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Socorro ISD failed to evaluate top administrators during teacher layoffs, district acknowledges
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (827+ words) When the Socorro Independent School District laid off 43 teachers in May 2025, one of the criteria used by the district's top administrators in choosing who to cut was the most recent performance appraisal. Superintendent James Vasquez, who was the key decision…...
El Paso ISD board votes to lay off 55 employees under financial exigency
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (1392+ words) Fifty-five El Paso Independent School District employees are losing their jobs after the board of trustees took a series of votes Monday to terminate their contracts for the 2026-27 school year. The vote was the final step needed to lay off…...
Facing budget crisis, YISD budget proposal spends down savings to near zero
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (1077+ words) As it falls deeper into a financial crisis, the Ysleta Independent School District is looking to deplete its savings next fiscal year while relying primarily on employee buyouts and attrition " rather than layoffs or a declaration of financial exigency " to…...
EPISD audit reveals years of "systemic breakdown" in employee evaluations for top officials
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1722+ words) In August 2025, less than two months after retiring as El Paso Independent School District superintendent, Diana Sayavedra emailed six members of her former cabinet and two other employees with an unusual request: create performance evaluations of their work for the…...
El Paso ISD has 2 school board vacancies. What happens next?
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (821+ words) The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees could soon decide how " or whether " to fill the two seats left vacant after two Westside trustees resigned late last week. Daniel Call and Valerie Ganelon Beals told El Paso Matters…...
El Paso ISD employees targeted for layoffs receive notices, union leaders warn against resigning voluntarily
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (984+ words) El Paso Independent School District employees have begun receiving notices informing them that their jobs are on the chopping block and have until Friday to resign if they prefer to do so " a move union leaders are warning against. Employees…...
Podcast: What's next for EPISD as it navigates layoffs, board turmoil and aging schools amid budget crisis?
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1869+ words) Diego Mendoza-Moyers: Today: How leaders of El Paso's largest school district are trying to put the district's broken finances back together after a budget blowup last month." The elected trustees overseeing El Paso Independent School District last week voted to…...
How much is the typical nursing graduate degree in El Paso? New loan caps spark concerns about future nursing workforce
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1737+ words) Lisa Ramos graduated last month from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Master of Science in Nursing degree. She chose the family nurse practitioner track because her dream has been to elevate the community's level of public…...
EPISD poised to cut more than 400 jobs, with women teachers likely to bear the brunt
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1194+ words) El Paso's largest school district is bracing for a massive overhaul and job loss Thursday, with the El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees set to declare financial exigency and begin a process to eliminate hundreds of jobs. The…...
We will right the ship: EPISD plans largest workforce reduction in county school district history amid budget crisis
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (1197+ words) If the El Paso Independent School District declares financial exigency and permits Superintendent Brian Lusk to cut hundreds of jobs in coming weeks, the district can move quickly to restore financial health, the school board was told Tuesday morning. The…...