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Podcast: How UTEP athletes are cashing in and the school’s hustle to keep up in NIL era

1 day ago | elpasomatters.org | Diego Mendoza-Moyers

Don’t miss a podcast. Get new episodes and trusted local reporting from El Paso Matters—straight to your inbox. Sign up for our newsletter now. 💙Your support fuels this podcast. Help us bring more podcasts to life. Donate Today Diego Mendoza-Moyers: Earlier this month, the world of college athletics changed forever.
Ysleta ISD approves budget deficit, employee pay raises, depletes reserves

2 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

The Ysleta Independent School District adopted a budget that spends more money than it takes in for a fourth year in a row, which would deplete much of the district’s reserves and leave it at the precipice of financial collapse. The YISD school board voted 4-3 to approve a $420.2 million budget with a $22.2million deficit for the coming school year.
Canutillo ISD adopts balanced budget after expense cuts and state funding boost

3 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

The Canutillo Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 5-1 Wednesday to approve a balanced $65.8 million budget for the coming school year, after it cut costs and Texas lawmakers approved a public school funding boost under House Bill 2. It is the first time Canutillo ISD’s budgeted expenses have not exceeded its revenue in four years. Sergio Martinez was the lone trustee who voted against the budget. Trustee Cindy Zuniga was absent.
SISD board names James Vasquez as sole superintendent finalist, discusses budget- El Paso Matters

3 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

The Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees named James Vasquez, who serves as acting superintendent, as the sole finalist to be the district’s next superintendent Tuesday. The board voted unanimously to name Vasquez as the lone finalist for the job, before moving on to discuss whether it would approve a budget with expenses that don’t exceed its revenue for the first time since 2015.
Equity audit finds EPISD has work to do on disparities despite strides, Familias Unidas questions report’s ‘fidelity’

4 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

Although it has made some strides, the El Paso Independent School District still has work to do on addressing disparities and inconsistencies throughout its campuses and improving school climate for certain groups of students, according to an Equity Assessment Audit meant to identify potential barriers to student success.
El Paso is getting less water from the Rio Grande this year. What does that mean for the city’s water supply?

6 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Diego Mendoza-Moyers

The Rio Grande is bringing water into El Paso only from early June through August this year, a short river season that will leave El Paso Water more reliant on pumping the region’s aquifers to meet the city’s demand for water.
In our latest podcast, we talk Jake Fette, the NIL – and who we think are among the city’s best football players ever

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Diego Mendoza-Moyers

Don’t miss a podcast. Get new episodes and trusted local reporting from El Paso Matters—straight to your inbox. Sign up for our newsletter now. 💙Your support fuels this podcast. Help us bring more podcasts to life. Donate Today Diego Mendoza-Moyers: In a new era of college athletics, where athletes at powerhouse programs are staring at bigger paydays – and higher expectations – than ever before, El Paso has its own star.
EPISD board adopts $6 million deficit budget, approves pay raises

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

Despite boosts in state funding approved by the Texas Legislature under House Bill 2, the El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted a budget with a deficit Tuesday – the second time in two years expenditures are expected to surpass revenues. The board unanimously adopted a $541.2 million budget with a $6 million deficit for the 2025-26 school year. Trustees Daniel Call and Valerie Ganelon Beals were absent.
South El Paso’s Lydia Patterson fears student visa pause will disrupt enrollment

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Cindy Ramirez

They call it the Elephant Walk – the last time students in the Class of 2025 at Lydia Patterson Institute crossed the Stanton Street International Bridge from Ciudad Juárez into El Paso and trekked about a mile to their school in Segundo Barrio. That was May 23, when they donned their maroon graduation gowns and waved at passersby honking and giving them thumbs up. Student mariachis greeted them at the entrance of “La Lydia,” as the school is affectionately known.
City manager, attorney, auditor under review as council meets behind closed doors

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Elida S. Perez

Six months after a mostly new El Paso City Council took office, the city’s top three appointed officials – the city manager, city attorney and chief internal auditor – are under review in closed-door meetings. The City Council, which has the authority to hire and fire the top executives, took no action out of executive session May 12 or June 10 when their duties, evaluations and employment were discussed with outside attorneys.