Rumors are circulating about what will come of a possible state intervention, leaving...
of losing its superintendent and elected board. Meanwhile, rumors are circulating about what will come of a possible state intervention, leaving parents and students alike in fear of the school’s closure.
With the future murky, Ollison is trying to find a school that is close to the Barbara Jordan Career Center, where he takes welding classes and is also close to his mother’s work. He’s considering Jack Yates or Austin High School, which are both farther away. Board member Kathy Blueford-Daniels, top center, and sitting next to superintendent Millard House III, waves her hands along with audience members in silent applause for a point made against charter schools in the district during a Houston Independent School District board meeting at the district headquarters Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 in Houston.
Wheatley certainly wasn't Jackson's top choice. She put in a school choice application listing DeBakey as one of her top choices, but ultimately didn’t get a spot at any of her picks.Rep. Harold Dutton, a Democrat and Wheatley graduate, Dutton watched the school struggle over the years and felt compelled to do something, so he began working on legislation that would encourage state intervention in districts with campuses that were long struggling.“All of us went to Wheatley. My mother and seven of her children went to Wheatley, but when it comes to my children, none of them went to Wheatley,” Dutton said. “That was just always a sore spot in my mind and heart.
Academically, the school has significantly struggled and has seemingly flatlined in the last decade. The percent of students"approaching standard" on the English I end-of-course exam was just 40 percent in 2022, compared to 41 percent in 2014-15, one of the years that the school earned an"improvement required" ranking.
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