2 board items name this campus in the record we hold, 1 of them with a recorded outcome.
Board actions that mention this school
The Board of Managers approved closing seven HISD elementary schools — Louisa May Alcott, Andrew Briscoe, James D. Burrus, Benjamin Franklin, N. Q. Henderson, Port Houston, and Betsy Ross — along with all their programs, at the end of the 2025–2026 school year. It also approved changing the attendance boundaries for eight other elementary schools to absorb affected students.
The Board is asked to act on a matter brought by Samantha Odom, a teacher at Ross Elementary School; no action has been recorded yet.
Tell me when the board acts on this school
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Who decides this
The Board of Managers is a nine-member board appointed by the Texas Education Agency, not elected — TEA installed it on June 1, 2023 and extended its authority through June 1, 2027. TEA has said HISD will return to an elected board once three conditions are met: no multi-year academically unacceptable campuses, special-education compliance, and board procedures aligned with student-focused governance.
The Board of Managers’ recordSource: Texas Education Agency, June 2, 2025 announcement ↗