⚖️TEACHER Rights in TEXAS:
"Public schools cannot restrict teachers’ speech when they speak as a citizen on a matter of public concern, even when teachers identify themselves as school employees."
@ACLU
@ACLUTx
@VikkiGoodwinTX
Thank you.
Please note:
Mike Miles doesn't just have 'ties' to Third Future..
MIKE MILES Still OWNS 'Third Future'.
He may have a couple 'investors' but the reality is it's a Private company (not publicly traded), & is Owned by MIKE MILES.
His sister is currently running
@VikkiGoodwinTX
As I am sure you and the other 17
TX-State representatives are aware:
U.S. Congressional Representatives
@RepSylviaGarcia
&
@RepAlGreen
both individually wrote letters calling
for a Federal Investigation approx. 2
months ago (in May of this year).
While Texas schools struggle with a huge budget deficits,
@SpectrumNews1TX
has discovered that millions of Texas education tax dollars are being diverted out of state to the series of charter schools founded by
#HISD
’s state appointed Supt. Mike Miles.
Fox26 Houston Reports
Mike Miles (
#HISD
#Schools
) scandal of Tax Dollars
from Texas "diverted out-of-state to charter schools"
which he (Mike Miles) founded & Owns.
#HISD
This Morning on MSNBC:
@AliVelshi
refers to Mike Miles' plans for Houston Public School Libraries as "Insidious and Perverse"
THANK YOU
@MSNBC
for Featuring
#HISD
, the
#TEA
Takeover, & Mike Miles' plan to turn Libraries into Disciplinary Spaces!
#ISD
#Teachers
#Parents
How to Explain This?
Our Most Important Tweet Ever:
Mike Miles did not leave his Colorado Home
& his Charter School chain (that he still OWNS)
because he needed a superintendent's Salary.
Logically, it can be concluded that somebody
promised His Company, THIRD FUTURE, access
to
Class Suspended in Protest of
#HISD
's "NES".
University of Houston vs. HISD
A University Professor Protests/stops teaching
HISD teacher-Prep Course geared at placing
future-teachers in Mike Miles'
@HISDSupe
NES.
Note to UofH: We'll have
@ACLU
all over you & 10-times the
At 2:45pm Today, MIKE MILES Claimed in front
of the Houston City Council that there were
only 455 Teacher vacancies.
FACT CHECK:
There were over 2,000 Teacher Vacancies showing
for Houston
#HISD
Schools, this time last week.
Mike Miles opts in to Pay a Vendor
3-Million Dollars Every Month
for internet, when previously was FREE to Taxpayers.
"new program costs the district $15 a month per student" -
@abc13houston
Houston HISD Schools have approx 200,000 students.
@FBIHouston
Mass Layoffs in Special Ed Yesterday at
#HISD
#HTU
was advised that ALL Special Education
contract speech therapists, educational diagnosticians & school psychologists were informed on Friday (08/11) their contracts had
been terminated effective immediately.
#Houston
#School
Houston
#HISD
Teachers being interviewed for
upcoming National Article exposing what happens when you Install a Charter-School Owner as a Public School Superintendent.
The Journalist seeks both Current & recently resigned HISD Teachers: Email at michael.sainato
@theguardian
.com
Our concerns with Houston Landing:
Houston Landing immediately had a Counter-Narrative (in defense of Miles) ready to post just 3-hours after we/HTU posted about Tax Dollars being used to pay ($15/month PER
#HISD
STUDENT) a vendor(s) for something that WAS FREE via Verizon's
While Texas schools struggle with a huge budget deficits,
@SpectrumNews1TX
has discovered that millions of Texas education tax dollars are being diverted out of state to the series of charter schools founded by
#HISD
’s state appointed Supt. Mike Miles.
BREAKING
#HISD
NEWS - TODAY
Responding to Public Concern & Outrage over
how charter school owner
@HISDSupe
has been
operating Special Education &
#Houston
HISD
Public
#Schools
in-general:
9 TX-State Reps are demanding the House
Committee on Public Education hold a
formal hearing
HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS — Congressman Green formally requests U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland open a Federal Investigation into claims
#HISD
Supt MIKE MILES diverted Texas tax dollars Out-Of-State to charter schools he owns.
@FBIHouston
@USAO_SDTX
Is Your Houston School on the list?
HISD superintendent (& Owner of Third Future Charter Schools) says:
117 principals may be forced out of HISD because he says so.
