This item from the December 17, 2013 El Paso Independent School District board book contemplates setting up a task force to make recommendations about the dual language program.
Each member of the board of managers would appoint two task force members from the community.
The task force would be in existence from January 1, 2014 through February 18, 2014.
The task force would be charged with these tasks:
- To identify and describe successful Dual Language models for the program design with associated costs
- To propose a timeline of district wide program implementation
- To recommend a plan for community and parental support of the program
Wow!
These civilians will drop what they are doing and in the period of 49 days find programs that have worked elsewhere, figure out what to do, determine how much it will cost, recommend a timeline for implementation, and figure out how to get the parents and community to support the new plan.
I don’t see how they can do this. If on the other hand the community task force is being appointed to rubber stamp a plan that staff has already been developed, I can see that they might be able to do this in 49 days.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Anothere reason it should be educators at the helm … not these people!
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I believe in community service, but I have no interest in working for free for an organization whose top executive is making hundreds of thousands of dollars and who has a “cabinet” loaded with people also pulling in big salaries. With EPISD’s huge administrative staff and payroll, they have the resources to do this work themselves. As Mamboman also commented, this specific project requires professional educators. This looks and smells like a community relations sham. Pay your taxes …. then work for free for the people who are taking your tax dollars. Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
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In addition to paying excessive taxes to pay EPISD’s payroll, we are also paying unfair traffic citations. The EPISD’s police officers have failed to protect the safety of our children, specially of deaf children. Just compare the streets surrounding Loretto Academy to EPISD’s Hillside Elementary School. For the last 19 months, the intersection of Montana and Radford St. has been missing one of two signs and the white lines which indicate the beginning of the school zone. There are also no speed limit signs protecting the front entrance of Hillside Elementary. It would be very helpful for drivers to know at this particular intersection when the school is in session . Many citations were issued at this intersection the week of Easter when all the other school districts were out on break.
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