Over an 8-month span, Wimberley ISD spent nearly $100,000 in their fight over the logo of Wimberley High School parents altered to include a Pride flag in the background, according to public records.
In a public records request CBS Austin submitted, the school district spent $99,428.74 in lawyers’ fees between September 21,2019, and May 20, 2020. The altered logo debuted on September 21 during Wimberley’s first ever LGBTQ+ Pride Parade, and the Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees held their grievance hearing with the ACLU and parent who filed the grievance on May 20.
These lawyers fees included responses to open records requests, work involved for the grievance hearings, and trademark registration.
Cynthia Millonzi does not have a child who attends a Wimberley ISD school, but said she is frustrated with how the district spent her taxpayer dollars for nearly a year.
“It could have been spent on programs in the school, mental health programs, diversity programs, teachers, a whole lot of other things $100,000 could have gone to,” Millonzi said. “It makes me sad that the school district would take up a fight against equality, and take such a hard line that they would be willing to spend that kind of money against members of their own community.”
CBS Austin reached out to Wimberley ISD for comment on these costs, but a spokesman said they do not have additional statements or comments.
