Thank you to the City of Houston

Dear Team HISD Member: For generations to come, our city will look back on this election as a time when Houston stood up for its children and made a long-term investment in our future. Today, Houston ISD voters approved our plan to rebuild or renovate 38 schools in neighborhoods across Houston — and start work on a host of other critically important projects that were dependent on the bond proposition’s passage. I want to extend my personal thanks to all of you who shared information with the public about this important project. Your commitment to educate, not advocate, helped voters decide for themselves whether to support this transformational undertaking. Over the past few weeks, I have seen so many creative efforts to keep this election in the public eye. Employees passed out handbills at dozens of locations, distributed get-out-the-vote yard signs, and even organized a “Zombies Vote Early” campaign to drive voters to the polls. I can only conclude that your efforts have been successful, so on behalf of myself, the Board of Education, and the many generations of children who will benefit from this bond’s passage: Thank you! Our children deserve the very best learning environment we can give them — and today’s vote will go a long way toward making that happen. Terry B. Grier, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools