Watch HISD activist get arrested, dragged out school board meeting

Watch HISD activist get arrested, dragged out school board meeting

A Houston ISD community activist was charged with trespassing at Thursday’s school board meeting after repeatedly shouting at board members before a vote.

HISD board approves up to $870 million in vendor contracts after policy breach

Houston ISD’s state-appointed board voted 7-1 on Thursday to approve up to $870 million in previously unauthorized purchase agreements, marking an uneasy resolution to a policy breach that frustrated some members of the board and community.For the past 16 months, Superintendent Mike Miles’ administration had failed to receive required board approval on a class of spending that skips the traditional vendor bidding process, bypassing a step design…