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Cone family seeks to continue attacks on SBISD from seat on Board

Hello readers, we are approaching our five year anniversary of reporting on major events in SBISD. As promised, we only contact you when there is an actionable step you can take to prevent harm to Spring Branch ISD. With another school board election approaching next week, we write to update you on a pressing threat to the well-being of SBISD: Sally Cone, wife of the notorious Matt Cone, is seeking election to the SBISD Board of Trustees. For two years, the Cone family has

Apr 19

Ted Tredennick, Courtney Anderson emerge as best choices to lead SBISD at CPTA candidate forum

Last Thursday, April 2nd, the Council of PTA’s held its annual forum for candidates seeking election to the SBISD Board of Trustees. Ted Tredennick, running for the open Position Two seat, distinguished himself from his opponents with his sincere and thoughtful responses to audience questions. Throughout the one-hour forum, Mr. Tredennick reached out to the broad Spring Branch community, noting that whether voters have children in SBISD or not, they have a vested interest in

Apr 6

Court rules against district in Elizondo vs. SBISD

Earlier today, in the matter of Elizondo vs. SBISD, the US District Court ruled in favor of the Plaintiff, Virginia Elizondo, finding...

Apr 28, 2025

Matthew Cone stole $150,000 in diesel fuel from various suppliers, court records reveal

Civil court records from multiple jurisdictions in southeast Texas show that Matt Cone stole nearly $150,000 worth of diesel fuel delivered to him by at least three distinct fuel suppliers from Summer 2011 through Fall of 2013. Over that time, Mr. Cone established a pattern of behavior whereby: He would open an account with a supplier of diesel fuel, then He would have as much diesel fuel as possible delivered to him in a 10 to 60 day window, before invoices came due, then He

Apr 20, 2024

Matt Cone “Turns and Burns” former employer; gets sued for tortious interference

Yesterday, we updated you on the 2016 permanent injunction EE systems was awarded by a Judge against Matt Cone for his breach of fiduciary duty as an employee of EE Systems. Today, we fast forward 3 years to the second lawsuit EE Systems filed against its “former disgruntled employee” Matt Cone, this time for tortious interference with their business dealings. The Judge’s 2016 injunction against Matt Cone prevented him from engaging in business activity in thirty-one counties

Apr 16, 2024

Breach of duty and broken trust by Matt Cone causes Judge to restrain and enjoin him in 2016 lawsuit

Matthew T. Cone breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty to his employer in 2016 and was restrained and enjoined by the court for doing so, court filings show. These actions by Mr. Cone constitute another disqualifying set of behaviors for a potential member of the SBISD Board of Trustees. Earlier this month, Save SBISD uncovered unseemly financial practices by Mr. Cone in 2021, wherein he defrauded a lender by selling heavy equipment to a third party that he had pledged as col

Apr 15, 2024

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Cone family seeks to continue attacks on SBISD from seat on Board

Ted Tredennick, Courtney Anderson emerge as best choices to lead SBISD at CPTA candidate forum

On Friday, June 18, 2021, the Spring Branch Independent School District was sued in federal court by Virginia Elizondo, a past candidate for the SBISD Board of Trustees. Ms. Elizondo is seeking an immediate change to the system by which SBISD elects its Board of Trustees. You can read the filing here.

Ms. Elizondo is calling for the creation of "Single-Member Districts" or SMD's within SBISD. Creation of SMD's would disenfranchise almost 80,000 voters in SBISD because they would no longer be able to cast a vote for each candidate on the school board. In fact, some years they may not be allowed to vote at all.

Ms. Elizondo is calling for SBISD to suffer under the same governance structure as the failed Houston Independent School District (HISD). Sadly, HISD is a district which has been unable to select a superintendent for the last three years and is on the brink of being taken over by the State. HISD is not a district we should model ourselves after in any way whatsoever.

Save SBISD has been organized by a group of stakeholders who live, work, teach, own property or attend school in SBISD. Our purpose is:

To keep you updated on potential changes to SBISD governance,
To support Spring Branch ISD and its Trustees in this fight, and,
To provide you with actionable steps you can take to help prevent disenfranchisement.

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