CBS: Irving ISD administrator resigns after video sparks Texas Gov. Abbott to call for investigation
January 30, 2025
An Irving Independent School District administrator resigned this week after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for his firing.
In a social media post, Abbott called for both “criminal and civil investigations” against Irving ISD after a video surfaced that allegedly showed Reny Lizardo, the executive director of Campus Operations for Irving ISD, speaking to an undercover investigator for Accuracy in Media, a nonprofit conservative watchdog group.
This Irving ISD Administrator should be fired on the spot.
Both criminal & civil investigations must be taken against both the Administrator & Irving ISD.
Has Irving ISD and its employees been involved in a fraudulent breach of state laws & a cover up?
We must get the facts. https://t.co/G2w5guqezl
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 29, 2025
The video appeared to show Lizardo asking the woman, who claimed to be a mom, if she can legally change the gender on her child’s birth certificate so the male child can participate in female sports.
“I don’t know enough about it, is that possible?” Lizardo is heard on the video. “If you can get that done and you turn us a birth certificate that says this gender… that’s the gender we go with.”
At another point he appeared to say, “It’s not illegal if you don’t get caught, right?”
“Mr. Lizardo was more than happy to coach her on how to circumvent the law,” said Adam Guillette, the president of Accuracy in Media. “Then said, ‘If we get sued, we’ll just say this conversation never happened.'”
Guillette said the video was recorded in December. He said he returned to Irving ISD two weeks after that looking for answers.