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Socorro Independent School District
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Socorro Independent School District
Board/Superintendent| Board Policy Manual | Board Agendas & Minutes | Board
Meeting Calendar | Trustee District Map |Karen P. BlaineBoard PresidentDistrict
2Term Expires: 2010
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Karen P. Blaine, Board President,
Represents District 2She is a graduate of Socorro High School and the United
States Air Force Academy. She served with distinction on active duty in the U.S.
Air Force for five years prior to returning to El Paso to pursue a career in
education. She is a former SISD teacher who taught at Socorro Middle School, Sun
Ridge Middle School and Americas High School. She also served as El Dorado High
School’s first tech pilot. She currently works for the Education Service Center
– Region 19 where she provides professional development and technical assistance
for school improvement, Title I requirements, and accountability. Blaine has
also served on the board of the Central Appraisal District.Schools located in
District 2: Americas HS, Clarke Middle, El Dorado HS, Horizon Heights, Antwine,
Lujan Chavez, Paso Del Norte, Ituarte, Sierra Vista, Hernando Middle, Sun Ridge
Middle.Craig A. PattonBoard Vice-PresidentDistrict 1Term Expires: 2012
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Craig A. Patton, Board Vice-President, Represents District 1He
first served on the board from 1996 to 1999. He was later elected to the SISD
Board in 2002. In 2005, he was elected to the unexpired term of District 1 and
re-elected in 2006 & 2009. Mr. Patton is an attorney in private practice in El
Paso. He graduated from UT El Paso and the University of Houston Law School. He
previously served as Board President during 2006-2007 and 2002-2003. He and his
wife, Teresa, an Instructional Technologist at Myrtle Cooper Elementary, are the
parents of two children: Eric, a 2009 graduate, and Tyler, a sophmore, at
Montwood High School.Schools located in District 1: Elfida Chavez, Helen Ball,
Montwood HS, Montwood Middle, O’Shea Keleher, Vista Del Sol, Slider
Middle.Antonio "Tony" AyubBoard SecretaryDistrict At-LargeTerm Expires: 2011
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Antonio "Tony" Ayub, Board Secretary, Represents
District At-LargeHe is a UTEP graduate, graduate of Leadership El Paso and a
Licensed Paramedic.  He retired from the City of El Paso as the Deputy Chief of
EMS in 1999.  Upon his retirement, he chose a career in education with El Paso
Community College, where he is currently employed as an Associate Professor of
EMSP and is assigned as Program Coordinator.  He and his wife, Liz, have two
children who are proud Rams.  Anthony is a Freshmen and Erin is a 2008 graduate
from Montwood High School.  He also serves as the Band Booster President at
Montwood, is the West Texas Regional Representative for American Heart
Association and has served on the Core Curriculum and Institutional
Effectiveness Committees at El Paso Community College.At-Large Districts include
all SISD schools.Guillermo "Willie" GandaraTrusteeDistrict 4Term Expires:
2010Guillermo "Willie" Gandara, Trustee, Represents District 4He previously
served an unexpired term on the Board. He owns the Gandara Recycling firm,
served in the Army and attended El Paso Community College. Gandara and his wife
Grace are the parents of three children: Willie, Jr., Gary, and Gillian, is a
graduate of Socorro High School and is now a representative of Gandara Recycling
firm.Schools located in District 4: Ensor Middle, Desert Wind, Drugan, Loma
Verde, Myrtle Cooper, Rojas. George SalasTrusteeDistrict 3Term Expires: 2010
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George Salas, Trustee, Represents District 3Mr. Salas
retired from the El Paso Police Department after 23 years of service in our
community.  He graduated from UT El Paso with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Administration and General Management. He and his wife Martha have two children.
