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The El Paso Independent School District released a corrective action plan with 11 recommendations after an internal audit into academic service contracts found evidence of waste, alleged vendor favoritism and a lack of transparency during former Superintendent Juan Cabrera s administration.
EPISD s Superintendent of Finance and Operations Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria and Chief Academic Officer Tamekia Brown were suspended and placed on paid administrative leave on ahead of the release of results on an internal audit into academic service contracts over two weeks later.
EPISD declined to confirm whether the two would continue to be employed by the district, though the corrective action plan recommends the Chief Academic Officer should take an active role in three solutions to be implemented this year.
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Two top El Paso Independent School District administrators were put on leave Monday, ahead of discussions on an internal audit into contracted academic services Wednesday.
Deputy Superintendent of Finance and Operations Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria and Chief Academics Officer Tamekia Brown were put on paid administrative leave, district spokesperson Gustavo Reveles confirmed, though the reason was not disclosed.
Arrieta-Candelaria and Brown could not be reached for comment via their EPISD email addresses.
At the EPISD s regular board meeting Tuesday, in which the district s 2021-22 budget was adopted, trustees voted to postpone or not approve three academic contracts related to learning programs, citing upcoming discussions on the pending internal audit.
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