Houston ISD attacks parents planning 'sickout'

'Irresponsible': Houston ISD attacks parents planning 'sickout'
Houston ISD responded to parents planning a "sickout" on Wednesday to protest his policies, calling the organizers "irresponsible." Roughly 3,000 students across 118 schools are planning to "call in sick" on Wednesday to express their discontent with the state's takeover of HISD,
Houston ISD Parents Hold Student ‘Sick Out’ to Protest State Takeover
Houston ISD parents voiced frustrations over prioritized standardized test scores, district spending, and the district's response to potential ICE raids.
HISD has message for students and parents ahead of planned 'sick out' on Wednesday
While students plan to post the state's takeover of HISD, the district is touting the accomplishments since it started to run it.
Houston parents, teachers planning mass HISD 'sickout' on Wednesday
Allyson Ackerman is the News Editor at Chron. She previously was the Deputy News Editor at the New York Post, where she also served as the Deputy Business Editor. She left the Big Apple for Houston and can now often be found in a car driving her two kids around town.
Advocacy group plans Houston ISD 'sickout' on Wednesday to protest state takeover
"HISD's job is to provide the highest level of education it can," One parent participating in the sickout said. "It's there to make sure we prepare Texans for tomorrow, not just to pass a test just to get a score.
HISD parents, students stage 'sick-out' protest against state takeover
HOUSTON — Families across Houston ISD staged a "sick-out" protest Wednesday, keeping some students home from school in opposition to the state’s takeover of Texas’ largest school district.
Houston ISD parents protest Mike Miles as thousands pull kids out of school
Local activist group Community Voices for Public Education planned both the sick-out and protest, targeted against the state-appointed board of managers and Superintendent Mike Miles. It estimates that nearly 3,
'Irresponsible': Houston ISD lambasts advocacy group's planned mass student absences
Houston ISD lambasted an advocacy group's planned mass student absences on Wednesday in protest of the district's state-appointed leadership in a recent statement. HISD on Tuesday called the plan "irresponsible" after the group,
Texas Students Skip School En Masse to Protest State Takeover
Some 3,000 students reportedly stayed home to protest the state's takeover of the Houston Independent School District.
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Houston ISD launches live broadcast show called 'HISD Now' featuring daily headlines about district
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Houston ISD condemns call for student sick-out in protest of Mike Miles
Community Voices for Public Education is organizing a protest planned for Wednesday. The group says the idea is to express ...
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HISD Superintendent still “not available” to speak over $2-million dollar “Key Action” tied to November bond
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HISD's Sam Houston high school students stage mass walkout to protest national immigration crackdown
With helicopters overhead and hundreds of their classmates surrounding them, Sam Houston Math, Science and Technology Center seniors Alisay Castorena and Kendra Ramirez cried as they embraced Thursday ...