Governor Greg Abbott calls for takeover of HISD's school board
AUSTIN, TX - Governor Greg Abbott criticized Houston Independent School District's school board for "self-centered ineptitude" and called for the state to take over the district's school board in a blistering tweet on Thursday. Abbott said, "What a joke. HISD leadership is a disaster. Their self-centered ineptitude has failed the children they are supposed to educate. If ever there was a school board that needs to be taken over and reformed, it's HISD. Their students & parents deserve change."
Abbott's tweet is in response to a series of HISD school closures, financial setbacks, as well as a high-profile departure of former HISD superintendent Carranza following Hurricane Harvey. HISD must also raise the performance of four of its low-performing or face a state takeover, possibly even a shutdown of the schools in question.