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Charter School Contracts: What HISD Didn't Want Released - Houston Press (opens the original)
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In response to an appeal from the Houston Press, the Texas Attorney General’s Office has ordered Houston ISD to release detailed information about the contracts signed between HISD and four high-performing campuses that allowed those schools to become independent charters under Senate Bill 1882. On March 26, 2026, the state-appointed Houston ISD Board of Managers approved administration-recommended contracts with Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Challenge Early College High
The Music Man at TUTS: Dreams and Schemes and 76 Trombones - Houston Press (opens the original)
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River City, Iowa is in trouble but the town just doesn’t know it. That’s what Professor Harold Hill tells them as he warns of the dangers of boys playing pool. Instead, he offers to form a band and teach them how to play. Only complication is, Harald can’t teach anyone how to play music. He doesn’t know himself. But that’s not a problem for him. He’ll collect the money for uniforms and instruments and be long gone before anyone realizes they’ve been scammed. The only one who sees through his sca
HISD Rules Change on Naming Buildings & Teacher Recognition - Houston Press (opens the original)
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It was another nine to nothing voting night at the sparsely attended Houston ISD board meeting Thursday. Public speakers once again asked for a better special ed program. They criticized a change that will, in essence, allow Superintendent Mike Miles to be the final decision maker on the names of school district buildings. They challenged the plan to stop the practice of recognizing teachers at the 5 -, 10-, 15- year marks with service pins – if teachers are so valued, why take that gesture away
Houston Ballet Opens Season With Mixed Rep Pecos Bill - Houston Press (opens the original)
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When Houston Ballet opens its season this weekend with its mixed rep program Pecos Bill, Principal Dancer Jessica Collado will be dancing as Sluefoot Sue, a rough and tumble Texas cowgirl in the ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Stanton Welch. “Sue, who everybody thinks is a cowboy, falls in love with Bill. Nobody knew that she was a girl until she kind of tamed the Widowmaker, the horse that she rides on and she takes her hat off and kind of the whole stage is in shock,” Collado said. “
Looking For Proof at 4th Wall Theatre Co. - Houston Press (opens the original)
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For several years now, Catherine has cared for her widowed father, Robert, a mathematician famous for the complex proofs he has solved. The professor is also known for his increasing mental illness, something that caused Catherine to leave university to stay at home with him. Robert dies, discharging her of that responsibility and Catherine, also a talented mathematician, is faced with a daunting what’s-next, not helped initially by the arrival of her sister Claire – the one who got away and lef
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