Parents at Crockett would disagree. “There’s not many schools (like Crockett) where children are taking percussion multiple times a week, and they have orchestra options and dance. But now, many families are on edge because Miles is forcing the school to be NES next year.

Durham parents would disagree. Last week, HISD Central Office administrators came to Durham, removed classroom libraries, motivational posters, student work and birthday signs from classrooms. They also rearranged furniture to their liking, disrupting instruction in the middle of the day with advance notice for students or adults.

Parents at Sharpstown would disagree. “An audio recording is circulating of Sharpstown principal Thomas “T.J.” Cotter absolutely screaming at a select group of students about uniforms. Miss the assigned detention and if they return without a parent, they might be arrested for trespassing, he threatens.

What a message to deliver to students, many of whom are refugees and immigrants from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, most of whom do their best to follow rules.”

At a board workshop on February 1st, HISD Board of Managers admitted to violating the TX Open Meetings Act.  At first, “the Board of Managers pledged themselves to an adherence to  transparency and the Public Open Meetings Act. The latter hit a bump later in the meeting, however, when different board members talked fondly about meeting in threesomes “pods” in early days to discuss what was on the upcoming agenda and wouldn't that be nice to resume."

"Except that's a violation of the open meetings law as Board attorney Catosha Woods promptly told them.  All discussions of matters on the agenda should be done as a group in open meetings, she said.” Watch their comments here.