Parents and students protest state takeover of Houston ISD

HISD parents, students stage 'sick-out' protest against state takeover
HOUSTON — Families across Houston ISD staged a "sick-out" protest Wednesday, keeping some students home from school in opposition to the state’s takeover of Texas’ largest school district.
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Allyson Ackerman is the News Editor at Chron. She previously was the Deputy News Editor at the New York Post, where she also served as the Deputy Business Editor. She left the Big Apple for Houston and can now often be found in a car driving her two kids around town.
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Thousands of HISD students and parents are protesting state-appointed leadership Wednesday with a district-wide "sick-out."
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"HISD's job is to provide the highest level of education it can," One parent participating in the sickout said. "It's there to make sure we prepare Texans for tomorrow, not just to pass a test just to get a score.
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Some 3,000 students reportedly stayed home to protest the state's takeover of the Houston Independent School District.
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Community Voices for Public Education is organizing a protest planned for Wednesday. The group says the idea is to express ongoing discontent with the state's takeover of the school district.
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Students and parents stood at the edge of bustling West Gray in Montrose to protest Houston ISD's state-appointed leadership and the effects on classrooms, teacher retention, and teacher experience Wednesday morning.
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"HISD's job is to provide the highest level of education it can," One parent participating in the sickout said. "It's there to make sure we prepare Texans for tomorrow, not just to pass a test just to get a score.
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Local activist group Community Voices for Public Education planned both the sick-out and protest, targeted against the state-appointed board of managers and Superintendent Mike Miles. It estimates that nearly 3,
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