The district also is facing a federal civil rights investigation over its planned changes to special education services.
When Kristin Sullivan’s son, Rhys, was told he’d have to transfer schools from Bellaire High School to Sharpstown High School for special education classes, the family says they were devastated.
“We got the infamous letter which sent our entire family into a tailspin,” Sullivan said. “[Rhys] was devastated, but then his siblings were devastated for him. Lots of tears in our house.”
Rhys is one of thousands of Houston ISD students in special education classes impacted by sweeping upcoming changes to special education services. Those changes have prompted an ongoing federal civil rights investigation as well as intervention by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which in a letter obtained by Houston Public Media said it found the district violated federal law and issued corrective actions the district must take…