When Things Go Wrong At HISD, There Is Nobody To Hold Accountable

7/6/2023

The Houston Independent School District was late paying 2000 employees earlier this week.

Though there is nothing "independent" about the district. The district is occupied by our far-right state government.

Who can be held accountable for the failure to pay employees on time? Who can be held accountable for anything that takes place at HISD?

Nobody.

HISD is run by the state. The state has appointed a superintendent and a board of managers who all serve at the whim of the state.

Houston voters have lost an elected school board in what just 60 years ago was a Jim Crow city.

When things go wrong at HISD, it is unlikely Greg Abbott will be of much help.

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I'm Neil Aquino.

I'm a rank & file Houstonian. I’ve volunteered extensively for Democratic candidates and causes, and served as staff for multiple campaigns. My work for Democratic campaigns has involved communications and strategy.

I’m an organizer of the Weekly John Cornyn Houston Office Protest. The Cornyn Protest team has been outside Senator Cornyn’s office each Tuesday for eight years now with one clear message: In addition to voting, we must show up physically and non-conventionally for the fights over democracy. Events have proven this assertion correct.

I'm on the Egberto Willies Politics Done Right Show every Thursday from 6 AM to 7 AM for the Houston Democracy Project segment. You can hear the show on the radio, stream it on KPFT or watch later on Egberto's YouTube channel.

I am the 2024 Barbara Cigainero Volunteer of the Year Award recipient the Houston LGBTQIA+ Political Caucus. I have a political science degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati and ran a Cincinnati City Council office.

I read a lot of books and follow baseball closely.

When Things Go Wrong At HISD, There Is Nobody To Hold Accountable

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