It's no secret, El Paso Independent School District has been making national headlines for quite some time and not for the best reasons either.

A large influx of military families moving here already have preconceived notions about the district.

But one woman is trying to dispell the myths. She says it's just the school district's leadership that's flawed, not the education it provides.

"I think when people make the misconception that children who attend EPISD schools are receiving sub-par education, it's an insult. It's an insult to the educators, it's an insult to the children who attend the schools," said Monica Tucker, a military wife.

Monica Tucker runs the Fort Bliss Spouses Facebook page. One of her goals? Easing the fear for parents about preconceived notions about the district.

"Reading articles way ahead of time before we got here about the corruption, and about the chaos and the mayhem that's going on within the school district that has been going on for a very long time, so it seems, was concerning," said Candy Marie Reyes, another military spouse.

Reyes came from Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington about four months ago. She has a special needs son, and like many military families coming in, she had her reservations about putting her child in the EPISD system.

"Though EPISD has some issues, it's not neccessarily when it comes to the education," said Tucker.

Though many families do choose to home school their children or put them in a different district, Tucker believes their decision shouldn't be based on the negative press.

"Our kids were products of EPISD and they turned out just fine. So we wanna break the myths, dispell the stereotypes that EPISD is just horrible," said Tucker.

Reyes put her son in EPISD despite some initial doubts.

"In the beginning, it wasn't where we were meeting halfway. We were bumping heads and it was very awkward in the beginning but now it's come along smoothly," said Reyes.

Reyes said most challenges she faced had to do with her son's special needs along with the needs a child in a military family faces.

She feels the district is starting understand their needs, but thinks they still have a long way to go.

"But I do know, that there are some good people inside the system that are working along with the families," said Reyes.

Reyes said parents need to pay attention to the inner school of staff that are inside the schools.