HISD Superintendent Mike Miles says NES program on track, 117 principals told to ‘continue making progress’ amid low performance [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Thousands of Houston ISD students are returning to class after spring break, and it comes amid uncertainty about some of the district’s principals.

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles held a press conference Monday morning to provide an update about the principals’ performance scores after 117 of them were reportedly told last week they could be fired if there’s no improvement. That’s nearly half of the district’s principals.

However, during Monday’s press conference, Miles said he never threatened the jobs of 117 HISD principals for underperforming school scores. Instead, he said the messaging was that the specific group of principals was told they needed to continue making progress. ABC13 learned that the message came through a meeting and via email, one Miles confirmed was an internal email leaked to the media.

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