MASSIVE DRAMA In Houston After HISD Announces SHOCKING CUTS, FIRINGS & MASS LAYOFFS | Roland Martin
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 13. 05. 2024
- Texas State Commissioner of Education gutted Houston Independent School District superintendent and board of education trustees in 2023 after a law allowed the state to remove the board of districts with schools failing to meet specific state standards.
This year, Superintendent Mike Miles and the HISD Board of Managers unanimously approved a measure allowing the district to cut dozens of staff and teaching positions, including Houston ISD Principal of the Year, as part of a "reduction in force" before the beginning of the 2024-25 school year.
Texas State Representatives Jarvis Johnson and Jolanda Jones about the outrageous cuts decimating the Houston Independent School District.
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Stop sitting home when it's time to VOTE.
That part!!
Stop going to these foolish sports events when you should be voting. Abbot has no soul. He will never get out of that wheelchair. Most of the state of Texas is going to hell.
VOTE FOR ABBOT!!!
@@Ray-ud9bf what state you represent.
â@@estabon2u Get a life.
Keep the employees and get rid of the Superintendent Miles đ€·đœââïž
Not easy to do. The top has power as they go on vacation with our tax dollars.
Build back better!
The state of Louisiana is giving this "company " a contract to open a charter school using citizen tax dollars
When you fail to VOTE, you have to take anything they dish out..
THIS ALL THE WAY!!!! Now theyâre doing damage control.
Iâm pissed. The principal fired was the principal at my daughterâs school. Thatâs the video footage.
You are SO RIGHT!! We had better vote, and keep voting while we can, because if we keep sitting around, giving the wrong people power, we'll be living in a dictatorship. You'll be PRAYING you could vote THEN. But it will be TOO LATE. đą
No truer statement.
Amen. Same here in Louisiana.
100% correct!! Letâs see if Texans sit on their hands come November.
Wake up TEXAS VOTE VOTE ABBOTT OUT
Nope abbot is doing a good job and soon we will have trump back!
Greg Abbott is the devil đ. He's a totally incompetent governor and should be rolled out of office immediately. He's nothing more than a Klansman on wheels. He and Trump would indeed make a great team. No other pair could send this country str8 to Hell quicker than those two.
â@@Servethealmighty I see you love losers.
VOTE TO KEEP ABBOT!!!
â@@Servethealmighty
Trump is going to prison 100% thus says the Lord.
The missing money was sent out of state by the new Superintendent making the cuts. He runs a web of ISD schools, and used HISDâs money to fund failing ISDâs in COLORADO. Heâs like the Louis Dejoy of the Texas education system. Heard all this online this AM. 50%of the budget was spent on âadmistrationâ.
I lean toward believing this account. Nonwhite school & community districts have been gutted by states (gubernatorial or legislative branches) for DECADES systematically.
Itâs unfortunate for individuals who are young-ish or new to policy. Their naĂŻvetĂ© is being used against them, but what will ultimately hurt the most is the realization that âpowersâ are in no way equal. That what they can do about it, eventually is to âsimplyâ leave, found an independently-funded school system, or burnout on trying to âremedyâ systemic deception âchanging the system from within the system,â which doesnât work effectively nor efficiently, if at all.
@pmboston They are always top heavy and bottom poor. He didn't give that money to fund failing ISD but gave it to private and charter schools in Colorado. Mississippi governor Tate did the exact same thing while many schools in Jackson were closed down because of it. Louisianans are facing the same problems in their state. These Democratic cities only funds rich Republican due to them being a Bipartisan Government. This is how you destroy the middle class and educate the rich off of their hard earned taxed money for free.
@@ou8r122 Yes, but he, personally, also runs those schools and used Texas state funds from his position in Texas government. How he got that position and who his friends are in the Texas legislature is worth looking at. All white legislatures are mostly a republican problem nowadays, but scams come at all of us all the time. And Louisiana isnât Texas. What happened to the relatively prosperous black population of New Orleans still burns me when I think of it. Stay vigilant, and vote your interests, one of which is your right to be heard.
