Houston ISD students speak out in protests after principals, staff are fired

HOUSTON – Houston ISD parents, students, community leaders and local officials gathered Wednesday to protest at Herrod Elementary School.

This is all because the principal and several teachers received termination letters that KPRC 2 has continued to report on for weeks. KPRC 2’s Re’Chelle Turner was live at the school where the protest took place.

Hundreds of outraged community members came forward after the school principal, 11 teachers and one staff member received a termination letter without any warning or communication. This also comes weeks after Teacher Appreciation Week.

“It was disrespectful,” one parent told Re’Chelle. “This was done during Teacher Appreciation Week. You know, this could have been done at another time. It was very disrespectful in the way that, you know, he sent the notice to the teachers.

Even former Herrod Elementary School students, like Brinn Cave, expressed frustration, accusing the superintendent of his questionable methods.

” It’s horrible ; Mike Miles needs to be fired, like now,” she said. “He removes half of the teachers and the principal from the school, and the rest resign. My brother has to go to another school now. And they also took away my director. And a group of my favorite teachers. I don’t know why he does this.

“I hope you’re happy; you’ve ruined our schools,” Cave continued. “You’ve ruined our trust in our school district, and you’ve ruined these students’ trust in their teachers and in their principal. Because if you give us unqualified teachers, how do you expect us to learn? If we don’t learn, how will we make money? If we don’t make money, how will there be? an economy? And without your students and no future, Houston will collapse because of you.

The community outrage also follows many schools Wednesday morning still without power due to last Thursday’s devastating windstorm.