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HISD Now What? Tired of HISDNow pushing half-truths and cherry-picked data? That’s where HISD Now What? steps in with the rest of the story (and receipts)

Mike Miles, you can’t keep eating (or hiring) out of your trash forever. 🚮 Eventually, somebody has to buy groceries.Who...
07/22/2026

Mike Miles, you can’t keep eating (or hiring) out of your trash forever. 🚮

Eventually, somebody has to buy groceries.
Who cares if they didn’t get certified during their first two-year waiver?

✨ Let them try again! ✨

Your child’s wait for a certified teacher has been extended!

Thanks to a brand-new magically discovered waiver that surely wasn’t customized for HISD’s embarrassing teacher retention problem under our great leader.

If it looks good on paper, who cares if it’s actually working?

But wait for it….it’s not working. We’ve heard through the Principal grape vine that there will be a few F rated schools this year. 😱

Don’t worry, they’ll polish the turd right before visitors arrive for maximum optics. 💩

Resigned - Michelle Arnold CruzIn - Karen Duffy Qualifications - Janette Garza Linder's best friend. District Advisory...
07/17/2026

Resigned - Michelle Arnold Cruz

In - Karen Duffy

Qualifications - Janette Garza Linder's best friend. District Advisory Committee. Bond Advisory Committee. White savior complex.

🚨 Meet the “smartest guy in the room.”Ric Campo led the HISD Board’s approval of the 1882 Partnership agreements, which ...
06/15/2026

🚨 Meet the “smartest guy in the room.”

Ric Campo led the HISD Board’s approval of the 1882 Partnership agreements, which are now projected to cost HISD at least $3.8 million.

📄 Final contracts weren’t reviewed before approval.
💰 The financial impact wasn’t known before approval.
✍️ The vote moved forward anyway.

This wasn’t a routine agenda item. It was a major financial decision affecting Houston students, families, and taxpayers.

🏫 HISD deserves leadership that asks tough questions before signing off on multimillion-dollar commitments (not after).
🤔 If the Board President didn’t require final contracts or a clear understanding of the financial impact before approving the 1882 Partnerships, what other questions aren’t being asked?

HISD is paying for a series of news interviews for Mile to push his "good news" that the $2 million HISD Now budget can'...
05/22/2026

HISD is paying for a series of news interviews for Mile to push his "good news" that the $2 million HISD Now budget can't seem to get traction on. We're glad to see the Houston Enquirer pick up the Miles/HISD meltdown. Available at your favorite grocery store now!

Is your child suffering from stress, anxiety, burnout, behavioral changes, emotional trauma, oppositional behaviors, or ...
05/18/2026

Is your child suffering from stress, anxiety, burnout, behavioral changes, emotional trauma, oppositional behaviors, or school-related distress caused by the HISD Board of Managers’ ceremonial “always vote yes” approval process?? 😍🧠

✨🍀YOU’RE IN LUCK! 🍀✨

Isn’t it ironic that a board member’s wife is a child psychologist specializing in trauma, oppositional behaviors, psychological evaluations, youth behavioral support, and, ironically, school psychology… AND offers FREE consultations 📅✨

(To avoid legal issues you’ll have to GUESS WHO?! 😌💅)

Nothing says “successful education reform” quite like needing therapy afterwards 🤡📊

Canvas was hacked.Except… HISD fired the entire IT department and replaced it with an AI platform. 🤖 So now students and...
05/12/2026

Canvas was hacked.
Except… HISD fired the entire IT department and replaced it with an AI platform. 🤖 So now students and teachers across the district STILL can’t access Canvas while other districts are already back online. ⏳

The worst part? All that is left to do is have each student/parent reset their account password. Simple. 🔑

📚 Teachers can’t post assignments.
📝 Students can’t submit work.
📲 Families can’t see grades or updates.

This is what happens when you gut human infrastructure and pretend “innovation” can replace actual experienced staff. 🫠

A password reset should not turn into a district-wide operational crisis. Miles, please tell us again how awesome AI is. 🚨

05/08/2026

🚨 You heard it here first: HISD is reorganizing (again) by school type instead of regional divisions and adding to the list of made-up upper cabinet positions (we’re speculating they’re high paying too 💰).

What we know so far:
• 1 EAS Elementary Chief - Dr. Mario Sandoval
• 1 EAS Secondary Chief - Dr. April Williams
• 1 NES Elementary Chief - Leigha Curry
• 1 NES Secondary Chief - Dr. Delinda Castro

(EAS = Earned Autonomy Schools, aka the new PUA / “non-NES”)

And guess what? Due to 1882 partnerships, HISD is also changing the autonomy framework… again. Because at this point, constant restructuring isn’t a strategy… it is the entire strategy. 🔄

Different org chart, same problems. New titles, same confusion. Endless “transformation” cycles while campuses are expected to keep everything running smoothly while the ship is sinking. 📚

Meanwhile teachers and schools are stuck decoding and fixing the constant errors of the latest version of the system instead of getting genuine stability or support.

At this point it’s full Titanic energy: rearrange the deck chairs, rename the sections of the ship, shuffle leadership, and hope nobody notices what’s coming. 🚢

**updated to add the NES new division chiefs**

We are so close to yelling BINGO… and somehow it still feels like a loss.A few squares didn’t age well (shocking, I know...
05/06/2026

We are so close to yelling BINGO… and somehow it still feels like a loss.

A few squares didn’t age well (shocking, I know). NES campuses can’t exactly be gaslit into “earned autonomy” anymore when the framework keeps getting rewritten mid-game… again. More info on that soon.

At this point, the only predictable thing is the chaos. We’ve truly never been less excited to win bingo.

05/04/2026

At the April Houston Independent School District Board meeting, Angela Flowers asked several very normal clarifying questions about 1882 partnerships to Superintendent Mike Miles. 🎯

Board president Ric Campo tried to cut her off 🚫, but she stayed right on it because ~shockingly~ asking about the future of the district is part of the job.

🔮Here’s what OUR prediction ring says:
Last year, the state removed several board members who expressed minimal dissent just before the budget vote and were replaced with some even more spineless “yes men.”

And let’s be real… one way to guarantee a “yes” vote is to remove anyone who might say “no.” 👀

🎥 To watch the entire conflict: (start at 1:28:00): https://www.youtube.com/live/5t5-W5jSavg?si=kVLg14ItwqYw3483

04/29/2026

Three years into this takeover, after dozens of board meetings and “community engagement” sessions where parents, teachers and community members have shown up with not just feedback about the NES structure but also data, solutions, and real expertise. Yet, Mike Miles has never managed a meaningful response. 🤔

👏🏻Kudos to Brad Wray for getting under Mike’s skin enough to deserve this sassy email response.

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