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Worthing Project Advisory Team for New School Inspired by Tour of 2 Area Campuses

A visit to two innovative Houston area schools Friday left the Worthing High School Project Advisory Team feeling inspired about the building of its new campus. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000hpavgT_gOOI’ g_name=’20131018-Worthing-PAT’ width=’600′ f_fullscreen=’t’ bgtrans=’t’ pho_credit=’iptc’ twoup=’f’ f_bbar=’t’ f_bbarbig=’f’ fsvis=’f’ f_show_caption=’t’ crop=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’t’ f_htmllinks=’t’ f_l=’t’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ f_topbar=’f’ f_show_watermark=’t’ img_title=’casc’ linkdest=’c’ trans=’xfade’ target=’_self’ tbs=’5000′ f_link=’t’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’t’ f_ap=’t’ […]

Realtors Seek Answers from District Leaders on Taxes, School Security, and More

Dr. Grier is one of four superintendents from Houston’s four fastest-growing school districts to participate in HAR event Houston has one of the hottest real-estate markets in the nation right now, and that’s why a group of local realtors asked the superintendents of Houston’s four fastest-growing school districts to participate in a panel at their […]

HISD Tax Rate Remains Lowest Among 24 Districts in Harris County

The HISD Board of Education on Thursday adopted a 3-cent property tax rate increase. This represents the first such rate increase since 2001. The new property tax rate of $1.1867 per $100 taxable value is nearly 24 cents less than the average Harris County school district – maintaining HISD’s position as having the lowest rate […]

Workshops Guide Designs for New HSPVA and DeBakey Campuses

Houston ISD will be rebuilding two of its specialty high schools into 21st century campuses that cultivate creativity and collaboration when construction gets underway on the new DeBakey High School for Health Professions and the new High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. That consensus came as each school held a two-day design charrette […]

Twain ES Teacher Doesn’t Let Heart Attack Slow Him Down

Fourth-grade teacher Robert “Bobby” Bonn suffered a major heart attack just three short months ago — but you’d never know it just by looking at him. The Twain ES educator still hasn’t missed a single day of class due to his health challenges, despite a fairly grim diagnosis initially. “The outlook was pretty bleak three […]

Community Meetings to Share Preliminary Design Concepts for 2012 Bond Schools

Attendees will have the chance to weigh in on proposed drawings and concepts   Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect new meetings dates. The Houston Independent School District is hosting a series of community meetings for the first 17 schools slated for construction in the 2012 bond program to give participants a […]

Science Teachers Have Opportunity to Make Schools Greener

The National Wildlife Federation is hosting a workshop on Saturday, Nov. 2, for middle school science teachers to provide them with the framework to implement a student-based energy efficiency program at their school that applies STEM teaching methods. Teachers who attend will receive a $100 stipend, 6 CPE credits and TEKS aligned curriculum. Schools that […]

Team HISD Comes Together to Celebrate Broad Prize Win

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