Just hours before buses were supposed to roll out of Milby High School with about a dozen cosmetology students headed to the SkillsUSA state championship in Corpus Christi, Houston ISD abruptly canceled the four-day trip, leaving families and teens stunned and stuck at home. The students had spent months preparing their projects, and the competition is also a way to log hours toward cosmetology licensing. Several parents say they had already shelled out hundreds of dollars for hotel rooms and rearranged work schedules so they could chaperone. Afterward, the district chalked the last-minute call up to a procedural mix-up.
District Cites ‘Internal Procedural Issue’
In a statement to the Houston Chronicle, Houston ISD said the superintendent had not given final authorization for the trip and that the approval process “did not unfold as it should have,” describing the situation as an “internal procedural issue.” The district noted that it signs off on hundreds of field trips each year and said it is trying to “ensure that future…..