Lantrip Elementary School is the most recent school to undergo the change. Parents said they don't expect the TEA to end the takeover, but they are questioning whether it's time to find a new leader.
It's becoming a practice at HISD: principals are placed on leave without an explanation. This time, it's happening at Lantrip.It's the latest in a string of leadership changes at Houston Independent School District: Lantrip Elementary School principal Valiza Castro is on administrative leave as of Monday, and parents were not told why.Lantrip parents said they felt secure after the takeover.
But three months into the school year, that security has been stripped away. On Monday, a letter went out to parents stating that Castro was on administrative leave but did not give a reason why. Our reporting partners, the Houston Chronicle, have tracked more than 150 principal turnovers since Mike Miles took control of the district until June of this year. Just in the last couple of weeks, there's been even more change since then at schools likeParents said they don't expect the Texas Education Agency to end the takeover, but they wonder if it's time for them to find a new leader for the district.
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