Former board members express concerns about Houston Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles' budget proposal, citing a lack of transparency and worries about cuts to essential services.
, calling for some cuts to central office staff and third-party contracts. However, former board members expressed concern about the lack of transparency in the proposal.
However, Miles said he would not cut salaries for effective teachers in the district's 29 priority schools, which include special education instructors.Janette Garza Lindner, an HISD board member, asked Miles how the cuts to third-party contract services would impact students. Miles said the budget would not cut into where those contract services are desperately needed, including things like occupational and physical therapists.
"We're going to do leadership training for principals," Miles said. "We'll do it well. Probably better than any contracted services. And we will save $25 million a year. That $25 million a year, if you work that out, would be a $2,000 raise to teachers.
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