![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ephp_5-1-980x551.png\")
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
EL PASO, Tx., March 19, 2026: Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) Trustee Chris Hernandez announced today that he will seek to rename the Cesar Chavez Academy at the school district. But because district policy restricts the renaming of schools, Hernandez will first have to convince the school board to update the policy.<\/p>\n
In light of the controversy over civil rights leader Cesar Chavez\u2019s abuse of young women<\/a>, many communities, including El Paso<\/a> are seeking to rename public works named after Chavez and cancel memorials and events about him.<\/p>\n In a statement today, Hernandez said that \u201cin light of the serious allegations that have come forward, I believe it is appropriate for our district to take action,\u201d he said. Hernandez added that \u201cour schools are more than buildings,\u201d adding that the buildings \u201crepresent the values we expect and teach our students every day.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Hernandez, current policy only allows for renaming facilities \u201cunder limited circumstances tied to changes in a school\u2019s educational function.\u201d He added that he has spoken to the board president about revising the policy. Hernandez did not say if the president supports the policy change.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a school board, our responsibility is to our students and our community,\u201d Hernandez said, adding that \u201cwhen questions arise about the individuals we honor, we have an obligation to take a hard look at whether those honors still reflect the standards we expect.\u201d<\/p>\n Hernandez said he supports \u201ca thoughtful and transparent process,\u201d and wants input from stakeholders such as parents, students and community leaders.<\/p>\n He added that \u201cour students deserve\u201d respecting \u201chistory while also holding ourselves to a higher standard.\u201d<\/p>\n Like Us and Follow Us On Our Social Media!<\/p>\n Visited 35 times, 35 visit(s) today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Tx., March 19, 2026: Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) Trustee Chris Hernandez announced today that he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[19054,138,140,139,29439],"class_list":["post-211559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-chris-hernandez","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-ysleta-independent-school-district-yisd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211559","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=211559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/civis_polls_1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n