(Seguin) — Just days after the announcement of Albert Muñoz as the new principal of Seguin High School, the Seguin ISD is addressing concerns over a resurfaced online post connected to a legal matter from 2014.
The district released a statement this week confirming that it was made aware of a repost circulating on social media that referenced an incident involving Muñoz, then a coach at Clemens High School in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD. The incident, which took place nearly 11 years ago, reportedly involved Muñoz’s arrest “for engaging in sexual activity with an adult woman in a van parked at Olmos Basin Park in San Antonio.”
According to news reports at the time, Muñoz was taken into custody — but he was never formally charged with a crime. Officials added that the case “did not proceed with prosecution.”
In a prepared statement to KWED, the Seguin ISD emphasized that Muñoz passed both state and federal background checks — a standard requirement it says is for all district hires.
“Seguin ISD has learned about a recent repost of 10-year-old information regarding one of our recent hires. We want to be clear about our process during hiring: this person passed a rigorous state and federal background check, as do all new hires in Seguin ISD. In an abundance of caution, when these reposts were brought to our attention, we took additional time to review the legal record again, and no record was found. Given that, all evidence indicates that the matter was closed without being pursued further.”
District officials have highlighted his two decades of experience in education, most recently as associate principal at John Jay High School in San Antonio. He has also worked at Stevens and O’Connor high schools in the Northside ISD, and previously in the Dilley ISD.
Muñoz’s appointment, as Seguin High School principal, was approved by the Seguin ISD Board of Trustees last week. His first day on the job is June 2.