21-05-2025
El Paso ISD board reverses direction, won't close Lamar Elementary
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Lamar Elementary School is not going to close after all.
The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 5-2 Tuesday night, May 20 to reverse its earlier decision to close Lamar Elementary.
Back in November, a divided school board voted 4-3 to close eight schools over two years. Lamar was slated to be one of them.
Since then, two of the trustees who voted in favor of closing schools were defeated for re-election — previous Board President Israel Irrobali and Isabel Hernandez.
Now a new board — led by new Board President Leah Hanany and Board Vice President Jack Loveridge — put the measure back before the board to decide on whether to reverse its previous decision and spare Lamar from the chopping block.
Trustees Daniel Call and Valerie Ganelon Beals voted against the move to reopen Lamar.
Even after voting to close schools, EPISD was facing an estimated $17 million shortfall for the 2025-26 school year.
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