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Board deadlocks on creating a student advisory member task force after public support from students and educators
Summary
After students, parent groups and the El Paso Teachers Association urged the board to add a non‑voting student advisory member, trustees failed to pass a motion to create a task force to draft a process; vote tied 3–3.
Public commenters and student leaders urged the El Paso ISD Board of Trustees to create a non‑voting student advisory member position on the board so students would have an ongoing, formal mechanism to provide input on policy discussions.
Several student speakers and youth advocates addressed the trustees. Jacob Lozano, a junior who currently serves on a student advisory board in another district, told trustees student representatives “offer a viewpoint that school administration simply cannot” and said a student member “can hold adults accountable for the decisions that…
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