant seat. Letters must be submitted in person at the superintendent’s office, located at 400 W Lincoln St., by 4 p.m. Friday, December 13. The vacancy will be filled at the board’s next meeting held at 6 p.m. December 16.
To be eligible, school board candidates must have resided in the state of Texas for the past 12 months and resided within Marfa ISD’s district boundaries for the past six months. Other requirements include being an eligible voter, a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older, and not having been declared mentally incapacitated or convicted of a felony.
The school board is currently made up of seven members — Teresa Nuñez, Lori Flores, Stela Fuentez, Rene Gonzales, Ruben Martinez, Paul Hunt and Interim Superintendent Arturo Alferez — who typically meet once a month. School board members serve three-year terms and are volunteers.
