Houston ISD is cutting hundreds of jobs as it prepares for its first academic year under state-appointed leadership.
Some employees of the largest school district in Texas already have been told their positions are being eliminated, and more cuts are expected to be made during the next week and also during the 2023-24 school year, new superintendent Mike Miles said last Friday. Between 500 and 600 jobs are being eliminated in HISD’s chief academic office – a staff reduction of about 30 percent – along with about 40 human-resource positions, according to Miles, who said more job cuts are coming in departments such as communications, professional development and school leadership.
“I know that this reorganization has been tough, and we’re not done. We still have some work to do,” Miles said. “By July 17, the process should be mostly finished.
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