Humble ISD board appoints incumbent Ken Kirchhofer as trustee despite his loss in May election
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.
Humble ISD election results remain uncertain as one winner is declared ineligible, another faces recount
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.
Houston NAACP chapter calls for removal of Humble ISD superintendent following ‘lynch’ comment
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.
Humble ISD board votes to uphold termination of Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen
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.
Former Humble ISD athletic director asserts sexual harassment, retaliation in lawsuit against district
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.
Humble ISD accused of violating Voting Rights Act in lawsuit filed by former teacher
The lawsuit demands that the Houston-area district adopt single-member voting districts to ensure Hispanic voters and other ethnic minorities have equitable representation on the school board. Humble ISD uses an at-large system and has five white trustees and two Black trustees in a district where 38% of students are Hispanic.
Humble ISD superintendent up for job in Nevada in wake of Title IX investigation into her husband
Elizabeth Fagen, who has led the Houston-area school district since 2016, is among the finalists for a superintendent role in Reno, Nevada. Her husband, Troy Kite, recently retired as Humble ISD's athletics director after an investigation into a Title IX complaint made against him reportedly determined that he should be fired.
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