Educational non-profit organization criticizes political parties' vote for anti-HISD bond resolution

Education non-profit organization Houstonians for Good Public Schools (Houston GPS) reacted negatively to the Harris County Democratic and Republican parties’ respective votes of resolutions opposing the Houston Independent School District’s (HISD) $4.4 billion school bond.

In a September 30 press release attributed to Houston GPS, Veronica Garcia, the group’s executive director, said that it has been more than a decade since HISD, the largest public school district in Texas, last approved a bond and that students cannot wait for physical improvements to be made to their schools.

According to the release, the purported unpopularity experienced by Mike Miles, HISD’s current superintendent, prompted the introduction of the resolutions against the bond. Houston GPS described this move as "completely political at its worst, negligent at its best."

HISD’s last bond came in 2012 and was intended for its high schools. According to Houston GPS, it has been nearly 20 years since a bond election was called for elementary and middle schools.