As always, thank you Roland Martin for bringing this to our attention! We know that the national media isnât covering it at all!!!
Exactly!
Abbott is saving the white private schools.
Exactly
Like SO MANY THINGS! People are talking about the loss of democracy under Trump. IT ISN'T JUST TRUMP! There are people in both parties that want to take away our freedom! The beatings of peaceful protesters on campus is Biden! The ban of TikTok is bipartisan! The new laws to call criticism of Israel antisemitism and fire and smear people who do that is bipartisan. The tariffs to keep cheap electric cars from competing with Tesla - that's Biden.
Mike Myers is not a certified Superintendent. He needs to go or cut his salary to 3/4 of what he is receiving. If other employees must tighten their belts, so should he.
True
I see absolutely nothing wrong with this đŻ âŒïž
Mike Myers is an idiot and has NEVER been a certified superintendent. He is nothing more than a destroyer, firing black and brown principals. Iâm a teacher and he was our superintendent in Dallas and he was highly incompetent, useless, and counter productive! He is a military minion wanting to play in education. He has no place in education whatsoever and I was happy to see him leave but saddened to find out that he didnât stay in Colorado (where heâs from). They need to boot Myers out and get a competent superintendent with credentials and certification. We definitely need term limits just to ârollâ Abbott out of office!
It's not so much about the money, but more about the mind.
@@alonzoabel7472 , it's both.
This should be covered on mainstream media immediately
Too focused on everything Trump.
@@denisemeans2024well heâs a ex president that broke the law. This is a local issue so all Texas media need to run it .
34 Billion Dollar surplus! Now the school districts have budget cuts!
This is a text book example of how anti blackness ultimately destroys everyone, not only the targeted group!
It's not a problem until you're affected. Now you want to protest.
Iâm willing to bet some of those protesters, didnât vote.
We told yâall to vote.
I did. For Abbott. lmao
â@@jaredweiman2987 Yeah, sociopaths know how to stick together. "But, but, but, tha' border!!!!"
JEEZđđđđ ââïžđ ââïžđ€Šââïž
Voting doesn't do anything. It's a tool out in place to make us believe we have some control
@@jaredweiman2987 Me too
Myers got ran out of Dallas ISD. He was trying to destroy it but was brought out his contract. He need to be ran out of Houston!!
We are trying!'
Vote people !
The Couch 2024!!
More importantly do some research on WHO you are voting for. Democrats currently run the failing school districts
This is why voting is so important. How many people who are affected by these decisions didn't vote?
They could've voted, and it still would not have mattered.
â@@swannoir7949 Speak for yourself.
Right, if Abbot was not in office the school system would not be in trouble:
Most didn't and are now shocked and angry, but they're powerless to do anything. Not voting only helps our enemies-which is why they've always encouraged or mandated it.
@@swannoir7949and thereâs the lie right there that keeps communities in this type of situation. SMH. GREATEST LIE EVER TOLD!!!!!
All these cuts and they will put 35-40 kids in one classroom and expect them to learn! Yes you destroy these kids!
This is awful. Thank you for bringing us news before anyone else is talking about it. But also, why isn't anyone else talking about this?! đ€đ
Because they'll deny it...folks like Nimaratta, Owens, Scott, that EEEDIAT that ann culter just destroyed on his own podcast...
All MSM talks about is Trump.
Google it âwhy did the state take over HISDâ ? Cause these people failed ! Corruption alive and well
Help talk it up. I've seen some basic discussion on closing school libraries. On local city libraries.
This is one big effort to manipulate and disenfranchise future voters.
Layoffs are aiding Abbott's voucher plan. Amazing major ISD financial woes came to light with Abbott's voucher plan.
Democrats vote against school choice. Not one Democrat voted for a chance for these kids to go to a better school NOT ONE
I heard that the vouchers will be for Christian private schools. What's happening in Texas should frighten everyone across the nation-whether or not you have school-aged children.
Itâs shameful!!
Very frightening!