Here's the FIRST half of the schools..
Foreseeable Manslaughter? Depraved Indifference?
MIKE MILES must be Replaced as Houston ISD Supt.
@GovAbbott
knowingly waived laws for Mike Miles
which require a superintendent be licensed/certified
for that position in a Texas School District.
Heartbeat Act?
What about the
Alexis Payton is the father of a 14-year-old
@HoustonISD
student who died Wednesday at Marshall Middle School.
He says he reviewed footage where he heard the school's nurse say she did not know how to perform CPR or use a AED,
@partain_claire
reports.
Texas Rep. Christina Morales:
I toured an HISD school. I was shocked.
Mike Miles' New Education System is humiliating
& detrimental to learning. -
@RepMorales145
via
@HoustonChron
FREE Article Link:
Under
@HISDSupe
Mike Miles,
after just 3-months on the job..
according to last Thursday's Board Meeting:
Houston Private/Charter School
applications are Up 500%
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED by:
@GovAbbott
/
@MikeMorath
/
@Steve4Education
Houston Schools Supt. MIKE MILES threatens:
"I will no longer let serious attacks on my character & integrity go unanswered"
Mr. Miles:
Nobody attacked your character.
However, your actions w/
#PublicEd
tax funds are being questioned by over a Dozen TX-based elected officials.
Houston
#HISD
Supt. Miles Miles threatened on LinkedIn:
"I will no longer let serious attacks on my character & integrity go unanswered"
Who applauded?
🔴CEO of Houston Classical Charter School
🔴Supt of Faith Family Academy Charters
🔴CEO at Families Empowered (pro-Charter)
Teachers Quitting & Library Cuts:
Texas’s takeover of
#Houston
Schools
#HISD
Staff call for the State-Appointed
@HISDSupe
to be Removed as over 600
#Teachers
Resign.
OPINION: Why Half the Country Attacks Teachers:
What's more American than growing-up to be:
A Police Officer, a Fireman, or a School Teacher?
Unions have been historically important for the above-mentioned professions.
#UnionStrong
However it is not the place of a Union
Educators are the key to our children's future, and I'm committed to protecting the integrity of our school systems. Today, I sent a letter to
@usedgov
asking for an audit of the funding
@HoustonISD
received. Our children's education is at stake; accountability is non-negotiable.
"Houston ISD’s Chief Talent Officer, said the district lost about 1,700 of its 11,000 TEACHERS last year."
-
@SpectrumNews1TX
on 07/28/22
That's almost 1 out of every 6.
🆕2023 Data Shows
1 out of 3 Teachers plan to leave HISD
2 TX Senators & 7 TX House Reps
join 2 United States Congressmen
(
@RepAlGreen
,
@RepSylviaGarcia
)
to demand a "strong, independent
investigation into
#HISD
's State
Appointed Superintendent Mike
Miles' financial mismanagement
regarding the use of Texas taxpayer
dollars."
#schools
Today, I join my colleagues in requesting a strong, independent investigation into
#HISD
's State Appointed Superintendent Mike Miles' financial mismanagement regarding the use of Texas taxpayer dollars.
Texas taxpayers deserve transparency and accountability.
At 5 different schools in
#HISD
, student leaders were
"pulled from their classes at mid-day Monday to attend a meeting with a few Principals and the Executive Director for the Central District"..
One Student said:
“They’re asking us to be snitches.”
Starting Today:
#HISD
Children will no longer be able to Call 911 in an Emergency (in at least 1 HISD School).
Dozens of Students have Walked Out & are Protesting outside Madison High, as police look on (below).
#Houston
#PublicConcern
@ACLUTx
@houmayor
#School
HAPPENING NOW: at least 2 dozen students have walked out of class and are protesting outside Madison High School in SW
#Houston
— following a controversial no cell phone ban — which went into effect this morning.
HISD officers are present.
@KHOU
ESSER Funds (simple math):
#HISD
Received 1.1 Billion in ESSER Funds.
HISD has 194,000 students (276 campuses)
+ 12,000 HISD
#TEACHers
= 206,000
1.1B divided by 206K = $5,340
$5,340 for EVERY SINGLE STUDENT & TEACHER
WHERE'S THE IMPROVEMENTS
@HoustonISD
?
#Txed
@KHOU
@KPRC2
Too Many Hands in the Texas Education 'Cookie Jar'
Republicans (mostly) are all too commonly
setting up previously-nonexistent 'Orgs'
which squeeze Tens of Millions of Dollars each,
EVERY YEAR from Education TAX FUNDS (
@FBI
).
