El Paso ISD Celebrates the Opening of Murphree PK-8

El Paso ISD celebrated the completion of Charles Q. Murphree PK-8 on Dec. 5, 2022 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring the school’s namesake, a legendary El Paso educator that many refer to as the mayor of the West Side. Murphree PK-8, the 14th campus in the district’s $668 million bond program, officially opened in August to nearly 900 students. It combines the former Johnson Elementary School and Morehead Middle School, which are feeder schools to Coronado – the high school synonymous with the Murphree name. The $36.3 million campus offers the latest in education technology and learning spaces, a new gymnasium with a weight room, a new library, a new fine arts wing and ample student drop-off zones. The remodeled portion of the former Johnson Elementary now has modernized classrooms, student collaboration spaces, modernized life skills classrooms, a multipurpose room, a computer lab and an elementary music room. (Leonel Monroy, Jr./El Paso ISD)