{"id":126585,"date":"2026-01-17T01:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126585\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:52:11","slug":"challenges-of-post-super-bowl-school-attendance-in-yisd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126585\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges Of Post-Super Bowl School Attendance In YISD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What seemed like a good idea at first quickly fell apart after YISD decided going to school the day after the Super Bowl was the right move.<\/p>\n<p>It all started earlier this year, when district leaders openly acknowledged what many El Paso parents and teachers already know: the Monday after the Super Bowl is one of the lowest-attendance school days of the year.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso Schools Knew Attendance Would Be Low<\/p>\n<p>Before the final calendar was approved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/news\/ysleta-isd-weighs-on-no-classes-following-super-bowl-due-to-low-attendance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YISD trustees reviewed a proposal <\/a>to cancel classes the day after the Super Bowl, Easter, and Halloween- all days tied to consistently poor attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Trustee Chris Hernandez, who led the proposal, pointed to data from 2025 showing hundreds of additional student absences and more than 200 teacher call-outs the Monday after the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the estimates used, the district lost between $27,000 and $44,000 in student attendance funding that day, plus roughly $23,000 to cover substitute teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Even YISD Admitted Instruction Suffers<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez also didn\u2019t shy away from saying what many already believe- that instruction that day is \u201cmostly a wash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With substitute teachers filling classrooms, half-empty seats, and students running on little sleep, meaningful learning is tough to pull off. For many, it\u2019s more about showing up than actually getting much done. Which I can attest to; I remember dragging it on the Monday after the game.<\/p>\n<p>So Why Is Class Still On?<\/p>\n<p>Despite support, the proposal faced pushback over concerns about making up the instructional day later in the year. While Hernandez argued there were flexible options within the calendar, the<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/ysleta-isd-approves-new-school-calendar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> board ultimately approved Calendar B<\/a>, keeping classes in session.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso schools will remain open the day after the Super Bowl- even though attendance is historically low, instruction is limited, and the district loses money doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that Monday actually feels productive is another story entirely!<\/p>\n<p>Meet The El Paso Girls Who Took Over the 2026 \u201cI Voted&#8221; Sticker Contest<\/p>\n<p>Three talented El Paso students swept the 2025 Sticker Design Contest, taking first, second, and third place with designs that set a new bar for creativity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n<p>These Graduation Caps at El Paso Community College Totally Stole the Spotlight<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at some of the most creative grad caps from students who graduated from El Paso Community College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: El Paso Community College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What seemed like a good idea at first quickly fell apart after YISD decided going to school the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,143,1631],"class_list":{"0":"post-126585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-local-el-paso","12":"tag-opinion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}