HISD - State of Texas to Takeover School District

[Slacks 6792]

19 hours ago, Homesickhorn said:

he just started his 7th grade year at FBMS

got damn i feel old... holler at your boi.

[Mez2 4021]

All this talk about FBMS got me thinking about what we gonna do next year. We are/were planning on sending our eldest there but may look at St Ambrose if FBMS is as great as its being described here. 

 

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8881]

3 hours ago, Nivek said:

So the Principal of Oak Forest Elm. sent out a message about the lack of crossing guards.   Basically, we have to call the police to ask them to direct traffic.  The staff and volunteers at the school are prohibited from doing the job.    So, mornings are still like Frogger.  

So you have a whole school of future recruits working on their 40 times and three-cone drill speed. What's the issue? 

[gmr548 16521]

I expect the Feds are going to sue the State over this soon.

I’m as against the takeover as anyone and see it as a transparent act of political retribution, but on what grounds?

[kevwun 15668]

Not providing Special Ed classes?  There's got to be a civil rights violation there.

[Brothahorn 10085]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

My friend teaches HS English in HISD. With the block scheduling, one of his classes went from 27 to 43 students from Monday to today and another 53, to 41 and was just updated to 49 kids 

My daughter is in her 2nd year of HISD and going through the same. Her original goal was to do at least 3 years, which I advised her against. She is not sure she is going to make it through this year.

[atomheartbevo 89464]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Not providing Special Ed classes?  There's got to be a civil rights violation there.

In a sane world, turning the libraries into fucking punishment centers should have gotten the superintendent rode out of town on a rail.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21782]

Don't really need libraries if you aren't going to teach the kids to read.

[Js1 85141]

11 hours ago, Brothahorn said:

My daughter is in her 2nd year of HISD and going through the same. Her original goal was to do at least 3 years, which I advised her against. She is not sure she is going to make it through this year.

Yeah, he's considering going back to Spring Branch ISD.  It seems really really bad for teachers in HISD right now. 

[tx 3 putt 76422]

16 hours ago, Slacks said:

got damn i feel old... holler at your boi.

We are past due for an hh 

[Macanudo 12928]

13 hours ago, kevwun said:

Not providing Special Ed classes?  There's got to be a civil rights violation there.

Show us in the constitution where that's a guaranteed right, Scalia.*

 

* For the record, I am pro-Special Ed.  

 

[Slacks 6792]

16 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

So you have a whole school of future recruits working on their 40 times and three-cone drill speed. What's the issue? 

The Flag Football NIL fund is lacking. 

[bolverk 29415]

10 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Show us in the constitution where that's a guaranteed right, Scalia.*

 

* For the record, I am pro-Special Ed.  

 

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[Js1 85141]

I’m sure they’ve been waiting to strike that down 

[Brisketexan 104683]

I’m sure they’ve been waiting to strike that down 

Now y’all are getting it. They can’t succeed with their plan to gut all civil rights laws without first shamelessly violating them to get the case in front of the 5th Cir. and SCOTUS. This is the goal. They have told us. When someone tells you what they are and what they will do, believe them. They’ve shown us that they aren’t bluffing.

[tx 3 putt 76422]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I’m sure they’ve been waiting to strike that down 

100000%’ correct 

Edited September 1, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[SydneyCarton 47924]

On 8/29/2023 at 11:51 PM, Homesickhorn said:

I’m pretty sure my son had the same teacher last year, as he just started his 7th grade year at FBMS. I’ve received the exact same emails/texts. He mentioned the fight on the phone with me. He also explained that the place is basically a cluster fuck when it comes to supplies, athletic clothes ordered, and technology that they’re still waiting on.
The stories he told me last year were thread worthy (but he was also 11 years old at the time, 12 now).
I want him out of Houston.

Shit, I want out of Texas. 

[SydneyCarton 47924]

On 8/30/2023 at 10:07 AM, 83Horn said:

When my family first moved to Houston in 1970, I had a brother and a sister who attended for a couple years what was then Black Junior High School .  There were frequent incidents of racial fights, drug dealing and police raids on the school 50 years ago.  Seems not much has changed.

