This school year, HISD has overhauled Highland Heights and two other campuses through an initiative called RISE Strong, which aims to turn around schools with a longstanding history of D and F ratings from the state.
HISD is now offering up to $10,000 stipends to attract top teachers to RISE Strong campuses.
Second grade teacher Brayleon Thorns works on a reading lesson with his students at Highland Heights Elementary on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in Houston.The school serves mostly Hispanic and Black students, according to state data, and all but a handful of them are economically disadvantaged. More than a third are emergent bilingual students and roughly 12 percent receive special education services.
Still, it remains unclear how the state takeover might impact these turnaround efforts, Campbell-Rhone said.As HISD faces state takeover, database shows schools in Texas that received failing rankings “We really only had the opportunity to make a difference in 2022. With TEA coming in now, we only had one good year, but we were on the upward trajectory — so we couldn’t show how much further up or how much better we could do,” she said.Brett Coomer/Staff photographer
Meanwhile, as the district works to turn around certain schools and state intervention nears, some families zoned to chronically failing schools have long sought out alternatives beyond their neighborhood.Sharona Beasley sends her four children to Osborne Elementary, a RISE campus located a few miles north of Highland Heights in Acres Homes.
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