“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”
THE REVERSAL OF ROE V. WADE
By: Natiece Ford
Life or death. For many, that is what reproductive justice boils down to and for states like Texas where in instances of rape, incest, or life threatening medical emergencies women are not able to receive abortion care making women’s rights a de nite a matter of life and death especially for women of color. With the upcoming election on November 5th terms like “women’s rights” and Roe v. Wade have been pushed to the forefront of not only the recent debate but also national headlines. D’Andra Wil-
lis, the Interim Deputy Director of AFIYA, a Dallas based organization on a mission to protect and inform black women of their right to choose how and if they bring life into the world spoke with AFRAM NEWS on the reversal of Roe v. Wade and its e ects on Black lives.
“ You’re asking a woman who works a job that doesn’t pay equitable pay, they probably already have children and live under poverty, to get a ight and a hotel to pay for a Reversal pg. 4
We the People
Your vote and your money are the two most powerful things you have. Be careful who you give them to.
- Roy Douglas Malonson
ELIZABETH FRANCIS, OLDEST LIVING PERSON IN US PASSES
By: Shafiq Najib
Elizabeth Francis, who was the oldest living person in the United States, has died. She was 115.
Her 69-year-old granddaughter and caregiver, Ethel Harrison, told ABC News on Wednesday that Francis died peacefully on Tuesday night while surrounded by her family.
Speaking to ABC News, Harrison described Francis as “a person who loved people.”
“She loved the Lord. Her faith was extremely strong,” Harrison said. “She was always, you know, jolly, you know, ‘how you doing? You’re doing okay?’ at was just her personality,”
“And she would always say, treat people like you want to be treated. And that
EDITORIAL
A Revival of God Consciousness
Bobby Mills, Ph.D.
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ere is an enormous di erence between a spiritually successful life and materialistic success in life. Every individual’s daily prayer ought to be: “Lord grant me success today in serving you as well as mankind, and most of all, show me your ever-loving kindness.” e acquisition of materialistic things is not the essence of success or a successful lifestyle, because material things do not engender real everlasting joy, peace of mind, and happiness. erefore, perchance you encounter along life’s journey former President Donald J. Trump just ask him whether he is really a happy camper. De ning life by material possessions (wealth) is a losing proposition, because it is spiritually and biblically written: “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” (Luke 12: 15). America, here’s a life altering spiritual question: has making money become your ultimate priority? If so here’s an important spiritual announcement: “But seek ye rst the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6: 33). e spiritual reason why we have so much confusion and hell going on in American society is because of our on-going ungodly ght
over money and material things, because too many Americans have attempted to make money God; especially Trump and his MAGA-cult followers. Sadly, God in modern America for Trump’s MAGA Cult followers is only an acronym for guns, oil, drugs, as money making enterprises. However, the Bible admonishes us: “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Su cient unto the day is the evil thereof.” (Matthew 6: 34). God and TRUTH are synonymous, and the truth is this America: “Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thiter:” (Job 1: 21). America, trust me, your relatives will not bury you with your material possessions. Moreover, they might seek to save money, and have your remains cremated, set on re when the Bible says bury. Of course, the walking dead always seeks to burn others, one way or another.
By Travis McGee
Thus, the 2024 Presidential election is not about two individuals (personalities), former President Trump and VP Harris. The 2024 Presidential election is about the spiritual moral character of the American people, and the vision that each candidate has for the country, because where there is no spiritual leadership vision the people perish. Now, we all know why, Trump is attempting to make the election about material success (things and money). Of course, with that ungodly argument Trump can get a lot of spiritually naïve Americans to
Our taxes are too damn high, but expectations for our tax funded governmental services are too damn low. Our taxing entities have a very bad habit of misappropriating, misusing, not prioritizing, irresponsibly spending, and in some cases stealing our hard-earned tax dollars. Once they misuse our MONEY they come back and ask for more, even though we can’t afford to do so. When disasters happen, they take advantage of that also by creating loop holes to raise our taxes that doesn’t need our approval. Regardless of what they may call it, it’s still a tax. Bonds, fees, tolls, Tirz, managements districts are all some forms of taxes on top of taxes. Being a homeowner and business owner is the American Dream, but taxes can make it the American nightmare. A tax hike is a tax hike no matter how big or how small. A tax rate increase and property value increase are not the same thing, as your property value goes up your taxes will go up anyway so we are being over taxed. In reality 5% really means 10%.
