BELOW SUPERNAV drop zone ⇩

UPS loses SAT scores of 55 El Paso High School students

MAIN AREA TOP drop zone ⇩

(NewsNation) — 55 El Paso High School students may be stuck taking the SAT again after their test papers flew off a UPS truck, NewsNation affiliate KTSM reports.

Cell phone footage from some of the high school students last week show papers flying on a busy street, but little did they know it was their SATs floating in the wind.

The El Paso school district claims the tests were submitted securely but were lost in transit. All but 55 of the SAT exam papers have been recovered.

“El Paso ISD is working closely with the College Board to determine a remedy for the El Paso High School students whose SAT exams were lost in transit after they were securely submitted to UPS. The incident affects students who took the exam on Oct. 27 on campus,” said a statement issued by Liza Rodriguez, a spokesperson for EPISD.

EPISD’s statement went on to say they will provide updates to students and parents when available. Additionally, students with compromised exams can take the ACT on Dec. 10 free of charge, CNN reports.

“Counselors are providing students, interested in taking the ACT, with waivers to retake the exam at no cost. Deadline is Nov. 4; exam is Dec. 10 at El Paso High,” the district’s statement continued.

 In a statement shared with CNN, UPS took full responsibility.

“Our employees are working to recover as many tests as possible, and we will work with the school to resolve the situation,” said the company in the statement. “The driver’s actions in this case are not representative of UPS protocols and methods, and we are addressing this with him. Safely meeting our service commitments is UPS’s first priority.”

Yet, despite the remorse of UPS and its vow to work along school instructors helping the affected students set up retests, to some students, the issue is deeper than the inconvenience of retesting.

“We have all information — our identification — on the score: our location where we live, our address, our date of birth. It stinks because our information is out there,” El Paso High School senior, Zyenna Martinez, said, speaking with KTSM.

El Paso High School’s unique dilemma comes ahead of the College Board’s plan to make the SAT fully digital by 2024.

Education

Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

Site Settings Survey

MAIN AREA MIDDLE drop zone ⇩

Trending on NewsNation

MAIN AREA BOTTOM drop zone ⇩

tt

KC Chiefs parade shooting: 1 dead, 21 shot including 9 kids | Morning in America

Witness of Chiefs parade shooting describes suspect | Banfield

Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting: Mom of 2 dead, over 20 shot | Banfield

WWE star Ashley Massaro 'threatened' by board to keep quiet about alleged rape: Friend | Banfield

Friend of WWE star: Ashley Massaro 'spent hours' sobbing after alleged rape | Banfield

Clear

la

60°F Clear Feels like 60°
Wind
4 mph NNE
Humidity
49%
Sunrise
Sunset

Tonight

Clear skies. Low 54F. Winds light and variable.
54°F Clear skies. Low 54F. Winds light and variable.
Wind
4 mph N
Precip
0%
Sunset
Moon Phase
Waning Gibbous