THE THREE MOST FEARED WORDS IN EL PASO COUNTY
Read separately, each of these three words is harmless. But read together in this order, these are the three most feared words in El Paso County.
COUNTY AWARDED $540K NO-BID CONTRACT TO BARRACUDA TO PROMOTE ITS PLAN FOR $500M OF NEW DEBT
UPDATED 6/18/24, 11:32 PM As we know, El Paso County plans to max out its bonding capacity by issuing up to $500 million in new debt, including $150 million without…
SISD OVERCHARGES TAXPAYERS $2.2 MILLION, UNDERSTATES DROP IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Just when we thought the financial disaster that is Socorro ISD could not get any worse, it got worse by an order of magnitude! We reported five days ago that…
DAVID SAUCEDO GRADUATES FROM LAW SCHOOL, DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Former Mayoral candidate David Saucedo II graduated from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 31 and delivered the commencement address before his class of 370…
SISD ENROLLMENT TO DROP BY 3,500
The Socorro ISD is in financial freefall. Chief Financial Officer Vicki Perez has already confirmed that between the current fiscal year and next fiscal year, the District faces a combined…
LEGAL PETITION FILED TO REMOVE ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ FROM CANUTILLO ISD BOARD
We were emailed a copy of a legal petition, filed with the County District Clerk May 22, 2024 at 1:43pm, aimed at removing Armando Rodriguez, President of the Canutillo ISD…
EPISD BOARD TO VOTE AT 2:00PM TODAY ON TERMINATING WHISTLEBLOWER GABRIELA CASTELLANO
Gabriela Castellano is a teacher at EPISD (and was formerly employed at SISD) and is married to Ricardo Castellano, Socorro ISD Trustee of District 3. We interviewed the couple in…
EL PASO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE 386 ADMINISTRATORS EARNING OVER $100,000
As promised, we filed public information requests with all nine local school districts in order to obtain complete lists of employee names, titles, and salaries, which we posted below. We…
CBO PIEKARSKI OF CISD FIRED, SISD BOARD MEETING TODAY AT 6:00PM
Yesterday, under agenda item 5C, the Board of Trustees of Canutillo Independent School District voted 4-1 to terminate their Chief Business Officer, Martha Piekarski, with Breanne Barnes dissenting and Lucy…