Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday morning that he has heard from multiple sources in the Legislature that the state intends to take over Houston ISD, and some sources say the move could come, as early as next week.
“I’m talking to legislators, and what they’re saying to me is that the state intends to takeover the district, replacing the entire board, replacing the superintendent, and I find that totally alarming,” said Turner, who spent two decades as a state representative. “HISD has 273 schools. How do you come in and take over the largest school district in Texas and do it successfully?”