Yes it should.. It will destroy public schools
Christian nationalist agenda. Religious Extremism at its finest.
Texas is awesome
How is that possible?? People are we paying attention to these people and why? How can they do this.!!! This man is the one that should be fired!!
@Indiabrooks1863 They did this because the state education agency took over the district. This is a ploy by our stupid governor Gregg Abbott because he wants only a private voucher school system. The district wasn't even performing poorly when they took it over. However, HISD is the largest in texas. If they can destroy HISD, the others are next.
The reality is the Department of Education could help, but...
I lived in Houston for 18 years when Jalonda Jones was on the school board. Ms. Jones is fierce!!!!
These are different time⊠the country is under attack⊠they are counting on people NOT voting
Vote ABBOTT OUT
No. I don't think we will.
VOTE ABBOTT IN
ââ@@jaredweiman2987 But, but, but, tha' border!!!! 1/10. FOH.
ââ@@estabon2u May as well bet on an old horse that is one it's last legs. 1/10. Get a life.
We need term limits to get rid of the cronyism. We donât need career politicians who sit for decades running (and ruining) everything in their paths while they line their pockets!
How yâall allow Greg Abbot to remain as governor?
Probably gerrymandering and fraud.
Republicans and Hispanics keep this tyrant in office.
Voter suppression and too many people voting republican.
â@@progKansasit's not voter suppression when those people's babies got shot up and they still voted overwhelmingly for him. Just pure ignorance.....not you, them! Vote Blue.
No strong Democratic candidates to run.
I'm so sick of all of these evil vindictive people and hateful people running this country. Man I wish TX had voted wheelchair man out of office. LA getting ready to go through hell now because of the same type of governor.
Ron DeSantis doing a great job.
Protesting aint gonna do nothing. You got to vote!!!!
Lie. Protesting is effective along with voting
@@soar1091 None of it has done one thing in the last 50 years that people since been doing this. The middle class will continue to be destroyed by y'all voting away your rights for nothing while y'all are marching along the way!! The Couch 2024!!
Both absolutely will do a lot!!
It's time for us to build our own schools. All I really know is they don't really care about us.
I agree,
You are right but I just saw a story we're these southetn states have been underfunded our colleges
That is exactly why you shouldnât leave it to the government to be your baby daddy.
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I agree! With all the tithe and offerings Black folk throwing they can come together pool that money and start their own schools. Throw in a few foot ball players , basketball players and a few of the many track stars that come out of Texas and we can operate our OWN schools.
Latinas will not align with Black folks. Theyâll go to Howard University Hospital in DC to get free cancer prevention/care service but thatâs it. The Latinas and Asians flock this free service from Black people but they would NEVER align with us if itâs not to their benefit.
The right has been at war with public education for decades. An educated populous would force them to stop enacting policies and appointing judges who rule in a way that the vast majority of americans are against... rather then surviving on culture war and wedge issues that in no way result in substantive legislation improving the lives of average Americans.
Perfectly statedđŻ
Parkland shooting prime example of the leftist policies by not alerting police when a student is showing signs of violence. Appointing judges that deal with violence on campuses vast majority Americans agree with that! That was a leftist policy of Obama. Considering we spend more money per student than any other country and test sores are lower than ever Iâd say the right just might be right to be at war with the damage the democrats have done . Most kids graduating high school have no idea what the 3 branches of government are which in the 80s was a cartoon âschool house rock â. How do you have an informed electorate? Democrats have made people dummer and yes the democrats run the schools and teacher unions .
You literally have it exactly backwards! Liberals have been running the education system for the last 50 years and have been dumbing down society in the process! Now here is the proof.....The state of Texas gets closer and closer to turning blue every election! Why would republicans dumb down the education system to create a bunch of blue voters?!? If your logic were correct the state would get more red every election! Your lack of analytical thinking skills are most likely a product of liberal public education!
