The Texas Education Agency announced on March 15 that it would replace Houston ISD's current superintendent and its democratically elected school board with a new board of managers as soon as June 1. Follow brianlopeztx for updates.
At Westbury High School in Houston on Tuesday, attendees of a Texas Education Agency community meeting express their disapproval of the agency’s takeover of the Houston Independent School District., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The high school received a failing accountability grade from the agency for five years in a row. It reached that threshold in 2019, but a court injunction had delayed any action from the TEA until this year. TEA Commissioner Mike Morath has said amandates that he either close the failing campus or appoint a new board of managers, effectively taking over the whole district.
The TEA official attempted to finish his presentation without interruption, but community members would not stand down. They were upset that they had to write their questions down on index cards and then TEA officials would choose which questions to answer. “The board of managers will not be responsive to teachers, parents or children. I do want the school board to be responsive to you,” she told the audience.
“There are still systemic challenges in Houston,” he previously told the Tribune. “We are still required to act and so we are acting.”
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