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HISD School Board of Trustees voted last night to give Grenita Lathan the boot & brought back former HISD Superintendent Abe Saavedra to his old job. https://abc13.com/education/shake-up-saavedra-back-to-hisd-after-board-ousts-lathan/4464686/ Thoughts on the news ? A.) Love It B.) Hate It C.) Wait & See Approach

I noticed that Jack Yates High School recently got a new Principal in Tiffany Guillory. The big question is whatever happened to Kenneth Davis ? If anybody who is an alumnus of Yates High School knows the situation. Let me know what happened ? https://www.houstonisd.org/Yates

Does anyone have information on Spring Branch ISD's bond project estimates? It's weird that they a haven't released that besides requesting A&E services for their entire bond.

Does anyone have a good, high-res photo of the old HISD Headquarters building at Richmond & Weslayan which they are willing to share for the Heritage Society to use in an educational video? We will put you in the credits. It's for a new HAM Slice of History on mid-century architecture in Houston.

The revolving door from Houston TV News Stations to HISD could start a trend: Ch. 13 Reporter Tracy Clemons will be leaving the ABC O&O Station after just 3 years & heading to HISD. He joins former Univision 45 KXLN-TV Weekend Anchor Rebecca Suarez, who joined HISD not too long ago. http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2017/07/tracy-clemons-joins-hisd-from-ktrk-abc13.html http://abc13.com/ Your thoughts on Clemons leaving Ch. 13 & going to HISD ?

In case you've been living under a rock to start the Summer, Univision 45 KXLN-TV Anchor & Reporter Rebecca Suarez has left the TV Biz once again & will be returning to HISD.... to become the new chief communications officer under HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza, according to the HISD news blog. Suarez, a 13-time Lone Star Emmy Award winner, had been with Univision 45 as the station's Weekend Anchor & Reporter & has more than 15 years of experience in media & communications. She is a former HISD staff member, having served as the district's primary spokesperson for Spanish-language media, senior media relations specialist, & community affairs TV host. Suarez also worked as Anchor & Reporter for NBC Telemundo (KTMD-TV 47). She started her new job on June 5th. http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2017/04/21/hisd-names-new-chief-communications-officer/ http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2017/06/rebecca-suarez-leaves-univision-houston-kxln-returns-hisd.html

The Houston Independent School District's chief auditor was allowed to return to work Wednesday, 5 months after the board suspended him for alleged misconduct & ordered an investigation. Despite the reinstatement of Richard Patton, his attorney, David Feldman, said the district owes him a public apology for an "unnecessary" investigation that appeared to focus on the auditor asking his assistant to scan some personal documents for him using work equipment. Feldman also expressed concern that Patton's responsibilities seem to have been scaled back, a move he called an attempt "to further silence the man who is supposed to be your watchdog." The ongoing tension sets the stage for a possible courtroom battle. Patton had filed a grievance against the district over his suspension in June, asking for his job back & alleging he was being retaliated against for reporting suspected illegal activity involving HISD business to law enforcement. Feldman said at the time that if the grievance did not fix matters, Patton would file a whistleblower lawsuit against HISD. Thoughts on the Patton controversy surrounding HISD ? A.) Like it B.) Hated it C.) Wait & see approach

Several news reports in recent months have been focusing on cheating scandals in several schools at Houston ISD, which was affected couple of schools, & it's getting worse. Any reaction from the following video links shown: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/Clip/10036720/hisd-investigation-proves-3-teachers-in-cheating-scandal http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/29253031/activist-promises-federal-lawsuit-amid-hisd-grade-inflation-scandal http://abc13.com/careers/teacher-caught-up-in-cheating-scandal-files-suit/300479/

Any reaction from those about HISD's plans on getting rid of Wheatley High School despite protests from the community ?

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 ???