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In 2023 the Texas Education Agency announced that it will remove the superintendent and the board of trustees, and therefore begin to directly control HISD. [47] The Houston Independent School District takeover formally began on June 1, 2023 with the appointment of a new superintendent and board of managers. [ 48 ]
Forest Brook Middle School became a part of HISD during the merger with the North Forest Independent School District on July 1, 2013. [20] When HISD assumed control, the facilities were in a damaged state, 30-40% of students were habitually late to school, and 75-80% of students performed below grade level.
In September 1991, Milby was one of 32 HISD schools that had capped enrollments; in other words, the school was filled to capacity and excess students had to attend other schools. [10] On November 14, 1991, 18-year-old Francisco Contreras received four gunshot wounds in his feet and leg outside of the cafeteria at Milby.
On June 1, 2023, the Texas Education Agency released the names of the superintendent and board of managers appointed by Mike Morath to lead the district. [9] Mike Miles , the charter school leader and former superintendent of Dallas Independent School District whose time overlapped with Morath as a board member, was named as the superintendent.
The student demographics at Nimitz High School for the 2023-2024 school year was: Hispanic: 50%; Black: 44%; White: 3%; Asian: 1%; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 1%; Two or more races: 1%; Native American: <1%; 86% of students were Economically Disadvantaged, 6% were English Language Learners [6]
In 2010 HISD accused principal Mable Caleb of stealing school property and facilitating academic dishonesty, and the board voted to fire her. However an administrative law judge ruled in 2014 that Caleb was not guilty of the charges. Caleb sued HISD, and in 2016 the two parties agreed to a settlement in which she received $550,000. [12]
In the 1984–1985 school year, DeBakey had the lowest percentage of failing grades in the Houston Independent School District. In the fall semester, 7% of grades were failing, while in the spring semester, 6% of grades were failing. [7] The school was renamed after Michael E. DeBakey in 1996. [5]
Westbury High School is a secondary school located in the Brays Oaks, [2] of Southwest Houston, Texas, near the Westbury neighborhood. It has grades 9 through 12, and is part of the Houston Independent School District.