North Forest ISD 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 supposed to be taken over by Houston ISD come July 1.
Doris Delaney, a TEA appointee at the school board meeting, told the trustees that they had to take action to fire the teachers under state law, but the board refused, voting against the agenda items or simply not seconding the motions.
Trustees explained that they considered the states order awful and immoral, and community members at the packed meeting agreed, calling out, Dont do it. Stand up to them, said Sue Davis, a spokeswoman for the North Forest Independent School District.
State law requires teachers in any district to be notified before the school year ends if their contracts will not renewed the following school year.
More at http://blog.chron.com/k12zone/2013/04/north-forest-defies-state-order-to-fire-teachers/ .