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() Fifteen SBISD schools received a TEA A-F Accountability Rating of C, D or F. These schools are: What action is SBISD taking to improve the TEA A-F Accountability Rating of these schools? How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating Average rating / 5. Vote count: No votes

() According to the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF): “Local school bureaucrats are raising property tax rates, busting state limits, and sneaking bond debt to pick the pockets of taxpayers like you. And almost none of it is helping children learn!” “Local school bureaucrats and special-interest cronies (teachers unions, corrupt contractors, lobbyists, etc.) have forced

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() At the February 18, 2025 SBISD Board of Trustees meeting, parents described how their son, a Stratford junior, was violently attacked from behind in the parking lot at Don Coleman Coliseum while walking to his car after a varsity basketball game between Stratford and Memorial High Schools. The attack occurred on February 4, 2025.

() In May 2025, Voters passed the Propositions for SBISD Bonds. PROPOSITION A: High schools ($353,775,207) PROPOSITION B: Darrell Tully Stadium & Don Coleman Coliseum ($127,935,050) PROPOSITION C: W.W. Emmons Natatorium ($76,934,535) See: 2025 Bond How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating Average rating / 5. Vote count:

() According to an X post by Moms for Liberty-Harris County Texas, Stratford HS TEENS forming a TPUSSA Club America were DOXXED by ADULTS sharing students’ internal GroupMe content in a “BE THE CHANGE” private FB group, urging 730 members, operating in secrecy, to also intimidate teacher sponsors. How useful was this post? Click on

() Texas Senate Bill 10 went into effect on September 1, 2025, requiring public and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in each classroom. Below is the enrolled version of SB 10: How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating Average rating / 5. Vote count: No votes

() Texas Senate Bill 12 went into effect on September 1, 2025, which bans diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and efforts in public schools, prohibits considering race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation in hiring, bans specific types of training, and restricts student groups based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Below is the

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() On August 25, 2025, Spring Branch ISD appealed the Final Judgment entered on August 6, 2025 that found that SBISD violated the Voting Rights Act. The Final Judgment ordered Defendants to implement the seven single member district plan developed by Dr. Stein. Dr. Stein’s seven single member district plan was provided by the Plaintiff

() Westchester Academy for International Studies has been named one of only two charter high schools in the Houston area to be included in the Top 100 Charter High Schools in the Nation listing put out by U.S. News & World Report. Source How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it!

() On August 15, 2025, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced its release of its 2024–2025 A–F accountability ratings for school systems and campuses statewide. The rating for SBISD given by TEA was a “B”, with a 80 out of 100 score. This was an improvement from the 2023-2024, which had a “C” rating, with a 70 out

() Spring Branch ISD Police Chief Larry Bainbridge informs KPRC 2 that all SBISD schools will have a peace officer. Bainbridge stated that “we’re the largest school district in the region that has an officer on every campus.” SBISD is in region four. August 11, 2025, KPRC 2, Click2Houston.com How useful was this post? Click

() Two teenage girls accused of plotting a “mass casualty attack” at a Spring Branch school have pled guilty, according to the FBI Houston Division. According to the FBI, one of the juveniles pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, while the other pled guilty to making terrorist threats. Since both teenagers are under the

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() Spring Branch Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Hedwig Village, Texas, United States in Greater Houston. The district serves portions of western Houston,[1] including most of Spring Branch.[2] It also serves several small municipalities known as the Memorial Villages in its jurisdiction, such as Hedwig Village and Spring Valley Village. A

() May 3, 2025, Office of Governor Greg Abbott Governor Greg Abbott today signed Senate Bill 2, the landmark school choice program that is the largest day-one launch in the country, into law at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. Hundreds of Texas parents, students, educators, and school choice advocates from across the state joined to celebrate

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() April 28, 2025 — In a 114 page Memorandum Opinion and Order, U.S. District Judge Sim Lake found and declared that the Spring Branch Independent School District’s current at-large system of electing school board trustees violates the Voting Rights Act. Judge Lake enjoined SBISD from conducting trustee elections under its current electoral system at

