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Parents in the Houston Independent School District are fighting back against whirlwind changes to the district set in motion by new superintendent Mike Miles.
As of 2011 few Woodland Heights/Norhill-area parents sent their children to Hogg, and they instead used HISD middle schools in other areas. As of 2014 the school's test scores were below average. By 2014 the IB program had been established, the number of disciplinary reports declined and became among the smallest in the entire district.
A 2003 The New York Times report which asserted that HISD did not report school violence to the police created controversy in the community as teachers, students, and parents expressed concern about the district's downplaying of campus violence. [26] HISD officials held a news conference after the publication of the story.
HISD officials said that the district had little difficulty opening the three schools in the middle of the year, since the same teachers had been teaching the same students while they occupied the previously overcrowded schools in the preceding fall. [20] On its opening day Benavidez referred 400 students to other schools due to overcrowding. [21]
HISD parents rally outside Cage Elementary and Project Chrysalis Middle School (Anna Bauman / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images file) Defending changes, aiming to 'correct' inequities.
With the exception of 2020-2021 during the pandemic, HISD saw its biggest enrollment drop in a decade after the takeover, increasing concerns about the sustainability of Miles' plans and reforms. [22] New Education System (NES) schools saw large drops in student enrollment compared to the rest of the district. [23]
High School for Business and Economic Success, became an HISD charter named Leader's Academy High School for Business and Academic Success in 2007 and later merged into Victory Prep; Medical Center Charter School, a pre-kindergarten through 5th grade charter school, was located in the Westbury area.
Bellaire High School is a comprehensive, public secondary school in Bellaire, Texas. [2] Part of the Houston Independent School District, it serves the incorporated city of Bellaire, the Houston community of Meyerland, and other adjacent Houston neighborhoods. [3]