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Houston ISD is having some issues
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:37 pm
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Apparently, the state thinks the entire elected board should be replaced with "managers".
HISD is really just a larger version of EBR schools. Some nice magnet schools, a whole bunch of garbage schools, and a board that is just terrible.
Apparently, the state thinks the entire elected board should be replaced with "managers".
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A Texas Education Agency investigation report recommends the Houston Independent School District board of trustees be replaced by a board of managers, board president Diana Davila confirmed to KHOU Thursday.
HISD is really just a larger version of EBR schools. Some nice magnet schools, a whole bunch of garbage schools, and a board that is just terrible.
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Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
For Houston mini baws, the worse a school the better for them.
In Texas, college admissions are based upon class rank. Top 6% of your class gets into UT Austin and Top 10% get into other public colleges like Texas A and M automatically.
In Texas, college admissions are based upon class rank. Top 6% of your class gets into UT Austin and Top 10% get into other public colleges like Texas A and M automatically.
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:44 pm to LSUFanHouston
Double edged sword here. (And this is squarely Poli Board material BTW.)
1. Elected school board members are the worst and can’t get shite done.
2. Replacing elected officials with appointed Managers just results in well connected political hacks pushing the agenda of whoever appointed them. For an example, see every Board and Trustee in Louisiana.
1. Elected school board members are the worst and can’t get shite done.
2. Replacing elected officials with appointed Managers just results in well connected political hacks pushing the agenda of whoever appointed them. For an example, see every Board and Trustee in Louisiana.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
Meanwhile the surrounding districts spend less per student and most of them excel. Wonder why that is......
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:50 pm to Gray12
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In Texas, college admissions are based upon class rank. Top 6% of your class gets into UT Austin and Top 10% get into other public colleges like Texas A and M automatically.
Dang it's gotten tougher. I remember when I went to A&M before transferring to LSU it was 10% could get you anywhere. I guess UT had too many applicants.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:53 pm to Areddishfish
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Dang it's gotten tougher. I remember when I went to A&M before transferring to LSU it was 10% could get you anywhere. I guess UT had too many applicants.
Correct.
UT had to lower it because they had too many to keep up with.
The top 10% rule is why you see a lot of suburb kids at places like LSU, OU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, etc. They take advantage and get kids from good schools that graduated in the 11-25% range because they can't get into UT and A&M even though they may have better SAT scores than a lot of folks that get into the two big name Texas colleges.
A&M's enrollment has also skyrocketed in the last decade or so. It was in the low 40K in the 90s and the upper 40K in the 00s. It has gone from 48K in 2010 to nearly 70K in 2018. UT is only in the low 50K range I think.
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:54 pm to LSUFanHouston
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This post was edited on 10/26/20 at 9:25 am
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:08 pm to Gray12
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In Texas, college admissions are based upon class rank
Good family friend of ours was at Memorial and top 10%. Transferred on purpose to Northbrook where he was top 1%......full ride to UT
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:11 pm to LSUFanHouston
HISD schools have long been a joke. I wouldn’t suggest anyone with school aged kids living inside the loop/in an HISD zone if they can’t afford private school
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:30 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
A lot of the younger couples we have, who live inside the Loop, specifically state this when asked why they don’t plan on having kids.
“I’m not driving 3 hours round trip a day to live in the ‘burbs so I can send my kids to a quality school”
And I don’t blame them. If my job was in downtown Houston, I’d struggle with that decision as well.
“I’m not driving 3 hours round trip a day to live in the ‘burbs so I can send my kids to a quality school”
And I don’t blame them. If my job was in downtown Houston, I’d struggle with that decision as well.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:32 pm to Hou_Lawyer
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All the taxes we pay inside the loop and can't even send kids to the public schools. What a joke.
Kingwood is calling your name.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 2:32 pm to jbgleason
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2. Replacing elected officials with appointed Managers just results in well connected political hacks pushing the agenda of whoever appointed them. For an example, see every Board and Trustee in Louisiana.
Dude ... that would be a huge improvement. HISD members are so unapologetically corrupt.
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