A former El Paso Independent School District superintendent who resigned abruptly last year amid a civil lawsuit did not disclose that his son worked for an investment advisory firm the district hired during his tenure, ...
Juan Cabrera fired off a quick, two-line email last April, hours before the work week wrapped up. “We are official!!! Signed on page 22. Any other page?” It was 2:23 p.m. MST Friday, April 24, ...
Updated at 9:55 p.m. May 12 with information from Wednesday’s board meeting: The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees directed their internal auditor Wednesday to investigate other district contracts after “concerns” came up ...
Jose López, the chief of staff to former Superintendent Juan Cabrera, resigned from the El Paso Independent School District Monday, a month after his boss tendered his own resignation. López’s resignation is effective Feb. 16, ...
Juan Cabrera wasn’t the only El Paso Independent School District employee to help former school board president Dori Fenenbock launch an online school last year. She also turned to José López, the superintendent’s chief of ...
Juan Cabrera’s seven-year tenure helming the El Paso Independent School District came to an abrupt end when the school board unanimously approved his resignation Thursday. Cabrera, who was hired in September 2013, had more than ...
The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees narrowly voted Friday to authorize their outside legal counsel “to follow up on” a nearly three-hour discussion behind closed doors “in consultation” with board Vice President ...
The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees will weigh Friday whether to seek an independent investigation into the superintendent’s work with the former board president’s virtual school venture. Friday’s special board meeting comes ...
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 ...
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