By Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso Matters Danica Suarez sat on the aisle floor of a crowded school bus during her first week of school, surrounded by rows of benches that overflowed with students headed to Silva Magnet High School in South Central El Paso. “It was scary because I have a lot of ‘what ifs’ in my head,” the high school junior from Northeast El Paso told El Paso Matters. “What if the bus crashes? Will I go flying out?”

On other days, her bus route changed unexpectedly, she said, causing her to be late to school. Since the start of the school year, families across the El Paso Independent School District have reported late buses, sudden route changes and drivers struggling to discipline students after the district updated its bus routes for the first time in 15 years. EPISD’s bu

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