Whoa.
Going to be interesting so see how this plays out. Absolute hated by the teachers union. Iām betting they have been scouring for something like this for a while. No response from him yet.
In my opinion, he was too heavy handed, but something needed to be done. I called on HISD as an independent rep for a few years up until a year or so ago after retirement. No discipline, declining test scores and other issue affecting the learning atmosphere. Not to mention some VERY questionable procurement procedures affecting vendors.
Night and day calling on HISD vs calling on other districts such as Alvin, Clear Creek, and others.
None of this is good for the students.
White collar crooks going to crook. He was never brought in to fix anything. Heās there to break HISD even more and completely cripple it so he can tell Hot Wheels thsy we have to have more scams, I mean charter schools.
F this guy, his ideas, his moves, his supporters in Austin and on the ground, and everything else he and they stand for.
It seems the hate goes pretty far beyond that.
I agree something needed to be done with HISD but this guy seems like heās been a disaster.
I mean the naked corruption and setting up the obviously pre-determined outcome is going to generate some well deserved hate.
I agree. I think one of his flaws is that it doesnāt seem like he involved the stakeholders in any meaningful way. I still donāt know whatās next if it turns out heās not getting results or when his timeframe is to get results.
Thatās the thing he wasnāt sent to HISD to fix anything. Heās been a charter school scammer for like the last 6 or 7 years. Heās in HISD to break it completely, then report back to the goon squad that HISD is beyond saving heās tried nothing and heās all out of ideas. The only solution is to privatize/charter school everything.
Heās not a savior, he is public educationās end
If this wasnāt so tragic it would make a guy like me laugh.
Right if this was happening in a well to do district where, āWhoops we hired a crookā would just mean heād be fired but everything else kept right on ticking it would be a news story but no real harm done to anyone. The students and everyone would keep on going along no real issues.
Heās fired a couple of principals my wife knows well. She thinks the guy is an idiot
At this point Iām my life all I have is like 3rd hand gossip/hearsay, but I havenāt heard like a singular good thing about the guy.
You know some times you hear in workplaces that a boss is a red-arse on the job because he has a tough job doing the tough things, but they care about everyone, try to do the right thing, and maybe outside of work arenāt the worst. Not Miles everything I hear is he is just the worst in all facets of life, like heās just a bad person.
Breaking HISD is part of a bigger plan to push vouchers through. Abbott, his acolytes and those funding vouchers are close to the goal. There is a budget surplus but they are withholding money schools need hostage, they want to say āSee, publicās schools are a failed system, the districts are to blame and parents should take their money and use it for private schools of their choice.ā
And blaming it on the school districts.
Listen just because I went a little āCalifornia Cwazyā in my ranting earlier doesnāt mean I didnāt already say this
Unless youāre trying to be president of a university or the wife of a Harvard donor then itās fine.
Iām really starting to believe in that theory. Public education may be at a real
crossroads here in Texas with what is happening to force private school vouchers.
Big mistake, but may be nothing to stop it the way the long term forecast is looking.
So Houston is paying for Colorado charter schools? Way to make charter fans
Actually it was his Midland and Odessa charter schools that illegally sent Texas taxpayers money to Colorado. He just hasnāt been caught stealing from HISD yet. But thatās inevitable
Thereās the problem right there. Heās not accountable to local voters. Heās not even accountable to the āschool boardā which is as fake as he is (ask for his certification). They answer to him instead of the other way around.
Right .
Shippās report details evidence showing two checks sent for more than $1 million each from Milesā charter school in Odessa, Texas, to Aurora, Colorado.
Also that Texas public tax dollars were spent on the 3 Texas private charter schools is
troubling as well to me. They all have deficits. Not a sign of good fiscal management even
with the public dollars, that probably came from hot wheelās plans as well.
By the end of the 2023 school year, Shipp reports, the three Texas schools had a $2.68 million deficit. According to Shippās report, more than $25 million public tax dollars were being spent on the three Texas schools, but only about $15.6 million was being spent on teachers and supplies, and the other $10 million went to āmanagement and generalā expenses like admin salaries and benefits, admin support costs, professional services and other operating services.