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- **Posted:** 2023-06-09T17:48:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jayla Rhodes (@jayrhomedia) — https://gondola.cc/jayrhomedia

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The newly installed board of managers of HISD held its first meeting Thursday evening at HISD's headquarters. Just over an hour before the start of the meeting, around 150 community members collected outside the building in protest before heading inside for the night's gathering.

 
The meeting itself was lively, with community members voicing opposition to the takeover. Superintendent Mike Miles arrived in the last few minutes of the meeting, as board members voted to approve his interim contract. The meeting ended with a confusing selection process for the board's various officer positions, due to the crowd drowning out the proceedings.

 
At the protest ahead of the meeting, attendees held signs reading, "We will not go quietly," and "No taxation without representation." Meanwhile, protesters beat drums and chanted, "No justice, no peace," followed by its Spanish translation, "Sin justicia, no hay paz." Cesar Espinoza, an education advocate from equity taskforce Houston 2036, started a chant of "TEA's not welcome here!"

 
Several speakers addressed the crowd, including recent HISD high school graduates, former teachers and school board members as well as State Representative Ron Reynolds.

 
"I think this board of managers that only has accountability to the TEA commissioner Mike Morath, who only has accountability to basically Gov. Abbott, is out of touch with many of the Black and Brown communities in HISD," said Reynolds.

 
Opponents to the takeover voiced complaints against both the lack of elected representation in the district as well as Superintendent Mike Miles's New Education System – or NES plan – which they say primarily targets communities of color.

Read about Superintendent #MikeMiles’ plan at HoustonPublicMedia.org 

🎥: Rebecca Noel and Lucio Vasquez for Houston Public Media 
📸: Lucio Vasquez (luicoh) for Houston Public Media 

#HISD #HoustonISD #protests #TEAtakeover #education #teachers #educators #npr

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