We moved to Timbergrove becuase we liked the area (we were in a townhome in Shady Acres), and Sinclair elementary school is great. FBMS would have been our middle school. We knew it wasn't great, but figured that the area was still gentrifying and would improve and we had about 8 years to figure it all out. Seems like it's not getting better fast enough...

[Macanudo 12928]

12 hours ago, bolverk said:

July 2020 marks the 30th Anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This landmark civil rights law has made society more accessible for and inclusive of people with disabilities. It has implications for students with disabilities while in school and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. This article offers an overview of how the ADA works and how it may support individuals with learning disabilities throughout life.

*****

The ADA requires that reasonable accommodations be provided to students with disabilities who meet the requirements, even if those students are not eligible for services under IDEA. A school is required to provide a student with those accommodations that help him or her learn most effectively. 

https://www.ncld.org/news/ada-30/faq-what-is-the-ada-and-who-does-it-help/#:~:text=The ADA requires that reasonable,or her learn most effectively.

Scalia laughs at you.   

[Slacks 6792]

FBMS was great for my boys. Oldest then went to Energy and graduated in 3 years. Youngest went to St. Thomas for a year and did not like it (and had a teacher tell him she did not like him, which we reported to the counselor and dean, who acknowledged it, spoke to the teacher and came back to us with "She won't do it again") so we left there. Now he's at Waltrip.

It is what you make of it.

[Thatguy 8532]

  And people ask me why I don't live inside the loop.

[Js1 85141]

I don’t think anyone cares 

[Homesickhorn 2202]

Picked up little man at FBMS this afternoon. We immediately headed to Kerrville to visit his grandparents. I asked him about the fight that took place on the first day. He said that it “was crazy”.
Apparently, a 7th grader and beat the brakes off of an 8th grade bully. After the 7th grader was restrained by admin, the 8th grader ran around and threw a behind the back cheap shot, right into his temple. Fortunately, it didn’t faze the 7th grader.
One of my son’s friends was there, and of course, got it on his phone. After a second, I said, “do you have it”?
He did. He showed it to me, and even though it was muted, literally everything he described was true about the fight.
Little Homesick knows the 7th grader, and they call him Big Thomas. My son, and his friends that I gave rides home to today, claim he’s a gentle giant, and one of the nicest, quietest guys in their grade.

There were not a ton of kids around when it happened, which is why I think the admin response time wasn’t immediate. I know this is shitty, but a bully picking on a kid and getting the hard truth isn’t something I completely oppose. It’s just the here and now of the situation that scares the shit out of me.

[Pato del Muerto 52350]

20 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:

Picked up little man at FBMS this afternoon. We immediately headed to Kerrville to visit his grandparents. I asked him about the fight that took place on the first day. He said that it “was crazy”.
Apparently, a 7th grader and beat the brakes off of an 8th grade bully. After the 7th grader was restrained by admin, the 8th grader ran around and threw a behind the back cheap shot, right into his temple. Fortunately, it didn’t faze the 7th grader.
One of my son’s friends was there, and of course, got it on his phone. After a second, I said, “do you have it”?
He did. He showed it to me, and even though it was muted, literally everything he described was true about the fight.
Little Homesick knows the 7th grader, and they call him Big Thomas. My son, and his friends that I gave rides home to today, claim he’s a gentle giant, and one of the nicest, quietest guys in their grade.

There were not a ton of kids around when it happened, which is why I think the admin response time wasn’t immediate. I know this is shitty, but a bully picking on a kid and getting the hard truth isn’t something I completely oppose. It’s just the here and now of the situation that scares the shit out of me.

Not HISD but we have neighbors in Georgetown with kids at I think ghs. All they talk about are how much fentanyl is not just available, but being actively pushed on campus by students. 
 

Seems like schooling has gotten various levels of dysfunctional and can’t find its  way back.  

[SydneyCarton 47924]

On 9/2/2023 at 12:41 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

Not HISD but we have neighbors in Georgetown with kids at I think ghs. All they talk about are how much fentanyl is not just available, but being actively pushed on campus by students. 
 

Seems like schooling has gotten various levels of dysfunctional and can’t find its  way back.  

