Kris Adams tells ABC13 why she resigned after realizing what a six-figure salary at a school under the new system in HISD came with.For the first time in her adult life, Kris Adams is not preparing her classroom this summer.Adams has spent 10 years teaching math at Deady, Ortiz, Lawson, and Cullen middle schools.
"I now see some of my students I taught, they're graduated, they're in college, and I'm like, 'Oh my goodness, my babies!' It was just a fulfilling career, and I knew it would pay off," she said. "In the middle of the school year, we heard the TEA was taking over, and everybody froze. We were like, 'Oh my God, what is that going to look like?' As time goes on, we're still like.