Abbot does not care about your children or their education but we choose to stay home and not vote while we werenât paying attention look what happened get to polls and vote if for nothing else your childrenâs future
You have it backwards ! But what do you expect when democrats advocate for single moms and penalize for fathers being in the home . Maybe watch some Thomas Sowell he does a great job explaing how democrats have ruined black and brown families.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY VOTED FOR WHEN THEY PUT ABBOTT IN THE GOVERNOR HOUSE
Abbot is great. Texas is awesome. Houston is a dem shithole
Houston didn't support Abbott. Houston is a Blue dot in a sea of Red. That is why the entire city is being punished in a variety of ways.
I vote for my interests which means I would never vote for Abbott but the uninformed/uneducated/uncaring will continue to do so even after they have to home school their children because there are no teachers left. Itâs beyond infuriating!
@@tcarter7475 What people don't get is Houston, Dallas and San Antonio vote one way and all of the rural areas vote another way. There are a ton of rural areas in Texas. Slowly the rural areas are changing, but it's slow progress. Ironically those areas are getting hit the hardest by Abbott's policies.
@@dskillzhtownRight! I live in the Dallas area so I know exactly what you are talking about.
Who wants to be a teacher in TX.,who is going to clean the school's and drive the bus's and feed the kids
Parents should be feeding the kids unfortunately most in this district donât care about their kids they wanted the check
There are schools connected to HISD that is already doing that and have the teachers doing janitorial work, being the register, teaching the class and practically doing it all while acting like they do nothing. And I bet to save money this is what they have planned bc most teachers are minorities now or from overseas whoâs accustomed to being treated like crap. Americans never lived and worked hard like this in 1970s and 1980s they were reasonable the companies. Now theyâre treating Americans like they live in a 3rd world country. I bet the reason the salaries went up for teachers in HISD is bc heâs going to have them doing several jobs which isnât related to teaching.
All of a sudden CyFair ISD, also in the Houston area, is crying broke as well. Laying off librarians, bus driver shortages, etc. This mess has been suspect in TX.
you gotta start voting at the City level. Yall are Blaming Abbot and the president when not knowing who any of your local representatives are
This is a state level problem. Gov. Abbott placed Mike Morath in office and Morath put Miles in place. The state has taken over HISD.
Democrats run Houston HELLO
This is an eye opener. Thanks Roland for keeping us informed. Roland broke it down from where it started, and how it progressed. Thatâs how you podcast guys. Another 10 out of 10 on the Ricardo Authenticity Rating. My rating is a personal rating. Iâm not affiliated with anyone Iâm just a chess player trying to learn unbiased reporting and Roland brought it on from all angles.
This same type action is taking place across America in HOSPITALS. Corporate takeovers resulting in lay-offs, cutbacks, positions eliminated, workers leaving in protest, house cleaning staff terminated. Total chaos. I have a relative that is a victim of this slicing and dicing of jobs.
Great report very helpful Roland đđŻ
Are they outraged enough to vote?
Republican state legislators in the states. Texans get the opportunity to vote these people out and should take it. Vote.
They are counting on people staying home and not voting⊠learn who your candidates are and get behind them
Democrats run Houston . Fact
Houston ran by? Democrats âŠtry again
Same thing happening here in Louisiana.
They did the same to Detroit Public Schools
People literally did not vote.
Voter turnout is horrible in Louisiana
@@kimberelyjones9509 How do you destroy the middle class in America? By voting your rights away for nothing. The middle class is being destroyed in this country, which will cost jobs for many Americans and stop educating of their children. Schools provide jobs for thousands of people and educate even more. Destroy that, you are on your way to destroying the middle class in America. Classism will soon be placed upon Americans put on by foreigners, who ran from it.
@@chaketahawkins3125 Good for them because they are getting nothing in return for voting their rights away!! The Couch 2024!!
The Grifters of People did this in New Orleans.
Another dem run city . Now we are getting somewhere at whose at fault for Americaâs failing schools
Sounds like the Superintendent is an egomaniac
@swaggedupbe Look to the superintendent's puppet master, Greg Abbott.
@@zakiya1635 Sorry, but Supt. Miles is a good buddy of our Democrat Houston mayor! Whole city is run by Democrats! Put the blame on this superintendent!
