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El Paso ISD moves to closed session after public call for transparency in superintendent search
Summary
At a Nov. 17 special meeting, a single public commenter demanded disclosure of a five‑candidate list and called for the board president to recuse; the board said the search is confidential and closed the meeting under Texas Government Code sections governing candidate privacy.
A special meeting of the El Paso ISD Board of Trustees on Nov. 17 was called to order at 7:33 a.m. and moved into closed session after a public commenter urged greater transparency in the district’s superintendent search.
The public commenter, identified in the transcript as "Mister Moore," told the board to "release the list of 5 you come up with today," asked that the board president recuse until that list is public and urged officials to "remove the curtain of secrecy" and conduct business "in full daylight of everybody." He also questioned the "cost of the catering,"…
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