#Houston
#School
#HISD
#Verizon
#MollPR
As Houston
#HISD
School District begins the process of Terminating Teachers' employment for "Insubordination" for simply voicing concerns, HFT is now left to prove whether or not they can save jobs.
Abbott has ignored cries of parents in Texas.
Diverting Texas Public Ed tax funds Out-of-State to a private company = FEDERAL JURISDICTION
@FBIHouston
(in '
@GovAbbott
Country') appears to have dismissed written requests made in 2024 from 2 U.S. Congressmen & 18 TX-Sate Reps, so
Congressman Al Green Requests Federal Investigation into Reported Diversion of Texas School Funds Founded by HISD Superintendent Mike Miles
A copy of the letter sent to officials can be accessed here:
School Evacuated TODAY after Gas Leak detected.
The rush by MIKE MILES to open Houston
#Schools
after Disaster Storm led to Unsafe Conditions
b/c Air Quality NOT properly tested/recorded
(takes only minutes) w/gauges
#HISD
-Central
owns.
@RepSylviaGarcia
Houston ISD tells
@CBS
NEWS in Houston:
"reconnect with us in September"
No Time for Public School Transparency
with the Media in the Nation's 4th Largest City?
✏️The Mega-Station
@KHOU
(CBS) stated:
"we've had successful conversations with the superintendents from Fort Bend,
.
@Houstonisd
Superintendent Mike Miles was supposed to interview with KHOU 11's
@MiaGradneyKHOU
today as part of our series of chats with Houston-area school district leaders. Yesterday, the district canceled. Here's why.
Miles reversed on
#HISD
principal 'hit-list'.
State Rep for 146, & parent of an
#HISD
school student, spoke at
Thursday evening's Board Meeting.
Local NEWS covered the community
outrage across Houston.
A formal statement was issued.
@HISDSupe
has done an 'About-Face!'
🚨BREAKING🚨
12 state legislators sent a letter to Houston ISD Supt. Miles urging him to restore a free Verizon internet program for thousands of students.
This after I broke the news that the partnership was ending.
Love when our work has impact:
"Houston taxpayers & the thousands of HISD students,
along with their teachers and staff, are the
potential victims" -FBI Houston (Dec 16, 2021)
TODAY we have Charter School owner Mike Miles
as
@HISDSupe
over Houston
#HISD
Public Schools.
We have only exposed 1 small CO-state
We're thinking that
#HISD
(under Mike Miles)
is opening themselves up to a bunch of law suits..
Let's fix Houston Public Schools for
#Kids
&
#Teachers
!
Middle school is tough enough without having to dodge moving trains to get to school, like students at McReynolds Middle School in Houston who cross a busy Union Pacific rail yard to get to class.
They’re asking the company for a footbridge. So far, no dice. Hear why:
@rweingarten
@mr_dsantos
Can U believe that
@rweingarten
Spent Funds on Flying Herself out to UKRAINE last year
to show 'solidarity' w/Ukrainian Teachers..
& Showed-Up w/Printed SIGNS with Ukrainian FLAG *UPSIDE-DOWN*!
Plumbers Union didn't fly-out 2 show support 4 Ukrainian Plumbers!
@MSNBC
#Respect
#HISD
School Teacher to NOW Receive 87K Salary he was Originally promised..
NOT because of $700/yr HFT Dues..
but due to Media Attention &
Houston Public Opinion putting pressure on Hattie Mae to FIX this Wrongdoing by
#TEA
/HISD.
Happy Ending - Aired at 5pm
@FOX26Houston
News
While Texas schools struggle with a huge budget deficits,
@SpectrumNews1TX
has discovered that millions of Texas education tax dollars are being diverted out of state to the series of charter schools founded by
#HISD
’s state appointed Supt. Mike Miles.
#HISD
TERMINATIONS Monday morning?
#TEA
/HISD Text & EMAIL received by many HISD Employees -- Email reads:
"some of you may have received communication regarding
Employment Termination over the weekend.
I believe this communication went out by error."
#Houston
#School
@ACLUTx
Teachers' Jobs are Not Being Saved.
If they haven't been Fired for Expressing Concerns
about Houston PUBLIC (
@ACLU
) Education under
state-appointed
#Charter
School OWNER Mike Miles
then they are quitting in silent protest out of frustration.