You have to help me understand how Fentanyl can be so prevalent and kids not get arrested and suspended by admin. If it's that prevalent, and with the attention Fentanyl gets these days, certanily something can be done. 

[Slacks 6792]

On 9/2/2023 at 12:41 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

Not HISD but we have neighbors in Georgetown with kids at I think ghs. All they talk about are how much fentanyl is not just available, but being actively pushed on campus by students. 
 

Seems like schooling has gotten various levels of dysfunctional and can’t find its  way back.  

Replace "schooling has gotten" with "humans have always been" and you will see the light. 

[Slacks 6792]

11 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

You have to help me understand how Fentanyl can be so prevalent and kids not get arrested and suspended by admin. If it's that prevalent, and with the attention Fentanyl gets these days, certanily something can be done. 

You might also go ahead explain how Fentanyl is ever present, but ODs and deaths are not. 

[Pato del Muerto 52350]

11 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

You have to help me understand how Fentanyl can be so prevalent and kids not get arrested and suspended by admin. If it's that prevalent, and with the attention Fentanyl gets these days, certanily something can be done. 

 

32 minutes ago, Slacks said:

You might also go ahead explain how Fentanyl is ever present, but ODs and deaths are not. 

No clue.  The mom is exaggerating?  She pulled her kid out of public school so it was real enough to her to take action. Is there a database of overdoses and deaths of local teens to reference?

[Js1 85141]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

No clue.  The mom is exaggerating?  She pulled her kid out of public school so it was real enough to her to take action. Is there a database of overdoses and deaths of local teens to reference?

Oh god that sounds like a Facebook mom thing 

[tx 3 putt 76422]

12 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

You have to help me understand how Fentanyl can be so prevalent and kids not get arrested and suspended by admin. If it's that prevalent, and with the attention Fentanyl gets these days, certanily something can be done. 

Some people watch Fox News and actually believe what they see 

[Slacks 6792]

32 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

No clue.  The mom is exaggerating?  She pulled her kid out of public school so it was real enough to her to take action. Is there a database of overdoses and deaths of local teens to reference?

Man, come on... Fentanyl overflowing at local school... No news, xitter, or FB, only rumors. 

[Js1 85141]

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Some people watch Fox News and actually believe what they see 

The fentanyl is dispensed right next to the litter boxes in the bathrooms.  Which is coincidentally right next to the pornography and CRT books. 

[Dahobbs 17451]

On 9/2/2023 at 12:41 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

Not HISD but we have neighbors in Georgetown with kids at I think ghs. All they talk about are how much fentanyl is not just available, but being actively pushed on campus by students. 

*Cough* bullshit *cough*

[tokamak 6352]

11 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

No clue.  The mom is exaggerating?  She pulled her kid out of public school so it was real enough to her to take action. Is there a database of overdoses and deaths of local teens to reference?

I'm working off anecdotes, but IMO pulling your kids out of public school and putting them in private because you want to get away from drugs is kinda like jumping in the ocean because you thought the swimming pool was too wet.

[Pato del Muerto 52350]

1 minute ago, tokamak said:

I'm working off anecdotes, but IMO pulling your kids out of public school and putting them in private because you want to get away from drugs is kinda like jumping in the ocean because you thought the swimming pool was too wet.

She chose home schooling I believe as the alternative.  My understanding is that she was hearing these things from her son, but I don’t know what media sources she consumes that could distort or color her interpretation of what he told her. 

[Samson's Wig 3182]

5 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I'm working off anecdotes, but IMO pulling your kids out of public school and putting them in private because you want to get away from drugs is kinda like jumping in the ocean because you thought the swimming pool was too wet.

100% Rich kids have more access and less reason to avoid risk.  Drugs are a major problem at most private schools.  Those downplaying the prevalence of drugs in public schools are also being naive, though.

