Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to seize control of Houston's public school district and install a hand-picked board of managers to replace the duly elected school board is not sitting well with the city's educators.
People hold up signs at a news conference on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Houston while protesting the proposed takeover of the city's school district by the Texas Education Agency. Local and federal officials say state leaders are preparing to take over the Houston Independent School District over allegations of misconduct by district board members and the yearslong failing performance of one campus. Texas Gov.
The protracted court fight ignores the fact that student outcomes in the district have improved in recent years, Robinson said. "This intervention was necessary because of the consecutive unacceptable academic accountability ratings received by Wheatley High School, a Special Accreditation Investigation that demonstrated multiple violations of law in the district, and the fact that the continued appointment of a conservator had been necessary in the district for at least two school years to ensure changes were made to improve student academic performance," Mike Morath, the Abbott-appointed TEA commissioner...
The law, which was passed in 2015 with strong support by state Republicans, was sponsored by Democratic State Rep. Harold Dutton, a graduate of HISD and one of Houston's longest-serving legislators. Dutton said in a 2023 op-ed that he was“We’re hearing voices of opposition, people who say that HISD shouldn’t have to face consequences for allowing a campus to fail for more than five consecutive years. Those critics’ concern is misplaced,” Dutton wrote.
Morath said that the problems with the district extend beyond student performance, citing “chaotic board meetings marred by infighting” in his March 15 letter. "If a board of managers because of a takeover of the Houston Independent School District runs the school district, no parent, no teacher, no student, no voter, no principal, no superintendent that we have now will ever have any input into how our children are taught," Lee said in a
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