Hearing Office

The Hearing Office is located behind Building 200, Parking Lot H. This office serves as a support to students, parents, and campuses in the area of student discipline. 

Purpose

The purpose of the Southwest ISD Hearing Office is to ensure a fair and impartial platform when considering student disciplinary concerns and possible changes in placement. 

Dr. Yolanda Hernández-Segura
SWISD District Hearing Officer

Dr. Yolanda Hernández-Segura is the Hearing Officer for Southwest Independent School District. She is responsible for conducting discipline hearings for students who have violated the District Student Code of Conduct. She is also responsible for the District’s Non-Traditional enrollments. In her 34 years of service, Dr. Y. Hernández-Segura has held various administrative and teaching positions at Southwest ISD as well as in our area community college. Dr. Y. Hernández-Segura joined Southwest ISD in 1995 as an ELAR teacher teaching Freshman to Senior grade levels. Prior to that, Dr. Y.Hernández-Segura worked for Laredo ISD from 1988 to 1994 as a bilingual and English teacher. Dr. Y. Hernández-Segura earned an Associate of Arts in 1987 from Laredo Jr. College. Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from Laredo State University; Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in 1990 from Laredo State University; Masters of Arts in English in 1992 from Texas A&M International University and her Doctor of Education in Education Leadership in 2015 from Texas A&M University – Kingsville.

Maggie Reyes
SWISD Hearing Office Clerk
Maggie Reyes is the Hearing Office Clerk for the Southwest Independent School District. Maggie Reyes has been the Hearing Office Clerk for the past 14 years. She is responsible for setting daily hearing/enrollment appointments. She creates information files for each session by requesting documentation from parents
and other districts/facilities to include our own SWISD campuses.
She works closely with her other SWISD campus clerks to accomplish the enrollment of students in their home campus / DAEP placements. Prior to her current position, she worked as an office clerk[s] supervisor with Fiserv Corporation.