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9 unusual facts about Houston Independent School District


Ángel Maturino Reséndiz

Dominguez, a schoolteacher at Houston Independent School District's Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, was bludgeoned to death with a pickaxe in her apartment near the rail tracks.

Boy on Fire

Further, this episode references the Houston Independent School District, where the district's schools were widely praised for lowering dropout rates and improving test scores; this achievement was used to promote President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.

Delia Stafford-Johnson

For nearly a decade, Ms. Stafford-Johnson directed the nation's largest school district-based alternative teacher certification program in Houston Independent School District.

Houston School District

For the school district in Texas see Houston Independent School District.

Lee P. Brown

He is currently married to Frances Young, a teacher in the Houston Independent School District.

Melissa Noriega

Noriega grew up in Austin and Houston and graduated from Scarborough High School in the Houston Independent School District.

Rick Noriega

Noriega was a Project Manager for Communities in Schools, and taught in the Houston Independent School District and in the Houston Community College System before becoming a staff member for the Texas State Senate.

Rod Paige

As a trustee and an officer of the Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) from 1989 to 1994, Paige coauthored the board's 'A Declaration of Beliefs and Visions', a statement of purpose and goals for the school district that called for fundamental reform through decentralization, a focus on instruction, accountability at all levels, and development of a core curriculum.

Windsor Village United Methodist Church

Leader's High School for Business and Economic Success, a Houston Independent School District charter school, is located on the church property.


Harry Fouke

He later became the director of athletics for the San Antonio Public Schools System, the Houston Independent School District, and ultimately the University of Houston.


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