Parents, teachers, and community members were visibly upset after TEA Commissioner Mike Morath skipped out on the first meeting discussing the state's takeover of HISD.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023: Chavez High School | AuditoriumEducational Support Center6900 Wileyvale, Houston 77028that will replace HISD's superintendent and trustees temporarily during this takeover.
"We want to make sure we have a very diverse decision-making body. We want people with different life experiences. Some that have an education background, some that maybe have skills in finance... that they have different lived experiences because only when you have a sort of diverse group of people coming together can you then arrive at what are the best decisions to be made for kids," Morath said.
Morath, who has final say on who will serve on the board of managers, was not in attendance. He sent Deputy Commissioner Alejandro Delgado to face the crowd instead. The meeting was only an hour long and the folks at the TEA were firm in saying they would be done by 7:30 p.m.Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee spoke for nearly 20 minutes of the 60 minutes allotted by the TEA for this information session. She said she would talk to Morath and demand answers for the community.
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