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Many comments regarding property  VALUE  but never the 9-12 tax authorities RATE particularly HISD's rate

  RATE  X   VALUE =  property tax DUE.

 

Everyone hammers hcad,   deservedly so,  who are in charge of Value  ONLY.   No onme hammers  hisd tax rate which results in more tax revenue from most property owners than all other tax authorities combined.    

 

hisd's  Rate is ALLEGEDLY necessary to meet BUDGET REQUIREMENTS.  hisd budget requirement are a RESULT of   administrators DELIBERATE  INEFFICIENCY and GAMING OF THE SYSTEM resulting in unnecessarily EXORBITANT budget and RATE.    Unfortunately for Houston children and property owners Trustees are answerable to the Administrators in practice not the law.  

 

Texas Constitution requires public education to be "EFFICIENT".    hisd  administrators refuse to be efficient with  VOLUNTARY assistance of hisd TRUSTTES thereby  ROBBING  CHILDREN and  tax payers  of  RIGHTS and MONEY. 

 

Administrator's motive for this?  Easy.   Personal gain.   Failure to meet  ACADEMIC goals IS ALWAYS  laid at the feet of TEACHERS[quality] and LEGISLATURE[money] by administrators.    Administrators CREATE inefficiency  by  REFUSING to adopt multi-disciplinary approach necessary for effective and efficient  classroom environment

 

Multi-disciplinary approach in the classroom is as effective as in health care.    Administrator's refuse to adopt the disciplines of  physiology and sociology  disciplines necessary for efficient classroom instruction.  Administrator's  PRIME DIRECTIVE is to avoid RESPONSIBILITY  for academic failure subsequent to loss of  income and benefits.         

 

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR CHILDREN and TEACHERS at the expense of poor little administrator  ??? 

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the beauty of a texas education if  what you assert is correct

 

tax rate R  may be lower in harris county but the highest  median value V  is in Houston. (R x V) = hisd squandered dollars

 

north forest isd had the lowest academic rating until until hisd annexed them  for more funds per student from federal/state sources.

 

hisd spends more and accomplishes than almost all texas school districts

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I have a child in an HISD school, and am pretty satisfied with the education he is getting. I do not see much wastage in the HISD budget, or the budgets of the two schools he has attended/ I have been through the HISD budget with a pretty sharp eye, and there's not a lot in there to complain about. In fact, I am more pleased with HISD's use of tax dollars than just about any other political subdivision in the County.

 

HISD took over North Forest at the request of the State, since NFISD was completely corrupt and run by nincompoops who were utterly clueless. I doubt that taking over NFISD will be a net economic benefit to HISD.

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Are you asserting by the equation "(R x V) = hisd squandered dollars" that all money collected by hisd via property taxes is squandered?

 

Hisd spends more and accomplishes what than almost all Texas school districts?

 

Did you just get your first ever property tax bill?

 

 

Administrator's refuse to adopt the disciplines of  physiology and sociology  disciplines necessary for efficient classroom instruction. 

 

How does physiology relate to efficient classroom instruction?

 

 

Administrators CREATE inefficiency  by  REFUSING to adopt multi-disciplinary approach necessary for effective and efficient  classroom environment

 

What, exactly, is the multi-disciplinary approach you are advocating?

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hisd trustee proposed staggered start times for class to save transportation cost [wrong reason right idea]

 

testimony is as follows in hearing

 

10th grade student in favor as it was in line with physiology sleep studies proving older the student require later start time

 

mothers against it as it was inconvenient

 

two hisd principles testified it would interfere with football practice

 

hisd trustees tabled it even though it would lower cost but more importantly academic students would be asleep  during first two hours of class.  so that a few football players could practice and mothers could use the cmpus as a juvenile detention facility

 

as for nutrition,  physiology and sociology,  it is unassailable a child raised in a sole physical custody household will statistically be low income subsequent to poor nutrition which of course affects academics.

 

sociology comes into play as same gender classroom instruction is both legal under phase two of no child left behind AND reduces disciplinary issues.  much has been made of the classroom disciplinary to jail issue yet hisd has done nothing to implement same gender classroom instruction.  Note;  same gender classroom instruction may be accomplished with a male academy and female academy on the same physical campus.  no change of zoned school for registered child based upon residence address.  unfortunately publicity has erroneously revolved around the entire campus being one gender  rather than one gender classroom.  

