Advocacy Update

3/17/2025 11:29 am

On June 2, the Texas Education Agency extended the state intervention of HISD for at least another two years, removed four members of the Board of Managers (Audrey Momanaee, Cassandra Auzenne Bandy, Rolando Martinez, and Adam Rivon), and replaced them with four new Managers (Edgar Colon, Marty Goossen, Lauren Gore, and Marcos Rosales). You can read more about this shakeup here. The new Managers are in place effective immediately, meaning that they--and not the four removed Managers who participated in multiple budget workshops--will vote on the 2025-26 budget. It is unclear how the new Managers will get up to speed on the complexities of a budget as large as HISD's, and it is also unclear how HISD will adjust its budget to account for funding changes recently passed by the Legislature. So far, there are no additional budget workshops planned before the Board must vote to approve the budget.  

Final Exam Schedule for 9th-11th

5/12/2025 11:54 am

Grade 9 students may be allowed one spring final exam exemption; two spring final exam exemptions may be allowed for eligible 10th and 11th graders.  Eligible students are those with no more than three (3) absences in any one course for the duration of the semester. In addition, eligible students must have an 85 or higher semester average in the specific course(s) where the final exam exemption is applied. 
Students are expected to be in attendance for all exams even if they are exempt.  Missing a final exam will result in a zero on the report card until the final exam is made up. The make-up period is June 5 - 12, 2025. After that date the zero is final.  If a student has exempted an exam and is absent, the absence could cause the students to lose exemption status and/or could cause an NG resulting in a loss of credit.

First Lunch consists of students in the M building and the G building
Second Lunch consists of students in the A and V Building