() On April 24, 2025, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced its release of its 2022–2023 A–F accountability ratings for school systems and campuses statewide. The rating for SBISD given by TEA was a “C”, with a 70 out of 100 score. How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit

() April 24, 2025, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, by TFR Staff Introduction We’re proud Texans. We believe in family, freedom, and personal responsibility. We trust that parents, not bureaucrats, know what’s best for their children. And we understand that good stewardship of tax dollars means investing in what works, not simply spending more. This session,

() April 22, 2025, SCOTUSblog, by Amy Howe The Supreme Court on Tuesday was sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want to be able to opt their elementary-school-aged children out of instruction that includes LGBTQ+ themes. The parents argued that the local school board’s refusal to give them that choice violates their religious

() For 50+ years, Texas has underfunded students served by special education with a ‘disability penalty’ (regular program offset) that cuts general education Basic Allotment funds in half for most students. See video: Texas Dyslexia Coalition facebook post See: SB 568, HB 2 How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it!

() March 25, 2025, The74, by Beth Hawkins Texas school leaders are hopeful that a pair of bills making their way through the state legislature could help to close an estimated $1.7 billion special education funding gap and better equip schools to handle a dramatic rise in the number of children with disabilities in need

() November 21, 2024, Houston Chronicle, by Anastasia Goodwin, via msn Salaries for Spring Branch Independent School District’s top 25 earners totaled close to $5 million in the 2023-24 school year, placing the district among some of the highest-paying in the state. Superintendent Jennifer Blaine was the highest-paid employee in the 33,000-student district last year.

() April 1, 2025, Houston Chronicle, by Claire Partain Spring Branch ISD among few districts to rebound from pre-pandemic scores in both subjects Read full article on SBISD website How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating Average rating / 5. Vote count: No votes so far! Be the

() April 3, 2025, KHOU, by Daniel Perreault AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, a Texas House committee advanced a pair of bills to create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and to increase state funding for public school districts. Read full KHOU article How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating

() March 26, 2025, Education Week, by Sarah Schwartz As President Donald Trump’s administration has set out to eradicate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools and universities, a growing number of state legislators have taken up the same cause—introducing bills that would ban school districts from maintaining DEI offices, hiring DEI coordinators, or requiring

() April 8, 2025, The Hill, by Lexi Lonas Cochran “The Department of Education extended the deadline for K-12 schools to sign a document certifying they have absolved any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs from their districts. The department is giving state and school leaders a 10-day extension, until April 24, to certify “compliance

() April 8, 2025, Los Angeles Times, Howard Blume, author “I think discrimination is the bad thing,” McMahon said. “We shouldn’t have discrimination anywhere. … We’re not taking away the rights of anyone to serve the rights of another.” Read full article via: yahoo!news How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate

() March 20, 2025 Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to officially begin the process of closing the Department of Education. After more than four decades and over $3 trillion spent with virtually nothing to show for it, President Trump’s bold plan will return education back where it belongs — with the

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() Links to: All SBISD Schools & Maps Pre-K & Early Childhood Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating Average rating / 5. Vote count: No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

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() Maps of Spring Branch ISD, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools View all maps: SBISD website How useful was this post? Click on a star to rate it! Submit Rating Average rating / 5. Vote count: No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

() February 21, 2025, KHOU, by Orko Manna — HOUSTON — A teen girl accused of making threats against Memorial High School will stay in juvenile detention, a juvenile court judge decided after hearing from the girl’s mother. The teen is accused of creating a plan to place pipe bombs at Memorial High School and then carry

() At the February 18, 2025 SBISD Board of Trustees meeting, parents described how their son, a Stratford junior, was violently attacked from behind in the parking lot at Don Coleman Coliseum while walking to his car after a varsity basketball game between Stratford and Memorial High Schools. The attack occurred on February 4, 2025.