EPISD–Burnett Elementary

January 25, 2018

According to an article in The El Paso Times the EPISD board of trustees voted to close Burnett Elementary in a board meeting the other day.

Not being familiar with the situation we don’t know if that is a good idea or not.

We do have a question about the process however.

Did the district inform the public about their intention to close the school?

We deserve better

Brutus

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EPISD–purchasing failures

January 19, 2018

The EPISD mess over bond program contracts appears to be deeper than we have been led to think.

This slide is part of a presentation to the district’s internal audit committee:

The top item was an audit of a request for quotations process for bond program management advisory services.  Was the process conducted fairly?  Was it done according to the rules?

The internal auditors had estimated that it would take 590 hours to review the process and issue a report.  The slide shows that thus far the auditors have spent 1,771 hours.  The auditors issued their report back in November and are waiting for “administration” to approve their recommended corrective action plan according to this slide:

We do know that the district has cancelled the procurement.

The draft report will make for interesting reading.

Will people be held responsible for this?

We deserve better

Brutus

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EPISD–something is in the air

January 15, 2018

Word on the street is that the Tuesday, January 16, 2018 EPISD board of trustees meeting (or special meeting–they will have both) will be heated.

Fireworks may be a better term.

We deserve better

Brutus

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EPISD–payments

January 12, 2018
This came in from a reader: 
 
Checks written by the EPISD to Temple Mount Sinai.  These checks were supposed to be paying for a rental room at the Temple for EPISD staff development.  From Check register EPISD web site.
 
Question:  Why in the world would the EPISD need to rent a room, they have more space than they could ever use.
 
1030032
5/17/2013
Temple Mount Sinai
$2,000.00
1045010
5/22/2014
Temple Mount Sinai
$2,000.00
1057980
6/5/2015
Temple Mount Sinai
$2,000.00
1071214
5/26/2016
Temple Mount Sinai
$2,000.00
1084642
5/12/2017
Temple Mount Sinai
$2,000.00
Paper Check

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Brutus

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EPISD–public facility corporation

January 9, 2018

These minutes from the EPISD administrative public facility corporation show that the district still intends to use the corporation to build the new central office:

The public facility corporation was created by the board of managers which was then headed by our current mayor.

Don’t worry about the cost–we can’t do anything about it.  The corporation has the power to issue bonds without voter approval.

If you are curious about the “summary of the project” that was presented, don’t bother to look.  The district does not post the agenda material for this special group’s meetings.

We deserve better

Brutus

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