Administrative Team

Virtual Academy Administration 

Principal: Maribel Valdez
Dean of Instruction: Itzahamara Moses


District Administration 

Superintendent: Marco Antonio Lara, Jr., Ed.D.
Deputy Superintendent: Efrain Garza
Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations: Marla R. Knaub
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources: Lissa Frausto, MBA, SPHR
Executive Director for Student Support: Marcos L. Flores, M.Ed.
Executive Director for Special Programs: Brenda De La Garza, Ed.D.
Chief Academic Officer: Nereyda Treviño, Ed.D.
Chief of Security Operations: Steven Cortez
Administrator for Public Relations & Marketing: Amanda Odom

Important Invitation to Parents: Project iGuardian presentation by Homeland Security Investigations

Join us on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 5:30-7:30 pm, at the STISD Administration Building in Mercedes, for a Project iGuardian presentation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The presentation will cover tactics used by adult predators online, the information devices give away, and the newest apps, online games and social networks children are using.

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Parent Invitation: Session 1 of Emergent Bilingual Parent Institute Series is on Thursday, Oct. 31

STISD will host the first session of its Emergent Bilingual Parent Institute Series on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 9 am at STISD Preparatory Academy in Edinburg.

This is a great opportunity for parents of language learners to come learn how to support their children's linguistic, cognitive and social emotional development at home.

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