[tx 3 putt 76422]

On 9/2/2023 at 12:14 AM, Homesickhorn said:

Picked up little man at FBMS this afternoon. We immediately headed to Kerrville to visit his grandparents. I asked him about the fight that took place on the first day. He said that it “was crazy”.
Apparently, a 7th grader and beat the brakes off of an 8th grade bully. After the 7th grader was restrained by admin, the 8th grader ran around and threw a behind the back cheap shot, right into his temple. Fortunately, it didn’t faze the 7th grader.
One of my son’s friends was there, and of course, got it on his phone. After a second, I said, “do you have it”?
He did. He showed it to me, and even though it was muted, literally everything he described was true about the fight.
Little Homesick knows the 7th grader, and they call him Big Thomas. My son, and his friends that I gave rides home to today, claim he’s a gentle giant, and one of the nicest, quietest guys in their grade.

There were not a ton of kids around when it happened, which is why I think the admin response time wasn’t immediate. I know this is shitty, but a bully picking on a kid and getting the hard truth isn’t something I completely oppose. It’s just the here and now of the situation that scares the shit out of me.

that’s a pretty acceptable fight, as long as it stays clean and no weapons 

[Kel Varnsen 8430]

[royiv 9173]

On 9/1/2023 at 5:15 PM, Thatguy said:

  And people ask me why I don't live inside the loop.

Your Houston geography isn't great since Oak Forest is outside the loop.

[Js1 85141]

25 minutes ago, royiv said:

Your Houston geography isn't great since Oak Forest is outside the loop.

But inside the bigger loop.  Checkmate. 

[royiv 9173]

54 minutes ago, Js1 said:

But inside the bigger loop.  Checkmate. 

Otherwise known as the aggy belt.

[Macanudo 12928]

8 hours ago, royiv said:

Otherwise known as the aggy belt.

I call it the Gig Line.

[Nivek 16866]

Things are settling down.  6th Grader no longer wants to cut class the teacher seems to have settled down and decided maybe she should be nicer and the parents/students will stop complaining.   Oak Forest now has a crossing guard.  He is better dressed, clean cut, smells of cologne, is reliable, and is rumored to be the principal's supervisor.   

Drivers are still psychos and still seem surprised there is a school there and traffic.

[Handcruser 2805]

Kids smoked pot in one of my daughters classes in high school while some of the girls in that class were sitting on the teachers lap.

We moved. But fentanyl everywhere in GHS doesn’t surprise me. Nothing does these days.

[jkates 314]

On 8/30/2023 at 2:47 PM, Homesickhorn said:

And it sits adjacent to one of, if not THE number one ranked elementary school in HISD.

That's like being the tallest midget.

[SydneyCarton 47924]

11 hours ago, Nivek said:

Things are settling down.  6th Grader no longer wants to cut class the teacher seems to have settled down and decided maybe she should be nicer and the parents/students will stop complaining.   Oak Forest now has a crossing guard.  He is better dressed, clean cut, smells of cologne, is reliable, and is rumored to be the principal's supervisor.   

Drivers are still psychos and still seem surprised there is a school there and traffic.

I'm curious how your interactions with the principle went in regards to the teacher's behavior, and what and how many other parents were complaiing about the teacher. 

That crossing guard is 100% a youth pastor when he isn't eyeballing the comings and goings of children. 

[CooterBrown 17929]

On 8/31/2023 at 10:01 PM, Js1 said:

I’m sure they’ve been waiting to strike that down 

Texas already limits special ed to be funded to cover no more than 8% of the student body.  It's estimated over 12% need special ed instruction (the SPED umbrella also includes dyslexia, dysgraphia, speech, etc.) 

By design, Texas doesn't serve 50% of the special ed population.

 

[Nivek 16866]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'm curious how your interactions with the principle went in regards to the teacher's behavior, and what and how many other parents were complaiing about the teacher. 

That crossing guard is 100% a youth pastor when he isn't eyeballing the comings and goings of children. 

My wife talked me down and took the lead.  I typed a few paragraphs about being inappropriate, distressing our kid, and provoking anxiety when he is in a difficult enough transition only to witness a fistfight on the first day of school and how that impacted not only our kid but some of his friends (who are not ASD).    My wife wrote the rest up and then contacted everyone she could and attached the syllabus of 2 different teachers to show how anxiety-provoking/hostile the math teacher's syllabus was.   We were in the process of switching teachers when they fucked that up.   The teacher seemed to be oblivious to her own perception and reached out to us.   Our kid came home, having expected a new schedule, but said it was fine and to keep the current one.  The teacher was trying to be nicer and more accommodating.   Some other parents we know reached out as well, but went straight to the principal and the 6th grade dean.  It seems to have worked for them as well.  Everyone is cautiously optimistic.   

