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Hello, Houston,
We're back at it after the Education Writers Association's national seminar in Las Vegas last week. Picked up some great tips from the nation's leading education journalists and experts, and only came out about $10 down at the casino by the end of the week, so could have been worse.
Students and teachers, meanwhile, are off for the summer for a much deserved (and shorter than usual) break. Congratulations on making it to the end of the year everyone – go treat yourselves to some ice cream or something.
This Week's Must Read:
- HISD high school students saw gains on their STAAR scores as the first end-of-year results start to trickle in
 | Sam González Kelly, Education Reporter |
Is your school getting a rebuild under the bond proposal?
Alright folks, school year is over so you know what that means — its School Bond Summer! Please, please, hold your applause everyone.
The district had been gradually unveiling details about its historic $4.4 billion bond over the course of multiple public meetings the past two weeks, walking the community advisory committee through its research and plans for the money. They had announced about half of the schools that would be renovated or rebuilt at meetings in each division, and then on Wednesday they just decided to go ahead and release them all at once.
Seventeen schools would be rebuilt entirely under the bond proposal, and another 17 would be significantly renovated. Nine schools would be "co-located" to another campus, meaning they would share facilities with another school — that appeared to be one of the larger points of contention amongst committee members who wondered why the district would spend money to co-locate schools rather than bite the bullet and close some campuses, given the district's shrinking enrollment and under-utilized buildings.
We'll be digging into the finer details of the bond proposal in the days, weeks and months to come. In the meantime, take a look and see if your school could be getting a facelift.
What Else Happened This Week
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The Calendar Ahead
• June 10: Bond Community Advisory Committee meeting at Forest Brook Middle School from 6 to 8 p.m.
• June 13: School board meeting at 5 p.m. at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center
Shoutout
Congrats to Librarian of the Year
Congratulations to Wendy Breland, Crockett Elementary School librarian for winning Librarian of the Year from the District and Library Program of the Year in a celebration hosted by Houston Association of School Librarians and Friends of HISD Libraries.
"I'm sure if you've seen the news, you've probably heard Crockett. We're having a hard time," Breland said in her May 21 speech at the Library Program of the Year Celebration.
"But I'll tell you guys just like I've told the many, many children who ask me every day and the many families and teachers, 'Are you coming back next year? Are we going to have a library next year?' And I just tell them: 'I'm not going to give up this fight easily. You're going to have to drag me out of there,'" she said. "But the fight that we are doing right now to preserve libraries in Houston ISD is vital, and it's essential, and we just got to keep going because the kids deserve it."
Know a person or program who deserves a shoutout? Let us know here or by replying to this email.
Meet The Team
Photo by: Susan Barber
Our HISD coverage is fueled by reporting from Megan Menchaca, Sam González Kelly and Anastasia Goodwin. Assistant City Editor Jennifer Radcliffe also helps contribute to this newsletter.
You can reach out to any of them by emailing them at their firstname.lastname@houstonchronicle.com, filling out this survey or by replying directly to this email.
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