The superintendent of El Paso’s largest school district and a former board president have been sued in California over allegations they defrauded a group of charter school investors. El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Juan ...
By Roberto José Andrade Franco Ruben Salazar was born in Juárez and raised in El Paso. He graduated from El Paso High School and UTEP back when it was known as Texas Western College. During ...
By Marcos Muñoz On Sept. 6, 1949, Jefferson High School was opened as a response to community demand for a second high school in South-Central El Paso to alleviate overcrowding at Bowie. More than 70 ...
Be flexible, be forgiving, be patient, and when all else fails – forget it and try again tomorrow. That’s the universal advice that teachers and parents have shared with one another as they began navigating ...
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Graduation Video Special: Notable El Pasoans and Juarenses salute our community graduates
By Samuel Licón Kligman A year ago, I was enjoying those fading moments of summer before the start of a new school year. I was, like most of my friends, anxious and excited about the ...