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El Paso ISD trustees say community feedback confirms academics and whole-child development as top priorities
Summary
Trustees reviewed survey and community meeting results showing academic excellence and whole-child/student experience were the highest priorities among roughly 1,600 respondents; trustees asked for zip-code dispersion data and agreed to follow up with regular community updates and a team-of-eight workshop.
The El Paso Independent School District board of trustees spent a special meeting reviewing community engagement and survey results that asked residents what students should know and what the district should keep, stop or avoid.
Facilitator Dr. Ben presented the findings and said safety and student experience were among the top values the community prioritized. “The first thing top of mind was safety,” Dr. Ben said, noting safety was mentioned 155 times across responses. He added that student experience received fewer mentions overall but was prioritized more often when respondents were asked to pick their top items.
Superintendent Dr. Lusk said the results largely confirmed what district leaders already expected about academic priorities. “From the academic perspective, that is…
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