Ysleta Independent School District trustees are set to revisit how schools get their names, and potentially how they lose them, at a board meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. On the table is a rewrite of the district’s rules on renaming campuses, a move that could open a formal path to reconsider the name of Cesar Chavez Academy in the Lower Valley. The policy review comes as local leaders and communities across the country re-examine public honors honoring the late labor leader following national reporting on his legacy.
Board to revisit naming rules
The meeting agenda calls for a review of the district’s “Naming Facilities” regulation, which spells out criteria such as fostering “community pride and distinction” and selecting a campus name tied to “a prominent, respected individual with a record of high moral character,” according to Ysleta ISD. Local TV reporting notes that trustees will take up the policy item at the April 22 meeting, and that any rewrite could reshape how the district handles future requests to…..