Wake up TexasâŠ.
They are doing this in a lot of inner city schools across the country. In Akron, Ohio the school district is dropping 285 jobs for the upcoming school year.
Project 2025 is in full effect!!
Unfortunately
Ditto!
Just wait a few years when they have a convention of states to rewrite the federal constitution. People are not paying attention.
There's a report out on Mike Myers possibly diverting funds to support charter schools in Colorado
Did i hear him say, "Ron DeSatan"?đđ... it's funny cause it's true đ€Łđ€Ł
I just seen a investigation on him that he's funneling money from HISD to his charter school!!! Let me find it!
I just saw same thing!
Sadly, those Charter Schools are run by private businesses who have little concern for real education. Most fail! Betsy DeVoss did that in her home State years ago. The Schools were failures! DC tried it also. We watched one Charter School after the other fail and have to close.
Someone else commented on that, too.
@@thinkinginTx and private schools. Mississippi Governor did the exact same thing. These people are done educating these intercity students!! You will now be heading into classism where only the rich will be able to be educated and the poor become slaves. Y'all keep voting your rights away! The Couch 2024!!!
Help them Lord! đđż
What in the world is going on???
Sororities and Fraternities are causing division and classicism in the black community as well. They tend to support themselves and shun those not apart.
Not surprised. People complain about a teacher getting his hair taking down during a study hall time...when you have admin, superintendents, and people in high level positions pocketing money and going on vacations with their tax dollars.
Texas teachers, come to California. Districts in the Antelope Valley, Central Valley and northern CA are hiring. Of course teachers of the year are being fired. They are the best and the brightest. Please teachers and principals, take the time and effort to transfer your credentials to at least two states.
Teachers are fleeing California
@@vicm6561 No we are not. Please provide evidence. I make 110,000 a year. The El Centro school district pays teachers up to 143,000 dollars a year. We are staying put
@@vicm6561 False. We are staying. Please provide evidence
Not always, sometimes teachers of the year are the principals pets.
I was scratching my head when Abbott beat BETO double digits . WTF?
Why donât people know your life is ALWAYS affected by politics ?
Mike Morath the Education Commissioner of Texas is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha... He's the one who chose the superintendent. But y'all conveniently left that part out..smh
He wants to fire all the principles who care about the kids and their feelings.. He want the kids to be treated like a prisoner!
This is what happens when you privatize education. The profiteer comes running to destroy the public school system.
Roland, I told you when they started gunning for Tiffany Guillory, fmr principal at Yates HS, that they were coming for the whole of HISD. The writing was on the wall even then. If you donât follow their patterns and stay five steps ahead you will lose the end game.
This is what happens when you don't vote in your local elections.
Voter apathy will be the downfall of us all.
This is sad
2024 Y'all Better VOTE Democrat in TEXAS.or Else This.
Period.We tried to tell them..I only vote for the party of civil/equal rights.
Too many people have gotten lazy and laxed about the threat but they are finding out now.
John Lewis told them before he passed in 2017 to protect it.Dummies out here who would rather listen to the all wm GOP party who gatekeep and stay on code for who again?some of your own helping them with the hypocrisyđ€Šââïžđ€Źstop voting against your protection and own interest bp.The WS threat didn't go anywhere
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Vote God in, not the devil
Hahahaha, or else....you see how much red the cities are surrounded by?!? Hahaha we a red state and until people start dealing with the small counties outside the cities we are gonna be red.
Say no to Drugs
Texas will be forever red what's wrong with you đđđđ
Christ is Lord! He will supply!!!
Local control, unless you don't like their politics! Expect results similar to the state taking over Flint MI. water service.
Do fight!.... its a good fight, by good people. My heart and prayers for HISD, - staff, families, and - most importantly- students!
It would be interesting to have an independent audit. Is there an actual defit of the amount reported?
YOUR BEING RULED NOT REPERSENTIVE. Move away teachers. its your education teachers! Not goverments.
