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Houston ISD grants school bus transportation to any Houston ISD resident attending his or her zoned school or attending a magnet program who lives 2 miles (3.2 km) or more away from the campus (as measured by the nearest public roads) or must cross treacherous obstacles in order to reach the campus. Certain special education students are also ...
HISD has an online high school offering regular, AP, and credit-recovery courses at its virtual school. For grades 3-12 offers online schooling through Texas Connections Academy @ Houston , which is operated under contract by Connections Academy , a Maryland -based company which works with public and other schools to provide online education.
After two employees made complaints against McKenzie, [12] an investigation, conducted by HISD's Equal Employment Opportunity office, [13] concluded that he acquired furniture from another employee's office to use in his own office and that he had used profane language during two staff meetings. [11]
She promoted equal pay for HISD employees who were female and black, special education, industrial arts education, and reading programs. She lost her re-election campaign in 1952 because she advocated for free lunches for students; her opponents believed the promotion of free lunches was a Communist campaign.
Miles had a controversial first term as superintendent. Issues protested included a lack of autonomy with teacher observations, pushing to convert libraries into discipline areas, [16] HISD employee terminations, and accusations of misuse of funds. Protests occurred at Houston City Hall and multiple HISD schools.
Parents and teachers want HISD to instead tear down the campus and rebuild it. [8] In 2010, after reviewing allegations of teacher-led cheating on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test and allegations of property theft, the district reassigned employees and denied Key employees bonus pay. [9]
Trustees Ricardo Castellano, left, and Pablo Barrera return to the board room after taking a photo with Socorro Independent School District students during a board meeting in 2022.
Margaret Long Wisdom High School, formerly Robert E. Lee High School, is a publicly funded secondary school located in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States 77057. The Houston Independent School District, the 7th largest school district in the United States, operates Wisdom, a public admission school that enrolls grades 9 through 12 (ages 14–18).