Houston ISD board will consider terminating teacher union leader at upcoming meeting

Houston ISD’s Board of Managers will consider terminating a teachers’ union president at its meeting Thursday, the second attempt to remove her from the district.

Houston Education Association President Michelle Williams was reassigned to “home duty” with pay after an alleged “failure to follow campus protocols” and “repeated refusal to implement the HISD Curriculum and Instructional Model,” according to August documents.

The district alleged the third-grade Benbrook Elementary School teacher left campus without informing campus administration and did not sign out as required by campus protocols. District officials also alleged Williams is not following the HISD instructional model, while Williams alleged HISD is asking her to violate special education laws…

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