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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Four years after Houston voters overwhelmingly approved a massive $2 billion bond, HISD students will be walking into six brand new schools. And while work is still ongoing in ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- HISD told voters its $4.4 billion bond proposal won't increase taxes, yet the ballot states something different, and political experts said both are correct. Earlier this ...
In messages of support for the measure, HISD has emphasized that the huge funding package will not result in a property tax increase for residents. To begin, a spokesperson for the Harris County ...
The district’s controversial bond measure would provide infrastructure improvements at all 273 of HISD’s campuses, including about $134 million into 25 elementary, middle and high schools that ...
HISD has “unusually large imbalances” in its campus utilization rate, with 60 schools exceeding 100% of their permanent ...
Overall, for the 2023-24 school year, 11 HISD schools received an F, 30 schools were rated D campuses, 54 received Cs, 111 earned a B, and 59 schools are set to receive an A. TEA's ...
Since then, payments to the group, Outreach Strategists, have eclipsed more than $1.5 million, according to HISD’s own payment records. From the start of our investigation, the question we ...
Talk about timing. With just three weeks to go before the August 12 start of the HISD 2024-25 school year, Houston ISD has announced significant changes to its bus transportation policies ...
Less than a quarter of HISD’s Black and Hispanic high school students typically earn degrees from any college or university within six years, according to years of district data. As part of a ...
They both now face decades in prison. Brian Busby is the former chief operating officer for HISD. He was accused of helping a company get construction and maintenance contracts. That company ...
Asked about installing metal detectors in the schools, HISD Police Chief Shamara Garner said, "We currently do not have metal detectors on our campuses, however, there is active discussion in ...
On Thursday, HISD Police Chief Shamara D. Garner addressed the stabbing as well as a series of recent threats and hoaxes. District police said the student accused in the stabbing will be treated ...