Here are impressions from HISD’s superintendent, lawmakers and others who are sounding off about the situation.HISD superintendent Millard House II:
“I am proud to say, in the last 19 months, we have already seen vast improvements. Because of the hard work of our students, teachers, and staff, we have lifted 40 of 50 schools off the D or F TEA accountability ratings list. Together, with our parents, community members and leaders, we developed the district’s first comprehensive five-year strategic plan to build a better HISD.
“Since 2019, when TEA began taking steps toward the takeover, HISD voters have replaced board members who were accused of misconduct. Under new leadership, the hard work of students and educators has reduced the number of campuses with a D or an F rating from 50 to 10. “They will lose that control when their elected board members are replaced with board members handpicked by the unelected state education commissioner. The commissioner is not responsible to HISD parents and taxpayers. He is responsible only to Gov. Greg Abbott, whose top education priority is taking millions of dollars in tax money from HISD and other public-school districts and transferring it to unregulated private schools.
Governor Abbott was instrumental in creating ERCOT PUCTx with Perry. GOP took it over because they claimed with their appointments it would give TX reliable affordable energy. We now have “choice” options most need an analyst to understand, 3-4x higher and zero reliability HISD
Good happy for the students that nomore of these crooked city officials will be taking funds away and putting them in their pockets
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