[1] Saavedra became the superintendent of Corpus Christi Independent School District and he held that position from 1993 to 2000 for a total of seven years.
[1] At one point authorities filed charged against Saavedra, accusing him of tampering with government documentation and theft by a public servant; the authorities accused him of labeling 344 United States dollars-worth of alcohol purchases with a CCISD-issued American Express credit card as a purchase of "meals."
[1] When Houston Independent School District interim superintendent Kaye Stripling retired in August 2004 Saavedra took her position.
Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly stated that Saavedra "was nothing if not cautious and reserved and accomplished little more than serving as Houston’s first Hispanic superintendent.
[6] Citing the political and interest group pressures on school superintendents, Swartz added "To be fair, Saavedra may not have been able to do much more.
The then-Palacios Independent School District (PISD) superintendent, Alexandro Flores, replaced him.