This graphic came from a recent EPISD finance and administration committee meeting.
Ysleta actually has a higher tax rate than EPISD. YISD is at $1.455 per hundred while EPISD is at $1.31. However they have been lowering it over the past five years.
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Brutus
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As clarification please be aware that the former EPISD board of trustees president did not move out of the EPISD school district. He moved out of (or did not live in) the portion of the district that he was elected to serve.
This graphic comes from the EPISD web site and shows his district (6):
His homestead is on Isla del Rey which is in the upper left portion of the portion marked 018.
His home is evidently one block out of district 6 and is instead in district 7.
Were there people at the district that knew about this?
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Brutus
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The EPISD school board president just resigned.
He evidently told the Times that he no longer lives within the district.
From the district’s policy manual:
A person elected or appointed to serve as a board member must
remain a resident of the district throughout the term of office. A
board member who ceases to reside in the district vacates the office.
Tex. Const., Art. XVI, Sec. 14;
Prince v. Inman, 280 S.W.2d 779 (Tex. Civ. App.—Beaumont 1955, no writ);
Whitmarsh v. Buckley, 324 S.W.2d 298 (Tex. Civ. App.—Houston 1959, no writ)
It appears that the Texas constitution, Texas statutes, and local board policy make are clear.
When did the trustee move out of the district that he represented?
Did he participate in decisions that he had no right to be involved in?
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Brutus
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Take a look at the architect’s rendering of what the new fine arts building at El Paso High will look like:
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Brutus
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This slide came from a recent EPISD meeting:
Yep, the city is getting in our pocket books.
EPISD has been holding the line and I thank them.
Next year, however, will be another story. They will have to raise their interest and sinking funds rate to make up for the 10 cents the voters gave them in the penny swap election.
The chart shows the increases. What it fails to point out is that half of your property tax bill goes to the district.
We deserve better
Brutus
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