BY WESLEY GARDNER
Also of note
Zooming out
What they’re saying
While TEA A-F accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year weren’t released until after press time, Miles said the district released projected ratings using the TEA’s data and methodology. Miles said 121 HISD campuses had received “D” or “F” ratings at the end of the 2022-23 school year. The following year, 55 of those schools were projected to jump to an “A” or “B.” The number of “A” and “B” rated schools districtwide increased by 82%, jumping from 93 to 170 in that same period. The TEA will release accountability ratings for the 2024-25 school year Aug. 15, after press time.
Despite some district gains, HISD’s teacher turnover rate remains high, TEA data shows. Eddie Bassey, who taught at the district for nine years before resigning in 2024, said he believes many of the teachers who resigned felt restricted by the district’s NES model. “They want all of us to look the same, sound the same, do things the same,” Bassey said. Despite the turnover, Miles said the district has begun each school year with few vacancies.
Parents and community members have shown up en masse at HISD board meet- ings to voice their concerns about changes they felt were forced upon them. HISD parent Amelia Maldonado said she believes the district’s declining enrollment numbers are an indication of a lack of trust. In April, Miles said the district was projecting a roughly 6,800-stu- dent drop in enrollment before the start of the 2025-26 school year. “Families are leaving the district, not because they don’t value public education, but because they don’t trust this district to deliver it,” Maldonado said. Veronica Garcia, executive director of education nonprofit Houstonians for Great Public Schools, said she feels district leadership needs to work more closely with the public to improve trust and communication.
Houston ISD’s teacher turnover rate
Takeover began
HISD 2023-24 projection TEA rating, 2022-23
Houston ISD local accountability ratings
Houston ISD
State
Campus
NES campuses
Browning Elementary
F
C
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center
F
D
2019-20
2020-21
School year 2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
Crockett Elementary
D B
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
What’s next
If HISD officials meet the requirements set by the Texas Education Agency by June 2027, the state’s transition back to the district’s elected board of trustees would replace: Three state-appointed board managers with elected board members Three state-appointed board managers with elected board members June 2027 June 2028
intervention can end, he said. The final requirement will be ensuring that Houston ISD board procedures align with a focus on students. “Ultimately, two years has not been enough time to fix district systems that were broken for decades,” Morath said.
Morath said the district will need to ensure no campuses receive failing accountability ratings for consecutive years before local control can be restored. However, the district’s unofficial ratings for the 2023-24 school year included 41 campuses with “D” and “F” ratings. The district’s special education program would also need to be fully compliant with all state and federal requirements before the
The remaining state-appointed board managers with the remaining elected board members
June 2029
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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