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EPISD Board to discuss superintendent’s employment status

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso ISD Board will discuss Superintendent Diana Sayavedra's employment status in a Special Meeting on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The agenda for the meeting, which is posted publicly to the district's website, states that the board will consult with legal counsel concerning legal issues relating to Sayavedra's duties, responsibilities, and employment status.

The board is slated to discuss the issue in closed session. The agenda states that the board is scheduled to take action on the superintendent's employment status when board members get back from closed session.

Sayavedra was named superintendent in 2021. Her contract was extended in January 2024, when she received a five year extension.

Next week's meeting comes on the heels of a recent general election in which the make up of the board changed. Earlier this week, during their regular board meeting, the board discussed and voted to approve keeping Lamar Elementary School open. They reversed the decision made by the previous board before the 5-to-2 vote during Tuesday's meeting.

The district released the following statement:

"A special meeting of the Board of Trustees has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, with items related to the superintendent’s duties and employment listed on the agenda. The district does not have additional information to provide at this time. As always, we remain focused on supporting students and continuing the work outlined in our strategic blueprint."

Dee Margo, former Mayor of El Paso, was once appointed by the Texas Education Agency to lead El Paso ISD out of a crisis when the elected board was removed. He says the move to review the superintendent is all politics.

"I would not be surprised if the Commissioner of Education doesn't start looking at investigating EPISD. They're doing everything almost verbatim... starting to exercise personnel decisions, which the previous trustees that were thrown in 2013 were doing," said Margo.

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