The Houston Independent School District Board of Education will vote Thursday on a proposal to update the 2017-2018 Code of Student Conduct. Among the proposed changes is a plan to offer alternatives in some cases to students who have been referred to the district’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP). Other proposed changes include reclassifying the […]
HISD FACE is now Family and Community Empowerment (previously Engagement). This name change conveys the work FACE has been doing over the past several years of empowering campus leadership, staff, parents, and stakeholders to foster engagement and advance learning across the district.
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The Houston Independent School District has partnered with METRO to offer free rides this summer to all HISD students as part of their Summer of Fun Pass program. The Summer of Fun Pass allows students to ride any METRO local bus, Park & Ride bus, or METRO Rail for free from June 1 to Sept. […]
Videos on Read Houston Read and Superintendent Listen and Learn tour honored With over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, HISD has been awarded with five Telly Awards for outstanding video production. The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials […]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, and this year, HISD is honoring the district’s Asian principals. Jonathan Trinh, Wisdom High School Jyoti Malhan, Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan Nirmol Lim, Park Place Elementary School John Hendrickson, Field Elementary School Chaolin Chang, […]
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The Houston Independent School District Board of Education approved a partnership with the City of Houston that would allow HISD to use community-based multiservice centers to help reach non-traditional, at-risk students. The partnership between HISD, the City of Houston Health Department, and the Mayor’s Office of Education would allow the district to offer its program […]
The Houston Independent School District Board of Education on Thursday will consider a partnership with the City of Houston that would allow HISD to use community-based multiservice centers to help reach non-traditional, at-risk students. If approved, the partnership between HISD, the City of Houston Health Department, and the Mayor’s Office of Education would allow the […]
HISD has earned top recognition for its 2015-2016 annual financial report from two organizations – the Government Finance Officers Association and the Association of Schools Business Officials International. The Chicago-based Government Finance Officers Association awarded the district the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for having met or exceeded the program’s high standards […]