Last night, Houston voters delivered a decisive 58-42% defeat to the $4.4 billion Houston ISD bonds.
In a powerful show of unity, a diverse, bipartisan coalition of parents, teachers, students, faith leaders, labor, and civil rights organizations came together to vote for the future of our public schools and stand against Mike Miles and the unelected board of managers.
This was more than a referendum on a bond proposal; it was a referendum on Mike Miles and his failed leadership. Our community deserves leaders who see children and teachers as people, not cogs in a machine. The faster our elected board is restored, the sooner we can establish the leadership our schools and students truly need.
Houston’s community members have united to reject giving Mike Miles and Governor Greg Abbott a $4.4 billion blank check. But our work is far from over.
Ruth Kravetz, co-founder of Community Voices for Public Education said “We will continue the fight for equitable, quality education for every child—from Sunnyside to the Energy Corridor—along with respect for teachers and school communities, and an immediate end to this harmful, undemocratic takeover that jeopardizes Houston’s next generation. We look forward to supporting a better bond, one planned with community input and accountable to taxpayers.”
“The fate of HISD and our children’s education was on the line this election, said HISD parent Brooke Longoria. “The only way forward is together. Knowing so many in our city support this effort gives me strength and courage to keep fighting against inequities and the harm caused by the state takeover.”
Thank you to the countless Houstonians across every neighborhood who put up yard signs and wrote “No Trust, No Bond” on their minivan windows. Thank you to the hundreds who worked the polls yesterday and to the many more who spoke with parents at school pickup lines and knocked on doors over the past 18 months.
Stay in the game. Speak at the November 14th HISD board meeting. Strategize at the November 16th CVPE meeting as we continue the fight to save our schools.RSVP here.
This is what democracy looks like.
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