Here's how Houston-area residents and those across the state and country can help the Central Texas flood victims and their families.
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Despite running third in the May election for the Position 4 seat on the Humble ISD school board, incumbent Ken Kirchhofer was appointed to a third term after the leading vote-getter in the race was declared ineligible.
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In an announcement about Kirchhofer’s appointment, the Houston-area district said it would have cost an estimated $330,000 to hold a special election and that appointing a trustee required no additional cost. The leading vote-getter in the May 3 election, Brittnai Brown, was declared ineligible.
Nearly three weeks after the May 3 election, two of the four Humble ISD school board seats that were on the ballot remain in limbo.
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The Houston-area district announced this week that trustee-elect Brittnai Brown is ineligible to serve on the school board because her voter registration did not contain an address within the district before the required deadline. A losing candidate in another race requested a recount that will begin Tuesday.
A federal judge has ruled that Spring Branch ISD's system for electing school board trustees violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by diluting the Hispanic vote within the Houston district.
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The Houston school district, which has an at-large voting system for school board members, was ordered to create a new system with either seven single-member districts based on geography or five single-member districts and two at-large trustee positions.
Former Humble ISD superintendent Elizabeth Fagen, fired last year as part of the fallout from a Title IX investigation into her husband, has filed a lawsuit against the district and TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, arguing for her reinstatement.
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Last year, Fagen was placed on paid administrative leave and later fired after her husband, Troy Kite, retired from his position as the district’s athletic director following a Title IX investigation into him for allegedly making sexually charged comments to other staffers.
The Houston chapter of the NAACP is calling for the removal of Roger Brown from his position as Humble ISD superintendent after he said he wanted to “lynch the mayor” during a staff meeting.
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The racially charged comments made by Brown, who was hired as superintendent in January, came to light during a school board meeting last week after a district employee brought it up during the public comment period.
Recently appointed Humble ISD Superintendent Roger Brown apologized at the district’s Tuesday board meeting for saying he wanted to “lynch the mayor” during a staff meeting several weeks ago.
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A complaint was made against Roger Brown for his use of a racially charged word during a recent staff meeting. Brown was hired as Humble ISD superintendent in January, two months after the school board voted to uphold the termination of former superintendent Elizabeth Fagen.
The Humble ISD board of trustees voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to uphold the termination of longtime Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen.
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Fagen’s firing is part of the fallout from a Title IX investigation into her husband, Troy Kite, who in April retired as the district’s athletic director as the board was considering whether to fire him over allegations of creating a hostile workplace environment.
Humble ISD board members voted 4-3 to terminate Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen Tuesday night on a motion that she failed to maintain a relationship with the school board.
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Fagen's employment came into question in April after Troy Kite, Fagen's husband, retired from his position as the district's athletic director after another Title IX investigation revealed he had violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment through sexually-charged comments he made to other staffers.
The husband of Humble Independent School District's superintendent filed a lawsuit this week alleging he was sexually harassed and retaliated against by the school board president on multiple occasions.
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Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen has been on paid administrative leave since May 14, weeks after Kite retired from his position as the district's athletic director after a Title IX investigation revealed he had violated the federal law by creating a hostile work environment through sexually-charged comments he made to other staffers.
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