The group says it wants to speak with legislators about what will happen to support staff jobs in the event of a TEA takeover of HISD.
The travelers call themselves the "front-line workers of HISD" and include bus drivers, food service workers, lawn maintenance staff and custodial workers from the district."Our employees are not just going to sit down and lay down and let the state take over them," says HESP President Wretha Thomas.
"Some of them have been driving like 15 years. They know their routes. They know the kids. Most of the employees have their own kids and their own grandkids at the school they’re working at," says Thomas.
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