UPDATED with response from Houston ISD Trustee Sue Deigaard. Warning of “total obliteration of local control,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told Houston City Council Wednesday morning (March 1) that he has been alerted that the Texas Education Agency is ready to take over Houston ISD as early as next week, according to reports from City Hall by various news … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Houston mayor warns that state takeover of HISD may be near; no confirmation from TEA