 

as for north forest isd,  hisd VOLUBTARILY  annexed the district.  hisd was the second worst district in harris county, WOULDN'T effectively mange the existing district, and wanted more money per student front federal/state sources. with the annexation

 

the PRIMARY DIREXTIVE of texas public education isn't efficient education but rather revenue stream per student.   that isn't the poiunt of rdf id tags.   the total numbers of students on campus ground but not in class is   to justify administrators argument for x-amount per student on campus.   it isn't about effective education its bout  revenue stream

 

hisd administrators game the system as monst government agency employees do for their own benefit t the expense of the children, the community, the property owner, and the employer who leaves Houston for failure to obtain qualified emplyees thereby unnecessarily increasing  the tax burden on the homeowner

 

 

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hisd trustee proposed staggered start times for class to save transportation cost [wrong reason right idea]

 

testimony is as follows in hearing

 

10th grade student in favor as it was in line with physiology sleep studies proving older the student require later start time

 

mothers against it as it was inconvenient

 

two hisd principles testified it would interfere with football practice

 

hisd trustees tabled it even though it would lower cost but more importantly academic students would be asleep  during first two hours of class.  so that a few football players could practice and mothers could use the cmpus as a juvenile detention facility

 

as for nutrition,  physiology and sociology,  it is unassailable a child raised in a sole physical custody household will statistically be low income subsequent to poor nutrition which of course affects academics.

 

sociology comes into play as same gender classroom instruction is both legal under phase two of no child left behind AND reduces disciplinary issues.  much has been made of the classroom disciplinary to jail issue yet hisd has done nothing to implement same gender classroom instruction.  Note;  same gender classroom instruction may be accomplished with a male academy and female academy on the same physical campus.  no change of zoned school for registered child based upon residence address.  unfortunately publicity has erroneously revolved around the entire campus being one gender  rather than one gender classroom.  

 

as for north forest isd,  hisd VOLUBTARILY  annexed the district.  hisd was the second worst district in harris county, WOULDN'T effectively mange the existing district, and wanted more money per student front federal/state sources. with the annexation

 

the PRIMARY DIREXTIVE of texas public education isn't efficient education but rather revenue stream per student.   that isn't the poiunt of rdf id tags.   the total numbers of students on campus ground but not in class is   to justify administrators argument for x-amount per student on campus.   it isn't about effective education its bout  revenue stream

 

hisd administrators game the system as monst government agency employees do for their own benefit t the expense of the children, the community, the property owner, and the employer who leaves Houston for failure to obtain qualified emplyees thereby unnecessarily increasing  the tax burden on the homeowner

 

Your writing style is a little difficult to follow, and frankly hurts my eyes, but let me attempt to paraphrase...

 

 

An hisd trustee proposed staggered start times for classes.  That was standard practice in the school district I attended.

 

There was a hearing on the matter.  A 10th grader spoke in favor because he'd like to sleep in.  Some mothers disagreed as it would inconvenience them.  Two of hisd's principles regarding football would be violated.  Not sure what's that's about, but this is Texas and high school football is sacrosanct.  (See "Friday Night Lights"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_%28TV_series%29 )

 

The hisd trustees decided against staggering as students are asleep for the first two hours of class each day anyway, so that allows the football players more time to practice and so those mothers could just use the campus like it was prison.  (See "The Longest Yard"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Yard_%281974_film%29 ).

 

The kids in the sole physical custody of said prison are getting bad physiological and sociological nutrition due to their statistically poor academics leading to them to later form low income households.

 

Girls and boys should be taught in separate classrooms since sociological play is both legal AND reduces disciplinary problems.  Much has been made of implementing strict classroom discipline, up to and including sending students to a juvenile detention facility, but nothing has been done to put this into effect.  Hisd is lagging in this and should be punishing more student infractions with hard prison time.  Also, gender specific classroom instruction can be done on the same campus allowing for much physical activity between the genders on said campus.  

 

Hisd annexed North Forest ISD, which was the second worst district in Harris County (hisd being the first?).  Hisd did this because nfisd couldn't manage it's football team properly and students weren't being allowed to sleep in.  Afterwards, hisd tried to extort money from each student by threatening to reveal secret information gleaned through their federal/state sources.