His oldest son graduated from Montwood High School and is attending the
University of North Texas. His youngest son is a junior at Montwood High
School.Schools located in District 3: Benito Martinez, Bill Sybert, Jane
Hambric.Gary Gandara TrusteeDistrict 5Term Expires: 2012 Gary Gandara, Trustee,
Represents District 5He is a graduate of Socorro High School and is currently
the Vice President of Operations for Socorro Iron and Metal, a company owned by
his brother, Willie Gandara Jr. Gary served as a Socorro City Representative
from 2002-2007. He is also currently serving on the board of the Central
Appraisal District.Schools located in District 5: Campestre, Ernesto Serna,
Escontrias, H.D. Hilley, Hueco, Keys, Mission Early College, Sanchez Middle,
Socorro High, Socorro Middle.Michael Anthony NajeraTrusteeDistrict At-LargeTerm
Expires: 2011
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Michael Anthony Najera, Trustee,
Represents District At-LargeMr. Najera has over 15 years healthcare finance and
operations experience.  He holds an undergraduate degree in accounting and an
MBA with a healthcare concentration, and is a member of the American College of
Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. A
district parent and volunteer, Mr. Najera has been heavily involved in SISD
schools since 2004. He is married with three daughters. His wife works at
Horizon Heights Elementary School, where two of his daughters attend school. His
oldest daughter is a freshman at Americas High School.At-Large Districts include
all SISD schools.[ Board Agendas & Minutes ]Dr. Xavier De La TorreSuperintendent
of SchoolsDr. Xavier De La Torre brings twenty-three years of experience in
California to our great state of Texas. Prior to joining the Socorro family Dr.
De La Torre spent four years as the Associate Superintendent, Human Resources in
the Elk Grove Unified School District, a large, urban and nationally recognized
school district outside of Sacramento, California. Before joining the Elk Grove
Unified School District, Dr. De La Torre was hired to provide strategic and
logistical leadership over all aspects of personnel and labor relations as the
Associate Superintendent, Human Resources in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School
District. In 1997, Dr. De La Torre was personally recruited by the governing
board and the superintendent of the Porterville Unified School District to open
the community’s third comprehensive high school. As the first principal of
Granite Hills High School in Porterville, California, Dr. De La Torre helped
design and open a $65 million, state-of-the-art facility, recruited and built a
high-performing team of teachers and staff, and provided the strategic and daily
operational leadership that propelled a record-setting 100-point increase on
California’s student Academic Performance Index (API) during his five-year
tenure as principal. Prior to his career in school administration, Dr. De La
Torre spent ten years in the classroom as a social studies and Spanish teacher.
In 1993, Dr. De La Torre was honored as Teacher of the Year in the Hamilton
Unified School District and has been named Coach of the Year on three different
occasions for his successes as both a varsity baseball coach and a varsity
football coach.Dr. De La Torre received a B.A. from California State University,
Chico; an M.A. from the University of San Francisco; and, holds a doctorate from
the University of California, Davis. His dissertation entitled: “Selection from
a Social Distance Theory Perspective; Superintendents’ Perceptions of Equally
Qualified Candidates”, has been published in several educational journals and he
was nationally recognized in 2005 by the National Council of Professors of
Educational Administration when he earned the Edgar L. Morphet Dissertation
Award; an award recognizing the nation’s best dissertation in the field of
education administration. While in California, Dr. De La Torre was an active
member and served in various leadership capacities in the Association of
California School Administrators (ACSA); the California Association of Latino
Superintendents and Administrators (CALSA); the California Student Aid
Commission; and, the California Association of School Business Officials
(CASBO). Superintendent's StaffClaudia MaldonadoExecutive AssistantLupe
McVayExecutive AssistantYvette A. Castelo-RommesExecutive AssistantToni
CórdovaDirector of Public RelationsJoe San MiguelInternal Auditor| Contact SISD
|Phone (915) 937.0000 - 12440 Rojas Drive, El Paso, TX 79928 
 
12440 Rojas
Drive, El Paso, TX 79928 - (915) 937.0000Socorro Independent School District
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
disability, or age in its programs, activities or employment.		

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