Please tell me that is a joke.  With this school district, i cannot

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'm curious how your interactions with the principle went in regards to the teacher's behavior, and what and how many other parents were complaiing about the teacher. 

That crossing guard is 100% a youth pastor when he isn't eyeballing the comings and goings of children. 

My wife talked me down and took the lead.  I typed a few paragraphs about being inappropriate, distressing our kid, and provoking anxiety when he is in a difficult enough transition only to witness a fistfight on the first day of school and how that impacted not only our kid but some of his friends (who are not ASD).    My wife wrote the rest up and then contacted everyone she could and attached the syllabus of 2 different teachers to show how anxiety-provoking/hostile the math teacher's syllabus was.   We were in the process of switching teachers when they fucked that up.   The teacher seemed to be oblivious to her own perception and reached out to us.   Our kid came home, having expected a new schedule, but said it was fine and to keep the current one.  The teacher was trying to be nicer and more accommodating.   Some other parents we know reached out as well, but went straight to the principal and the 6th grade dean.  It seems to have worked for them as well.  Everyone is cautiously optimistic.   

Please tell me that is a joke.  W is school district, i cannot

[SydneyCarton 47924]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

My wife talked me down and took the lead.  I typed a few paragraphs about being inappropriate, distressing our kid, and provoking anxiety when he is in a difficult enough transition only to witness a fistfight on the first day of school and how that impacted not only our kid but some of his friends (who are not ASD).    My wife wrote the rest up and then contacted everyone she could and attached the syllabus of 2 different teachers to show how anxiety-provoking/hostile the math teacher's syllabus was.   We were in the process of switching teachers when they fucked that up.   The teacher seemed to be oblivious to her own perception and reached out to us.   Our kid came home, having expected a new schedule, but said it was fine and to keep the current one.  The teacher was trying to be nicer and more accommodating.   Some other parents we know reached out as well, but went straight to the principal and the 6th grade dean.  It seems to have worked for them as well.  Everyone is cautiously optimistic.   

Please tell me that is a joke.  With this school district, i cannot

My wife talked me down and took the lead.  I typed a few paragraphs about being inappropriate, distressing our kid, and provoking anxiety when he is in a difficult enough transition only to witness a fistfight on the first day of school and how that impacted not only our kid but some of his friends (who are not ASD).    My wife wrote the rest up and then contacted everyone she could and attached the syllabus of 2 different teachers to show how anxiety-provoking/hostile the math teacher's syllabus was.   We were in the process of switching teachers when they fucked that up.   The teacher seemed to be oblivious to her own perception and reached out to us.   Our kid came home, having expected a new schedule, but said it was fine and to keep the current one.  The teacher was trying to be nicer and more accommodating.   Some other parents we know reached out as well, but went straight to the principal and the 6th grade dean.  It seems to have worked for them as well.  Everyone is cautiously optimistic.   

Please tell me that is a joke.  W is school district, i cannot

My fingers are crossed for you guys, man.

It is a joke. But considering all trained counselors statewide are being replaced by unlicensed "chaplains," the youth pastor for child crossing guard switch seems quite possibly, if not likely. Becuase you know the fuckface running HISD will be happy to fire everyone and replace with lower paid people who really just want the job to haev a fertile hunting ground. 

[Samson's Wig 3182]

8 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Texas already limits special ed to be funded to cover no more than 8% of the student body.  It's estimated over 12% need special ed instruction (the SPED umbrella also includes dyslexia, dysgraphia, speech, etc.) 

By design, Texas doesn't serve 50% of the special ed population.

 

As a parent of two special needs kids (one with dyslexia and dysgraphia, the other with autism), it fucking infuriates me.  It's especially infuriating in AISD when the main issue is funding, despite paying out the ass in property taxes for education. Fuck those fucking fucks who use kids to score political points.  Texas should be ashamed of itself.

We're fortunate to have the means to get our kids the help they need outside of the school system.  I really feel for those parents who can't.