Houston ISD prepares to begin new school year under state-appointed leadership
Another school year is set to begin Aug. 28 for students at Houston ISD, but this year will look different from any in the past.
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Another school year is set to begin Aug. 28 for students at Houston ISD, but this year will look different from any in the past.
The Houston Independent School District will eliminate librarians and turn some libraries into discipline centers in certain neighborhoods, that just so happen to be predominantly low-income communities of color.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Wednesday spoke out against new appointed Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles' plan to close or repurpose libraries at 28 schools
At least 28 campuses in HISD are eliminating librarians and media specialists while converting their libraries into spaces that will be used to discipline misbehaving students, among other uses.
Artist Ali Lazik was chosen as one of the painters who will be painting traffic boxes in Amherst this Summer. She says "I secretly always wanted to paint one."