1. Presented by:
Business Team 5
Monica Pena
Amro Hussien
Carolina Meza
Karla Perez

2. Goals for the EPISD
 Mission Statement: The mission of the El Paso
Independent School District is to meet the diverse needs of
all students and empower them to become successful
members of a global community.
 Goals:
 To help develop students maturity to levels required by
today’s society.
 To create a high level of education by investing in faculty and
teachers to enrich the minds of students.

3. Growth and Development
 EPISD counts for more than 63,000 students in 94 different
campuses.
 10th largest district in Texas and is the 61st largest district in the
United States.
 Provides programs for GED, citizenship classes, and has several
magnet schools available.
 Produces 9,000 Jobs and is currently the largest employer in El
Paso.

4. History
 District first started in 1882
 In 1883, EPISD built the first public kindergarten
class in the entire state of Texas located at the
current Central Elementary School.
 O.T Bassett was elected the first president of
EPISD
 El Paso High School become an important
historical benchmark for EPISD as the oldest
operating high school in El Paso. The high school
has been operating since 1916.
 In 2008, EPISD celebrated its 125th anniversary.

5. Current Communication
Process
How the El Paso ISD currently communicates
regarding safety concerns:
 Start communication at an early age
 Letters are sent out to parents
 Visitor passes are required
 Employee and volunteer
background checks

6. Current Communication
Process
 Students have access to the Administration
and teachers to address any concerns.
 Phone messaging system in place
 Contacts parents and automatic message
informs parent of any messages the school
district needs to send out.
 Mass sending of mail to employees
 EPISD website

7. Current Communication
Process
 Schools meet with students to discuss
safety topics. Examples are:
 Stranger/Danger
 How to treat family members/others
 Individual counseling is available to all
students
 Parent classes
 Parent/Teacher conferences

8. Current Communication Problem in
the EPISD
 The lack of proper formal communication between
parents, teachers, and students.
 The lack of interest for parents to get involved in
knowing what their kids are doing in school.
 Teacher unawareness of problems with children in
school due to a poor child development program
 The ongoing fighting between kids that the schools
have little to no awareness or prevention techniques
to minimize theses instances.
 Inadequate amount of security guards and
supervision that allows children to commit acts of
violence and be under the influence of drugs.

9. Alternative Course of Action for
Troubled Students
 The EPISD has zero tolerance for violent
behavior and classifies four different types
of misdemeanors.
 Level 1 offense- the use of inappropriate
language
 level 2 offense- the possession and use of
tobacco products
 Level 3 offense- inciting a fight or in the
act of fighting,
 Level 4 offense- possessing a knife or
firearm

10. Alternative Course of Action for
Troubled Students (Continued)
 The EPISD has alternative schools for children who have
committed crimes or need additional help.
 Raymond Telles Academy- enters middle school and high
school students referred by the El Paso County Juvenile
Probation Center.
 Juvenile Sentence Center/ Delta Academy- enrolls children
who have violated parole or have committed crimes

11. Reasons why the
communication barrier exists
 The teacher not having the proper knowledge to deal with
situations appropriately
 Fear of students being punished for speaking out on an act of
wrongdoing.
 The children are the medium in the communication process
between the teachers and parents. The medium is often
distorted which helps create that barrier In the communication
process.
 The schools in the district do not have a strict enforcement of
programs that make parent/teacher interaction mandatory for
every child.

12. The Solution to the
Communication Challenge
How can parents, teachers and students
focus on communication to help with
safety at school?
 Areas That Lack
Communication Strategies
 Removal of
Communication Barriers
between Parents,
Teachers, and Students

13. Solutions that begin with Top
Faculty
 Implement additional child development programs
 Need for principals encouragement of reporting
 Principal’s mandatory duty “scholastic and safety”
 Programs that would remain mandatory for teachers
 Occur on a regular basis
 Designed to create awareness
 Programs that create rapport and communication
between the teacher/student
 Provide yearly orientations for all school staff members
 Related informative correspondence and emails throughout the
scholastic year

14. Solutions That Begin with the
Parent
Barriers of communication among the
student/parent
 Areas of assessment in communication:
 Neglected by the student’s own parents
 Disassembled families going through a divorce
 Parents may not know how to come across with a strong
topic
 Obtaining Help:
 PTA
 Community outreach programs
 Non-Profit Organizations for families

15. Questions?
Thank you for your
attention!