Students from various Houston Independent School District (HISD) schools gathered at the Third Ward Multicultural Cultural Center to shed light on the impact of the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) takeover and the implementation of the controversial New Education System (NES). The panel, comprising students from Yates, Carnegie, Sterling, Wheatley, Worthing, Austin, and Debakey, aimed to provide a platform for open dialogue, free from the constraints often faced in formal school board settings.