#HISD
#UseUnionDuesToProtectUs
It is an honor to welcome Jackie Anderson, the President of
@HFT2415
, as my
#SOTU
guest today. A passionate advocate for our community's most vulnerable, her presence highlights educators' role as community leaders and the crucial part they play in shaping our nation's future.
"Houston ISD’s Chief Talent Officer, said the district lost about 1,700 of its 11,000 TEACHERS last year."
-
@SpectrumNews1TX
on 07/28/22
2023 Data Shows:
approx. 2⃣,7⃣0⃣0⃣ Teachers plan to Leave HISD
'great work' by CHIEF of TALENT MANAGEMENT, Jeremy Grant-Skinner
When Houston
#HISD
School District
administrators Don't Allow
#Teachers
to sit at their desks for 5-minutes during an entire day of classes.
Superintendent
#Miles
' way of doing things is teachers should NEVER Sit when a class is happening, Even During Testing.
MIKE MILES responds to News Report Scandal:
Houston
#HISD
Schools Superintendent
issued a statement refusing to step-down
& demanding
#Parents
, Elected Officials &
@FBIHouston
simply 'take his word for it'
that he is innocent of any & all Misuse of
Public Education Tax Funds.
The founder of Houston Teachers United
emailed MIKE MILES about being blacklisted.
Now 2
#HISD
HR reps wants to have a
Video Meeting at 2pm this Friday.
Should we Livestream it for transparency ?
#HISD
's Mike Miles changes testing
to the Last Week of
#School
,
angering Houston
#parents
.
MAP testing was originally scheduled for early May, but was moved to last week of school, when parties and field trips were planned.
Does Anyone Believe
#TEA
is a Democratically
Elected Organization w/ 'Checks-&-Balances'?
Or do we understand that
#TEA
is as much an
Extension of
@GovAbbott
's Personal Agenda/Desires
as much as his say over 'Boarder Patrol'?
4th Largest City in USA =
#Houston
#HISD
#Schools
DOZENS of more HISD schools to become 'NES'
To Push Vouchers
while taking over Houston Public Schools,
#TEA
& Floyd Mike Miles (Charter School Owner)
have re-Rated the following
#HISD
Schools
as 'F' Rated so they can now be turned into NES
Disability Rights Texas
@DisRightsTx
(Special Education advocates & Attorneys)
coming to Houston help
#HISD
Parents 4 FREE
6 diff Teachers at 6 diff Schools documented as
being directed to NOT provide accommodation
to Special Ed Students.
@sim_kern
Houston Teachers United EXPOSES
🔵Conflict of interest w/ Tax Funds
🔵
#OSHA
School Violations; Child Safety Hazards
🔵Cancelling Free District Resources (Verizon WiFi)
Only Funding=
#HISD
Families/Community.
#HTU
is not a workers union
To Contribute:
Over HALF of the approx. 1,000
#HISD
Teachers
surveyed plan to Leave either Mid-Year,
or at the end of This Year.
Thank you to Third Future Schools founder & owner
Mike Miles (
@HISDSupe
) for making this disaster in Houston Public Schools possible!
We did a survey! We got 955 responses from across HISD. In a nutshell,
@HoustonISD
has some very unhappy teachers and employees. As parents, this is very concerning to us. Read on in this thread for the results.
Here, 41.6% of respondents plan to leave next year. (1/5)
@SBISD
@astros
Have to say it.. Spring Branch ISD
@SBISD
:
Please CANCEL School for Tomorrow.
2 Good Reasons:
The majority seem to want to attend Astros Parade.
AND Harris Co & HPD will have hands full w/Parade.
Spring Branch is almost entirely within City of Houston (& Harris Co)
#Uvalde
Your
#Houston
Tax Dollars paid for the post below.
Based in CO-state near
@HISDSupe
's home-office
of 'Third Future' Charters:
#HISD
-paid & "independent consultant" Dale Chu
should be labeling his posts as: 'Paid Advertising'
BELOW is Paid Public Relations for MIKE MILES..
Investigation of Mike Miles' THIRD FUTURE
must be without Conflict of Interest.
#TEA
wants to investigate alone.
Believe
#TEA
will Damage its Public Credibility
& admit Miles (who TEA alone hired, w/input only
from Abbott-appointee M. Morath) is guilty?
Conflict of Interest!
From what we learned,
it appears that the state-ran
#HISD
Houston School District
did NOT reply back to any Local TV News Reporters on Friday with regards to any specific questions asked.
