HISD superintendent talks budget cuts, layoffs in one-on-one with 13 Investigates

Houston Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles has spent the last month of this school year dealing with a $528 million budget shortfall for next year.He centralized wraparound specialists aimed to help students with the greatest socioeconomic needs and told about 30 principals and hundreds of teachers they won't be back in those roles next year.

"It shouldn't irk people. It's only, I guess, annoying to some people because it's been reported as something that's irregular. It's totally normal what happened. It's the way the process works," Miles told 13 Investigates' Kevin Ozebek. The Texas Education Agency named Miles as HISD superintendent last summer after firing its superintendent and school board, citing years of poor performance.

Miles has vowed to keep cuts away from classrooms, invest in teachers, and reduce inefficiencies at the central office. "And we didn't do it on the backs of teachers, and frankly, this pains me to say, but we had to do it on the backs of some, and it had to be here at central office," he said. "That's painful for this group, and it's probably painful to hear that, 'oh, teachers got this raise and as a result, you cut my position, but there always should be more money going to teachers and the classroom than central office.

"They're not meeting the bar to lead one of our schools. Look, it's tough being a principal, and it's tough whenever you have to remove a principal. That's a very tough decision, and it's tough on the community. There's no question about that," he said. "People value the principalship of their school and of their kids."

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