Houston ISD Superintendent regrets closing schools during winter freeze

This afternoon the HISD superintendent hosted a news conference to address issues at campuses during the freezing weather. Some may think the superintendent downplayed what happened at HISD today and Monday. But superintendent Mike Miles emphasized that out of the entire district only three schools needed to close today. While he said it’s something he take seriously, he says it was only a small percentage of schools in the district. But some of those schools didn’t have hot water or even heat for parts of the day. There were even some leaking pipes reported. ESSENTIAL WORKERS Miles says school employees are essential workers and they need to be on campus and so do students, so they can continue to receive high quality education. Miles said that he had a conversation with Houston’s mayor about closing schools yesterday. He said he appreciated the advice. But he thinks, in hindsight, before cancelling classes yesterday, he should have place more consideration on the essential learning that was necessary that day.