The ratification of Miles' contract could barely be heard over the clamor from the audience, which remained consistent throughout the nearly 90-minute meeting. HISD board approves Miles' interim contract over protesters' objections at heated meeting
, according to a spokesman for Miles. Miles will be paid identically to House once the interim contract is replaced with a long-term agreement in about two weeks, he said.
Miles was tardy to Thursday's meeting, only joining for the agenda item in which his contract would be ratified, but said he watched the majority of the public comment over the live stream. He said he was proud of how the Board of Managers — who remained silent as speakers approached the podium one by one, calling them"puppets" and pleading with them not to reject Miles' appointment — handled the heightened tensions of their first meeting.
Aside from ratifying Miles' contract, Thursday's meeting focused on procedural items such as electing board officers. Audrey Momanaee, a trial attorney, was named board president, and Ric Campo, a prominent Houston businessman, was selected as vice president. Angela Flowers, a teacher, will serve as secretary.
"Instead of supporting principals and teachers to be successful, the state has never set my community up for success," said Kourtney Revels, a northeast Houston resident whose daughter is a third grader at an elementary school in the North Forest feeder pattern."It makes it hard for teachers and parents to build the type of meaningful relationships that people in other communities take for granted.
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