Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Northside ISD will be investigated by Education Commissioner Mike Morath and the Attorney General’s Office after leaked emails suggested that staffers were pressured to vote in Saturday’s bond election.
Under Texas law, public employees cannot use public resources in statements that “is sufficiently substantial and important as to be reasonably likely to influence a voter to vote for or against the measure.”Northside AFT Chief of Staff Melina Espiritu-Azocar confirmed that the teachers union did express those concerns to district leaders leading up to the bond election.
“What they did to resolve those concerns, I cannot tell you,” Espiritu-Azocar said, referring those questions to NISD officials. Espiritu-Azocar said the leak did not come from the union, and that the group was “disappointed” with how it was portrayed on social media.which passed Saturday“We’re glad that it passed because it was necessary in order to maintain and do what needs to be done across the district with our current schools and schools that need to be built,” Espiritu-Azocar said.As for Abbott’s comments, Espiritu-Azocar said the governor was just looking to stir his base with “political rhetoric.
“If he is really truly concerned about public education funding, then schools should be properly funded so they don’t have to seek bonds,” Espiritu-Azocar said. “So we are disappointed in his behavior as we typically are.” Barry Perez, NISD’s Executive Director of Communications, did not respond to requests seeking comment about the investigation on Sunday.
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