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Hearing set this week on HISD redistricting plan

The Houston Independent School District will hold one more public hearings this week to gain feedback about a draft plan to redraw all nine trustee districts.

The hearings will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at district headquarters at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center, 4400 W. 18th St. 77092.

The last of the four hearings – one was held last week and another was held on Tuesday – is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. July 15 at Austin High School, 1700 Dumble St. 77023. Continue reading →

Plan to redraw HISD trustee districts will be subject for four hearings, starting July 1

The Houston Independent School District will launch a series of four community meetings next week to hear feedback about a draft plan to redraw trustee districts.

The first meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, at Shadydale Elementary School, 5905 Tidwell 77028.

With the annexation of North Forest ISD in 2013, 56,000 more people were added to HISD, necessitating the redrawing of all nine trustees’ areas to comply with federal election law mandating that population be distributed evenly throughout the entire school district.

Trustees voted at their last regular meeting to send a draft plan to the community. Three additional meetings will be held in July: Continue reading →