{"id":58409,"date":"2025-11-20T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/58409\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:54:09","slug":"yisd-trustee-calls-for-community-input-to-prevent-major-yisd-funding-losses-due-to-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/58409\/","title":{"rendered":"YISD Trustee Calls for Community Input to Prevent Major YISD Funding Losses Due to Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EL PASO, Tx., November 20, 2025: This afternoon, Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) Trustee, Chris Hernandez called for teachers, staff and school community members to discuss moving one of the district\u2019s staff development days to the day after the Super Bowl. According to Hernandez the move will save the district \u201ctens of thousands of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hernandez told El Paso Herald Post that YISD has noted an attendance drop at the district\u2019s schools by almost 10% the Monday after the Super Bowl. According to Hernandez, student absenteeism costs the school district \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of dollars from school funding because the students aren\u2019t in class. School districts receive funding for each student at school that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese dips aren\u2019t random \u2013 they happen every year,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cWhen attendance drops, the district loses tens of thousands of dollars in ADA funding, and that\u2019s before we account for the cost of substitutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only do students miss school, but teachers also call in after the Super Bowl resulting in the school district having to pay for substitute teachers for the day to cover the missing teachers.<\/p>\n

Last year, YISD paid $23,000 for substitute teachers after 220 teachers called in on Monday after the football game.<\/p>\n

The trustee said that the school \u201clooses money twice, first from the ADA loss from students being absent,\u201d and then by having to pay for substitute teachers to cover absent teachers.<\/p>\n

According to Hernandez, by \u201cmoving a day we already have\u201d scheduled for a staff development day \u201cwould not reduce instruction time,\u201d and would save the school district money.<\/p>\n

Hernandez told us that some school board members have expressed reservations about moving a staff development day to the Monday after the Super Bowl, arguing that teachers would not support it. But Hernandez says that from the feedback from he has received, teachers and parents are \u201coverwhelmingly\u201d in support of the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t teachers versus parents,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cIt\u2019s about looking at the district\u2019s own data, preventing avoidable financial losses, and reducing the chaos that teachers experience on high call-in days.\u201d He added that \u201cteachers deserve a voice in this decision,\u201d and \u201cnot assumptions made on their behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Hernandez is asking for input from teachers and parents about changing the schedule to save the school district financial losses by holding classes on a day that historically sees significant student and teacher absences that lead to financial losses for the district.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: Chris Hernandez is a contributor to El Paso Herald Post.<\/p>\n

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