 

The Prime Directive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive ) which Texas is subject to as a member of the United Federation of Planets dictates the efficient streaming of student videos in order to maximize revenue per clicks on the web.  No interference is allowed by Starfleet, I mean hisd, personnel in the internal development of such videos.  Hisd personnel are authorized, however, to track students using embedded RFID tags.  The total number of students lying on the ground on each campus is used by the administrators to justify x-rays for each student.

 

Employers who leave Houston, especially those in the video game business, do so because they fail to obtain qualified game testers from among the hisd administrators.  Said hisd administrators are like most government agency employees in that they are addicted to Monster energy drinks.  They drink these drinks because they are always putting on charity benefits to cover the expenses of children, the community, and property owners.  Employers aren't allowed to contribute to the benefits as they are already paying an unnecessarily high tax burden.

 

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I can't help but wonder where the OP was educated went to school, and what exactly generated his/her excitement.

 

Personally, I don't mind paying school taxes.  It should go without saying that I'd like those revenues to be spent wisely.  Still, I went to public schools, and I would much rather that upcoming generations get some book learnin' into them.  Stated differently:  If you think education is expensive, try ignorance on for size.

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multi-disciplinary approach is the use of sociologist, physiologist as well as education

 

education covers the mechanics of teaching to a student,  who is hypothetically speaking,  physically/sociologically/physiologically which is necessary for a effective classroom environment

 

just as you cant fill a broken pitcher on a tossing ship you cant effectively instruct the child

 

most of these positive or negative factors occur  off campus and therefore ignored by hisd administrators

 

 negative factors can be mitigated to a certain extent but  hisd administrators refuse to do so.  mitigating negative factors would result in superior academic performance  resulting in a lower budget.   one example of administrators gaming the system 

 

in a recent Houston chronicle a director of texas association of business stated the grading of schools is not based on the students

immediate ability to successfully enter any  endeavor following post-secondary education.  another example of gaming the system

 

texas raised the minimum age for the GED from 16 to 18 even though most intuitions in the following sectors  accept the GED; military, apprenticeship programs, technical schools.  hisd administrators and others urged this age increase in the attempt to keep studnets in hisd's chairs  for the revenue.  gaming the system again. 

 

GED exam is a difficult exam as reported to me by military recruiters in texas.  most texas students/hs grads fail the military written exams while the failure rate for GED holders is almost nonexistent

 

what will you do for our students and teachers at the expense of our poor little administrators ??

 

 

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multi-disciplinary approach is the use of sociologist, physiologist as well as education

 

education covers the mechanics of teaching to a student,  who is hypothetically speaking,  physically/sociologically/physiologically which is necessary for a effective classroom environment

 

just as you cant fill a broken pitcher on a tossing ship you cant effectively instruct the child

 

most of these positive or negative factors occur  off campus and therefore ignored by hisd administrators

 

 negative factors can be mitigated to a certain extent but  hisd administrators refuse to do so.  mitigating negative factors would result in superior academic performance  resulting in a lower budget.   one example of administrators gaming the system 

 

in a recent Houston chronicle a director of texas association of business stated the grading of schools is not based on the students

immediate ability to successfully enter any  endeavor following post-secondary education.  another example of gaming the system

 

texas raised the minimum age for the GED from 16 to 18 even though most intuitions in the following sectors  accept the GED; military, apprenticeship programs, technical schools.  hisd administrators and others urged this age increase in the attempt to keep studnets in hisd's chairs  for the revenue.  gaming the system again. 

 

GED exam is a difficult exam as reported to me by military recruiters in texas.  most texas students/hs grads fail the military written exams while the failure rate for GED holders is almost nonexistent

 

what will you do for our students and teachers at the expense of our poor little administrators ??

 

More translation...

 

 

A multi-disciplinary approach would allow hisd to hire more sociologists and psychologists as well as educators to inflate it's payroll.

Educating students on mechanics will teach them to speak hypothetically regarding the environment in a physically/sociologically/physiologically effective classroom/auto repair shop.

Likewise, you can never effectively instruct a child to toss a pitcher on a broken ship.  Or at least it's not advisable.

There are many positives and negatives regarding ignoring hisd administrators on campus.

One of the negative factors is that a lower budget doesn't allow the hisd administrators to purchase additional games.  Mitigating this negative factor by increasing the budget would result in superior academic performance.

