On HISD
If you live in the City of Pasadena or the San Jacinto College service area, today is the last day to vote early.
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After I posted Daily Commentary yesterday, this story came out. See this from the Chron:
The state takeover of Houston ISD will continue for two more years before the Texas Education Agency announces the timeline for the transition back to elected board members overseeing the district.
TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said in a letter that HISD has made “tremendous” improvements in student academic performance during the first year of state intervention, as well as gains in finance, operations, special education compliance and school board governance.
However, he said the two-year extension of the state takeover through June 1, 2027, will allow HISD to build on its progress and “achieve lasting success for students” following the eventual transition to elected board oversight.
Here is the entire read: HISD state takeover will continue until at least June 2027, TEA says.
Evan Mintz then tweeted this:
Two more years of taxation without representation
Then Bill King responded with this tweet:
The problem is that the “representative” school board gave us a district with 121 failing (D or F) schools.
Well, we do have representation, they just can’t govern. I kind of have to agree with Bill that we did have a bunch of schools failing. I still do recall that we had too much drama and a bit of chaos at HISD School Board meetings. Those days appear to be gone. Oh, well.
This is also from the Chron:
The Texas Education Agency has removed and replaced four of the appointed members of Houston ISD’s Board of Managers two years into the state takeover.
TEA Commissioner Mike Morath wrote that he removed board Vice President Audrey Momanaee, Cassandra Auzenne Bandy, Rolando Martinez and Adam Rivon from their roles as of Sunday. The four new board members will be Edgar Colón, Marty Goossen, Lauren Gore and Marcos Rosales.
And this:
Colón is a lawyer who specializes in public finance, commercial transactions and corporate law and a lecturer at the University of Houston-Downtown. He previously served as chairman of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation and chairman of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors.
I know Edgar well. He is a friend. He is a first-rate, top-notch selection. He is sharp and has a solid history of serving our community. He will do a good job. He also knows baseball.
That is Janette Garza Lindner in the featured photo. Janette is my friend and a member of the HISD Board of Managers.
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I don’t know about this from the Chron:
General manager Dana Brown acknowledged Sunday the Houston Astros could have taken a different initial approach with Yordan Alvarez when the slugger first reported pain in his hand this season.
Brown made his comments on the Astros’ pregame radio show, a day after announcing that follow-up imaging on Alvarez’s right hand had revealed a “very small” fracture, when asked by host Robert Ford if the team could have done anything differently in retrospect in handling Alvarez’s injury.
“I think the big point here is when he had the first injury, in terms of the muscle strain in the hand, maybe we shouldn’t have let him fight through that,” Brown said on the team’s flagship station 790 AM.
One would think with all the high-powered medical team and talent here in the H-Town area, the Astros could have provided better medical guidance. My goodness, Yordan is the team’s superstar. This is so disappointing.