They do that just so they donât have to pay benefits. Theyâve done the same thing in Alabama. They are so wrong!
They did the same thing in Chicago about 20 years ago. Check it. The results have new horrendous.
We VOTED & ELECTED the original HISD Board and the state removed them- heck, many of the installed board members ran for the Board and lost against the board we voted for but the Gov installed that đż they removed OUR Superintendent & Board anyway. What can we do?!!
Get behind your candidates help them get elected in office âŠBeto would never had let this happenâŠ
Best Podcast Of The Year. This is a GOP Educational Blueprint for America. đ§ VOTE!
He destroyed Dallas ISD!
At this point, Houston should become a state!
If you're taking a democratic controlled school district out of place and replacing it with a republican controlled school district, I'm good with that... You can tank FJB for that attitude
Hell MM made a big mess in Dallas ISD....SMH
Any teachers or principals that can retire do so NOW. Get out while you can.
Many are and stated that COVID lock-downs helped to destroy these intercity schools systems!!
One of the largest and one of the best I've seen. No one should quit, resign.
it's over Chris Christie, did the same thing in NJ, where is our help.
In the mirror!
You need to look into Miles sending hisd money to Colorado schools or his school that he has in Colorado. Not sure why no one is talking about that. Can you shed light into this please. Allegedly said about miles and Colorado schools. Thanks
Well Mr. Martin, I don't often watch your videos but I'm glad I watched this one. Let's hope this gets ol bad abbot voted out once and for all. Because receiving a good education is one thing every good Texan can agree on. Have a great day sir.
Then they will say these school suck and should be closed or taken over becauseâŠ. Anything but the result of their own actions⊠this is insane
This is states' rights in action. These people need to be sued!! This is why people need to vote Democrat!!!
Get rid of Miles and Starr test
A Black man doing the bidding. đź
I live in H-Town & just shake my head at what is happening to HISD, a district I graduated from 42 years ago. As Roland correctly pointed out; the Hispanics, along w/some non-Black members on the board, tried to pull a power ploy (similar to what the Hispanics on the LA city council would try a few years later) & it blew up in their faces. HISD has no one to blame but itself for this fiasco. BTW, the law that allowed the state of Texas to take over HISD was introduced by a Black Democrat, Harold Dutton, Hou., who supported the takeoverâŠđ
Didnât know this. What has Mr. Dutton to say about this mess?
Less education = more product for the prison industrial complex
Democrat way
Where are the Black people? They are rocking Black folks to sleep with reality TV, rap beefs, Tubi, and the damn shade room. SMH. Stand up!! Fight. Tap in. My God.đ€Ź
Get behind your Democratic candidates and help them get elected⊠it time to get to work before itâs too late
You can't destroy something that already destroyed! I remember when I went to school to be enlightened by reading, writing, and arithmetic. NOTHING ELSE. Your morals and ethics are taught by parents and parents alone... Not by the public school system.
Dammm it's messed up when you are a tax payer employee, you have to worry about the anxiety of being unemployed in America!!!!
Interview the other school districts' board member that have already been taken over by the State. It has been a nightmare.
He is doing what Bobby Jindal semi-achieved in Louisiana. The vouchers will decimate the public school system. I promise you.
This is the second phase. They will close schools and then stop giving raises to drive the teachers out.
We Black and GREAT!
Very informative.
I know many horrible certified teachers. A online course doesnât equal an excellent competent teacher. Thatâs nonsense.
THIS CRAZY AS HELL. Glad I took my kids out!
Why we keep voting Abbot in? He doesn't care the Texans women and children. Why make you think he cares about our education? I'm applaud because education is everything.
You are so right
Houston keep fighting........ Don't ever give up your Power because you will never get it back.
Most Schools Have Principal Of The Year when there are 6 months of school left how is that possible đ€đ§
I wish they would get rid of him!
This behavior is a clear indication that Miles, Abbott and their posses do not care about children
Gerry Monroe told us this was going to happen in Houston.
Yes he did. I often saw him as too loud and obnoxious but he definitely did fight for student's rights.