Maybe HISD Communications Dept
will start doing their 6-figure salaried jobs next month..
To APPEAR as if severing ties with his chain of multi-state Corporate Charter Schools while being paid Public Tax Dollars at
#HISD
,
@HISDSupe
left his Sister, Shirley Miles, in charge as Executive Director.
Source:
#Houston
#School
#TEACHers
#TEA
Third Future Schools made its Chief of Schools, Zack Craddock, the new superintendent as its founder, Mike Miles, becomes the new TEA-appointed Houston ISD superintendent.
Out-of-state MGT/Kitamba consultants hired by MIKE MILES, who are Getting Rich off our Houston
#HISD
Schools:
Collin Moore in Seattle
Jamie VanDeWalle in Indianapolis
Callahan Vertin in NYC
Rachel Ksenyak in Denver
Darius Whitney in North Carolina
Mateo Lincoln in Boston
Under Mike Miles & Without Any Legal Recourse:
This week Houston
#HISD
Teachers began receiving salary offers of up to $20K Less than last year for the same school.
If we don't accept & start in under 30-days, TX-state can revoke our Teaching Certificate (ability to teach in TX)
Too Little, Too Late from
#HISD
's Mike Miles
After Child Dies in Houston ISD school:
"HISD vows to repair 170 automated external defibrillators that are not working after student's death"
Lovely News regarding memory of Gerry Monroe:
It appears Gerry WILL HAVE His Degree.
LAMAR University is Posthumously issuing Gerry his DEGREE that he had been working/closing-in on.
Special Thank You to REV. James L Caldwell
& to LAMAR University.
#Houston
#School
#HISD
#5Star
Houston Teachers United
@TxEdHouston
endorses
all 9 sitting TX-State Reps who signed the letter
demanding the House Committee on Public
Education hold a formal hearing regarding
violations of State &
#Federal
Laws.
TX Representatives:
Christina Morales
@RepMorales145
Shawn
BREAKING
#HISD
NEWS - TODAY
Responding to Public Concern & Outrage over
how charter school owner
@HISDSupe
has been
operating Special Education &
#Houston
HISD
Public
#Schools
in-general:
9 TX-State Reps are demanding the House
Committee on Public Education hold a
formal hearing
Is Mike Miles' reign of HISD literally killing kids?
How many more of our children must die
before Abbott's appointee Mike Morath assigns
a new superintendent for Houston schools?
It's GREAT for
#HISD
Kids to see the world.
Conflicting Feelings when we hear that
MIKE MILES is chartering private Air Canada jets
to go to Japan, while simultaneously declaring a
budget Deficit for Houston Public Schools &
withholding funds from Students at non-NES schools
Without explanation,
@HISDSupe
FIRES Eastwood's
*Principal Dr. Ana Aguilar
*The school's assistant principal
*School Counselor
*Four teachers
Secrets and coverups are slowly being revealed
at
#HISD
's Eastwood Academy..
MIKE MILES & the
#HISD
/
#TEA
takeover are being
exposed & Houston now has 2 U.S. Congressional
Representatives (w/help from media exposure)
calling for a Federal Investigation.
#HTU
dedicated 1,000's of hours towards
this goal.. & We Need Your Help Today
Houston Public Schools under Gov. Abbott's control:
Abbott appointed Mike Morath to be the supreme lord over the Texas Education Agency.
Mike Morath is a wealthy software (think education software) entrepreneur.
Morath hand-selected and hired Mike Miles (owner of a multi-state
U.S. Congresswoman
@RepSylviaGarcia
:
In 3-months time, how did you go from calling for a Federal Investigation of Mike Miles &
#HISD
's financials by
@USedGov
's Office of Inspector General (of which No Investigation Whatsoever has yet to take place), to yesterday's Town Hall
Thank you to everyone who attended our HISD Town Hall today! 🏫 Together, we're getting the answers we need to make an informed decision about the bond.
While Texas schools struggle with a huge budget deficits,
@SpectrumNews1TX
has discovered that millions of Texas education tax dollars are being diverted out of state to the series of charter schools founded by
#HISD
’s state appointed Supt. Mike Miles.
Abbott's
@TEAinfo
appointee Mike Morath is an entrepreneur with a lot of fingers in Education Software pies.
Morath hired Supt MIKE MILES, who is shockingly closing libraries & having Only Software (Not Books) in Houston
#HISD
Schools.
They praise AI, so here you go!