Round 50 neighborhood members held a protest at Cage Elementary Faculty after lessons bought out Wednesday, spurred by rumors of pending college mergers.
Dad and mom at Cage Elementary college and the adjoining Mission Chrysalis Center Faculty have vocally opposed adjustments going down on their campus this yr, together with new classroom insurance policies, like scripted classes. In addition they spoke out towards what they see as retaliation towards academics by district management — two had been fired earlier this month.
Rumors emerged Tuesday that HISD has plans to merge Mission Chrysalis with Navarro Center Faculty and transfer De Zavala Elementary Faculty college students into Cage Elementary subsequent week, which the district denies.
Dad and mom are calling for extra transparency and accountability from district management.
“They’ve taken us over, they usually weren’t elected to take action, so we’d like to know what they’re making an attempt to do,” mentioned Thomas Lopez, a mum or dad at Cage. “In the event that they’re not going to be elected board members, we’d like to have the ability to vote on the agenda that they’ve.”
A spokesperson for the district mentioned the faculties won’t be merged, and described the rumors as intentional lies designed to “scare households and divide the HISD neighborhood.”
Each Cage and Mission Chrysalis have seen sweeping reforms this college yr, even supposing each colleges sometimes obtain excessive efficiency on state requirements.
Dad and mom and college students say they don’t just like the adjustments, they usually really feel unheard by the state-appointed leaders.
“I’m right here as a result of I really feel actually strongly that what’s taking place is horrible,” mentioned mum or dad Diana Candida. “It’s horrible for the scholars, the academics and the neighborhood at giant.”
Candida has a toddler at a unique college however mentioned she confirmed as much as the protest to specific solidarity.