Recently, a director of the Texas Association of Business (TAB) met with a representative of the Business Association Regulators (BAR) to discuss Houston resulting in a BAR TAB of $34.56.  They chronicled that student grades are allowing some students to successfully pursue post-secondary education in casino gaming.  This clearly should not be allowed.

Texas requires students to take the GED 16 to 18 times at the urging of the military, apprenticeship programs, and technical schools.  Students taking the GED in Texas are required to pay for their chairs each time, resulting in massive revenue for furniture manufacturers and retailers.  Rumor has it that Mattress Mack backed this change.  Hisd administrators are still looking for a good gaming system.

Most Texas students fail the exams to become military recruiters.  If they take the GED they are required to purchase a holder for the exam.  Finding a holder for the exam has proved difficult since they are almost nonexistent, as reported by military recruiters.

Hisd administrators are poor and short of stature and are being picked on by students and teachers.  What can we do to help them?

 

 

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mollusk. that's the point about hisd school administrators.   We pay .way to much with nothing to show for it academically.

 

local  employers and current employees  will move elsewhere to obtain qualified new-hires.

 

this increases the property tax on homeowners placing a unsustainable tax burden particularly on the retired/elderly

 

Houston will become another Detroit  after employers move  to  other counties or out of state

 

homeowners @ employers pay ore to hisd tan all other tax authorities combined

 

when are you going to place our students and community ahead of hisd administrators .

 

 

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Dude/dudette - You just aren't making sense.  We've got a dozen construction cranes downtown, and scads more elsewhere within HISD's jurisdiction, which indicate to my eyes that we've got a net IN-migration.  XOM is consolidating up north?  Fine, Chevron alone is more than taking their place.  I don't see us turning into Detroit anytime in the near future unless there is some sort of massive shift in other market conditions.

 

Can you cite us to some particular bad act(s) that we can look up for ourselves?

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mollusk. that's the point about hisd school administrators.   We pay .way to much with nothing to show for it academically.

 

Wow...US News & World Report must be pranking us then...http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2014/04/23/hisd-schools-earn-spots-on-u-s-news-world-report-best-high-schools-rankings/

 

 

local  employers and current employees  will move elsewhere to obtain qualified new-hires.

 

Who are "current employees" hiring?  Maids and gardeners?  If said "current employees" need new hires, won't the hisd graduates be well qualified to serve as maids and gardeners since they obviously do so poorly academically-speaking?  Plus we always need people to flip hamburgers.

 

 

this increases the property tax on homeowners placing a unsustainable tax burden particularly on the retired/elderly

 

Here's the real travesty that increases tax burdens on homeowners...http://www.houstonpress.com/2014-05-01/news/texas-property-tax-assessments/

 

 

Houston will become another Detroit  after employers move  to  other counties or out of state

 

I'm looking forward to the precipitous drop in house prices.  I missed my chance to buy inside the loop during the oil bust.  Can we schedule this Detroit thing for 2016 so I can sell my current house and have the cash ready for a steal in West U?

 

 

homeowners @ employers pay ore to hisd tan all other tax authorities combined

 

What kind of ore are we talking about here?  High grade uranium? Gold ore?  Or just plain old iron ore?  The answer to that question makes all the difference.  Are the hisd officials going to trade the ore for tans or are they going to tan all the other tax authorities?  Is the future so bright they have to wear shades?

 

 

when are you going to place our students and community ahead of hisd administrators .

 

Sounds like the community and students are already way ahead.  Or at least they are ahead of the Alief School District.

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homeowners @ employers pay ore to hisd tan all other tax authorities combined

 

when are you going to place our students and community ahead of hisd administrators .

 

   

 

You are just plain wrong on that one. The HISD tax rate is 1.1867. The total of the other taxing entities in Houston is 1.372261. HISD has the lowest tax rate of any school district in Harris County. That's one reason I live in Houston and not out in the suburbs - my taxes are lower in HISD than they would be elsewhere.

 

The HISD administrators I've dealt with have been very good, and there just aren't that many of them. Until such time as invoices pay themselves, the State and Federal governments cease requiring a myriad of forms, etc, we will have administrators. HISD is actually one of the better run districts in the state, and I have no problems with what they are doing in general.

 

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