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Lamar HS nearing start of construction

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Last school choice fair on Saturday as first magnet deadline approaching 

Parents have a wide variety of choices regarding where to send their students to school in HISD, but time is running out to be in the first round of consideration. Parents who still aren’t sure which school they want their child to attend next year are invited to the final School Choice Fair from 9 a.m. […]

Parent Engagement Representatives enhance parent and guardian outreach efforts 

The Family and Community Engagement (FACE) department carries out its mission of advancing student achievement by building parent engagement within HISD. One key component to achieve this goal is by empowering parents to become advocates in their children’s education, and to do so, FACE is helping schools build their capacity to reach parents through its […]

Robots break ground on new Energy Institute High School

HISD’s Energy Institute High School held a high-tech groundbreaking on Saturday as student-built robots took the lead, turning over dirt alongside school and district officials to formally mark the start of construction on their new school.  The planned 110,000-square-foot building, located at 3501 Southmore Blvd., will mimic the look of a high-tech corporate environment and house the first energy-themed high school in the nation.  ”This […]

Superintendent takes questions from HISD community during Virtual Listen & Learn broadcasts 

Superintendent Richard Carranza wrapped up his Listen & Learn Tour on Monday night with two virtual sessions in both English and Spanish, which were streamed live on HISD-TV, the district’s website, and Facebook. Topics included the issue of recapture and how the state’s current school funding structure is affecting the district, equity, dual language programs, […]

Texas awards 16 HISD schools with high-performing and/or high-progress status

The Texas Education Agency has granted high-performance and/or high-progress status to 16 HISD Title I campuses for the 2015-2016 school year. Title I schools are those in which at least 40 percent of students come from low-income families. Thirteen HISD schools were included on the agency’s list of Title I High-Performing Schools and 13 schools […]

Anthony Bourdain show to feature Wisdom HS, diversity of HISD 

Nearly two years ago, Wisdom High School Principal Jonathan Trinh was featured in a local newspaper story about adults who immigrated to the United States as a child and how they adjusted to life here. So when producers for Anthony Bourdain’s show on CNN, Parts Unknown, were doing research for their upcoming show on Houston, […]

HISD names new deputy superintendent

Houston ISD Superintendent Richard Carranza has selected Chief School Officer Samuel Sarabia as the district’s new deputy superintendent. Dr. Sarabia, a 29-year veteran educator, has spent his entire public education career working at HISD. He currently serves as chief school officer in the HISD Office of School Support for the district’s south area. He previously […]

With earlier opening date for FAFSA, roadshows planned to educate families on financial aid process 

The Department of Education has moved the opening date for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1 this year and is allowing students and families to use their prior-year tax return to complete their FAFSA. [su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/IvtnsguGLLo”] While the earlier opening date gives students more time to complete […]