Houston ISD's state-appointed superintendent will cut over 500 jobs

[RandySF]

More than 500 positions will be cut from Houston Independent School District’s central office staff, the first round of staff downsizing that will further clear the way for new Superintendent Mike Miles’ plan to overhaul campuses across the district.

Miles has been vocal about trimming a central office he described as “bloated” and “amorphous” upon his appointment last month to run Houston ISD by Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath. But Friday’s announcement offered the first glimpse into which departments will be impacted by his plans.

Miles said about 500 to 600 positions will be cut from academics-related departments, along with 40 from human resources. More departments will be affected in the coming weeks, he said.

Miles estimated the cuts from academic departments total 30% of current positions, about 3% of which were already vacant.

“Reorganizations are hard. There are real people behind the numbers,” Miles said Friday. “We want to make sure that we do this in a way that’s respectful but also in enough time for people to apply for other jobs.”




https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/07/houston-isd-takeover-mike-miles/

[Igel]

1. That's what reorganizations do.

Recently read (it might be a bit off) that Harvard has more administrators than it has students, 3x the number of faculty members.

Houston ISD's administration's like my district's--it's bloated. Not as bad as Harvard, to be sure, but bloated.

At the same time, at the 29 schools targeted there are changes--curriculum's being streamlined, centralized; there'll be aides that deliver lesson plans and handle paperwork for teachers, so teachers focus on content delivery (the lesson plans delivered are optional and can be tweaked, to be sure--that's explicitly stated, but newer teachers will probably really like this a lot). While teachers can still get behind, the goal is the same in most districts--if a student in 3rd grade or in 9th grade biology changes schools in district, there shouldn't be more than a one or two day difference in instruction.

[lostnfound]

2. You understand this is the GOP-run state taking over liberal Houston's education,right?

Their real desires are probably not what they claim.