EPISD situation

May 1, 2019

A loyal reader with sent this in:

EPISD has decided on a course of action this year for the high schools that is bound to have an impact.  In past years, high school students during final exams (EOC finals) have been able to come in, review, and then leave if they were exempt from the exam (90 or better). If they had to take the final, they could leave as soon as they finished. Leave as in leave school. EPISD decided to keep all students in their classes this year, but not tell them that the finals process and procedures had changed until the day of the finals.  Keeping this info from students is really dumb, but keeping it from parents is inexcusable.  And making a change this late just confirms they are a district without a plan.

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While not earth shattering it does seem strange that they would do this at the last minute.

Many of the EPISD employees have told me stories recently about EPISD officials that are dictatorial and turn vengeful when confronted.

We deserve better

Brutus


Pay attention to the EPISD board of trustees election

April 30, 2019

Jaime Abeytia makes an interesting observation in this blog piece on the Lion Star Blog.

If you live on the west side of El Paso and intend to vote in the EPISD election I suggest that you read it.

We deserve better

Brutus


EPISD under attack by the US department of education?

April 28, 2019

One of our readers sent this in:

DeVos Funnels $116 Million to Open 20 Charter Schools in El Paso, Which Will Devastate Public Schools

The blog post discusses feral funding of charter schools in El Paso.

We deserve better

Brutus


Do you like your child’s teacher?

April 24, 2019

The other side of the teacher’s union mailer the other day looked like this:

Their five questions are not the ones that I would focus on.

We deserve better

Brutus


This may be legal, but is it right?

April 22, 2019

Will someone please explain to me how an EPISD board member can have his organization participate in a one million dollar project with EPISD?

This has not passed yet but will be back on an agenda soon.

Mr. Velarde is both a board member and the executive director of the company that they propose doing business with.

We deserve better

Brutus