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Hillcrest Middle School Closes

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Hillcrest Middle School Closes

August 20, 2026

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Hillcrest Middle School in El Paso is closing permanently after 65 years, ending a long educational history tied to a building that began in 1926 as a seminary built by Mexican Jesuits who had fled religious persecution in Mexico. The site later served as Jesuit High School, then became part of the…

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