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. 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." ccisd documents stated that saavedra had reimbursed the district with $186.43. some trustees said that they were with saavedra when he purchased the alcohol. three trustees said that they lost confidence in saavedra, while other trustees said that they did not lose confidence. by april 4, 2000 the school board did not vote on whether to fire saavedra. on may 18, 2000, a jury acquitted saavedra and he paid a 100 united states dollar fine.