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El Paso High grads endure scorching heat to keep graduation tradition alive
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso High School graduates embraced tradition with an outdoor ceremony and braved the hottest day of 2024 in El Paso so far. Despite a forecast high of 109 degrees and an extreme weather warning by the National Weather Service, families and graduates attended the only outdoor graduation ceremony in El Paso.
EPISD searches for new principal, to hold community meeting
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Independent School District is searching for a principal for Guillen Middle School and will also be holding a meeting to receive input from the community, according to a press release from the district. The meeting will be held at 4 p.m. for faculty members and at 5 […]
Daniel Chavez takes over as new head football coach at Riverside
Daniel Chavez has the passion, dedication and desire to lead a high school football program. Moving forward, the 2003 graduate of Del Valle High School has his chance. On Friday afternoon, he was named the head football coach and athletic coordinator at Riverside High School. Chavez replaces Gary Recoder, who...
UTEP engineering students to go to international rocket competition
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Students part of UTEP's Sun City Rocket Team will be preparing for liftoff to this year's Spaceport America Cup. This year marks the third year the group will attend the competition next week. The team is accelerating from the 10k feet category to the 30k feet category -- the first The post UTEP engineering students to go to international rocket competition appeared first on KVIA.
SISD: Aquatics center won’t be closed because of deficit
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Socorro Independent School District will not be closing its aquatics center and will not relocate P-K classes from the historic Escontrias building, the acting superintendent wrote in a letter to the district’s parents. Acting Superintendent James P. Vasquez thanked parents and students for a “wonderful end” to the school […]
EPISD expects $12 million deficit, no raises amid school closures and consolidations
The El Paso Independent School District has joined the growing list of Texas schools expected to face a revenue shortfall in the 2024-25 school year as it prepares to adopt a $542 million budget with a $12.1 million deficit. On top of that, the district is expecting to end the...
Education in Crisis: Q&A with Texas School Finance Experts
As school districts across Texas – including El Paso – prepare to set their budgets for the 2024-25 school year, many are expecting their expenses to outweigh their revenue, leaving them with a deficit. Despite the state’s multi-billion dollar surplus, lawmakers failed to increase school funding during the 2023 legislative session after Gov. Greg Abbott […]
Academic Year in America seeks Borderland families to host exchange students
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Summer may have just begun, and the new school year may still be a few months off, but across the world, some students are gearing up to make the U.S. their home this fall as they embark on an "Academic Year in America," and the local chapter of one national non-profit is looking for Borderland families who want to host a student while they study stateside.
Local grad has his future in focus
Even before walking across the stage to accept his diploma, Canutillo graduate Ryan Romero says he's reached some major goals. He's shot photos for several professional sports teams, including the Locomotive and Chihuahuas. He also had a gig at this past year's Sun Bowl. "It just feels so good! You...
Eastlake High School soccer player Chloe Del Real to play for Mexico in two friendlies
El Paso's Chloe Del Real continues to make progress in her quest for soccer stardom. The Eastlake rising junior has been training with Mexico's U-17 soccer team in Mexico City ahead of two friendlies against Columbia on Monday and Thursday in Mexico. "I've been fortunate to have this opportunity to continue to grow my...
ABC-7 XTRA SUNDAY: UTEP President Heather Wilson on the Sun Bowl Uplift project and other topics
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- This Sunday, UTEP President Heather Wilson is the guest on ABC-7 Xtra. She is joined in the first segment by the head of UTEP's Special Events Office, Jorge Vasquez to discuss the Sun Bowl Uplift project. The project would make infrastructure enhancements to the Sun Bowl to better accommodate A-list touring acts.
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