North Forest again ordered to close and merge with HISD
North Forest ISD announced Monday that the Texas Education Agency had upheld the decision to close the school district and annex it to Houston ISD this summer. The ruling, however, does not end the...
View ArticleNorth Forest defies state order to fire teachers
The North Forest school board on Monday defied a state order to fire all its teachers for the next school year, leaving Texas Education Agency officials pondering their next move as the district is...
View ArticleHISD schedules job sessions for North Forest employees
The North Forest school board has been quite reluctant to let employees go. As we wrote last week, North Forest trustees refused to follow a state order to give their teachers official notice that...
View ArticleNorth Forest trying again to stay open
North Forest officials, as promised, have taken their battle to keep their school district alive to federal court, filing a lawsuit Wednesday saying takeover by Houston ISD would violate the Voting...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court ruling means for North Forest
One of the few remaining hurdles the state faces in shutting down the North Forest school district appears to have been removed with the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a key part of the Voting...
View ArticleNorth Forest ISD on way to closure after judge’s ruling
North Forest school officials lost one of their final court battles Wednesday, making the district’s state-ordered merger into HISD five days from now increasingly likely. U.S. District Judge David...
View ArticleNorth Forest ISD loses its final appeal to stay open
The North Forest Independent School District has used its final lifeline. The Texas Supreme Court declined to intervene Friday afternoon to halt the state-ordered shut down of the district, cementing...
View ArticleRoaches, graffiti — and china — found in North Forest schools
On Tuesday, I tagged along with Pam Farinas, the new principal of North Forest High School, as she gave HISD Superintendent Terry Grier and other high-level staff a tour of the building she had just...
View ArticleHundreds attend North Forest summer school, though some still missing
After Houston ISD officials scrambled to quickly enroll students from North Forest into summer school, 650 showed up Tuesday, the second day of class. HISD had invited 982 students to attend, according...
View ArticleNorth Forest High no longer ‘like a party’
You know a school had hit rock bottom when students celebrate having toilet paper, soap and paper towels in the restroom. Chronicle reporter Jennifer Radcliffe checked in on North Forest High School...
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