El Paso ISD Board Reverses Direction, Won't Close Lamar Elementary

The decision to keep Lamar Elementary school open adds to EPISD's deficit

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)-- According to school officials El Paso ISD was facing a $30 million deficit but now after boards of trustees voted to keep Lamar Elementary that number will increase. Lamar Elementary school has been an A-rated school for the last few years. "We can't afford to lose more A-rated campuses, given that there's only five A-rated elementary schools in the EPISD, and there's 26, D or F schools in the EPISD," said Dr. Jack Loveri…

' The Lamar Elementary School, one of eight schools in the El Paso Independent School District that were to close next year, will remain open indefinitely after the newly elected school board voted on Tuesday 5-2 to reverse the decision of the previous board. Daniel Call and Valerie Ganelon Beals, the only remaining board members who voted in favour of the closures in November, voted against keeping the school open. “The numbers used to justify …

El Paso ISD board votes to keep Lamar Elementary open - El Paso Matters

Lamar Elementary School, one of eight El Paso Independent School District schools that was to close next year, will remain open indefinitely after the newly elected school board on Tuesday voted 5-2 to reverse the previous board’s decision.Daniel Call and Valerie Ganelon Beals, the only remaining trustees on the board who voted in favor of the closures in November, voted against keeping the school open.“The numbers used to justify the closure of…

El Paso ISD board reverses direction, won't close Lamar Elementary

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Lamar Elementary School is not going to close after all. The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 5-2 Tuesday night, May 20 to reverse its earlier decision to close Lamar Elementary. Back in November, a divided school board voted 4-3 to close eight schools over two years. Lamar was slated to be one of them. Photos by Tony Pina/KTSM Photos by Tony Pina/KTSM Since then, two of the trustees who voted…