HISD 5th grader misses two weeks of school waiting for bus routes

EAST HOUSTON – Two weeks after Houston ISD welcomed students back to class, one East Houston Godmother says her goddaughter has yet to step foot inside a classroom because she wasn’t assigned a bus route.

KPRC 2’s Re’Chelle Turner spent the morning with the family, watching how their day unfolded and reached out to the district for answers.

After arriving at the apartment complex, Turner met godmother Tisha McCoullough and her 10-year-old deaf fifth-grade goddaughter, Khloe Godwin, at Gregory Lincoln. The two were waiting for the bus, which was scheduled to arrive at 6 a.m., in hopes of getting Khloe to school on time…

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