Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner spoke out Wednesday about the rumored takeover of the Houston Independent School District.
Turner addressed the issue during a City Council meeting. He said that multiple lawmakers had informed him of the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) plans to take control of the district as soon as next week.
“What they’re saying to me is that the state intends to take over Houston Independent School District [HISD], replacing the entire board, replacing the superintendent, and running, taking over the entire school district,” Turner said.
HISD is the state’s largest school district, with nearly 195,000 students attending its 274 schools….