Residents of Houston/ Harris County are actually fed-up versus STRONG. We have to endure storm a er storm, ood a er ood, blackout a er blackout, and tax a er tax with very little improvements generated
from our tax dollars. Taxation should always re ect the level of representation we receive. In fact, representation should exceed taxation at all times. Taxation without representation is essentially the —it means we’re paying for services and representation that we’re not receiving. When elected o cials and government agencies say they’re “not raising taxes,” it’s o en a red ag that taxes are indeed increasing.
Protect your money by voting “NO” on bond propositions, tax hikes, and fees—all of which amount to the same thing: more of your hardearned money. If you’re unsure, just consider past examples, like the Harris County Toll Road, where costs increased from $610 million to $896 million over a decade—a 47% hike—while it generated $3.5 billion in pro ts.
In the last two years, Harris County property taxes have increased by almost 36%, resulting in $900 million more in tax revenue. Meanwhile, the TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone), which was intended to support underserved and economically challenged areas, has often been misapplied to affluent areas, locking in over $250 million annually. And don’t forget Metro, which takes a billion-dollar cut from sales tax—a significant burden. Remember REBULD HOUSTON, which was a drainage fee voted on over 14 years ago. The funds were supposedly a dedicated
ON RACIAL JUSTICE & CIVIL RIGHTS
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THE DEMOCRATS’ PLATFORM
1896
e Constitution of the United States guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil and religious liberty. e Democratic Party has always been the exponent of political liberty and religious freedom, † and it renews its obligations and reafrms its devotion to these fundamental principles of the Constitution.
1900
No mention of racial equality or civil rights.
THE REPUBLICANS’ PLATFORM
1896
We proclaim our unquali ed condemnation of the uncivilized and preposterous practice well known as lynching, † and the killing of human beings suspected or charged with crime without process of law.
1900
It was the plain purpose of the Fi eenth Amendment to the Constitution to prevent discrimination on account of race or color in regulating the elective franchise. †† Devices of state govern-
Reversal Cont.
† This statement is completely erroneous. Not only had Democrats stridently opposed all of the two dozen civil rights laws passed to that point. In fact, in 1893 when Democrats won the Presidency, the House, and the Senate, they immediately passed laws repealing the civil rights laws that had not yet been struck down by the Supreme Court, and specifically repealed all civil rights laws protecting black voting rights or punishing Klan violence. They accomplished all of this within only two years after taking control of Congress.
Just as Democrats had opposed political liberty for African Americans they also opposed religious liberty. For example, in 1865, when the 13th Amendment was passed to abolish slavery, prominent African American minister Henry Highland Garnet was asked to preach a sermon in Congress to commemorate that happy event. With Republican support (no Democrats joined in inviting him to preach his sermon), Garnet did preach that sermon in Congress on Sunday, February 12, 1865, becoming the first African American to speak in the halls of Congress. The records are indisputable and unequivocal that Democrats opposed both the political and religious freedoms of African Americans.
† Of all forms of violent intimidation, lynchings were by far the most e ective. Between 1882 and 1964, 4,743 individuals were lynched – 3,446 blacks and 1,297 whites. Republicans led the efforts to pass federal anti-lynching laws and their platforms consistently called for a ban on lynching, but Democrats successfully blocked every anti-lynching bill and the Democratic platforms never did condemn lynchings.
†† Democrats had strenuously and unanimously opposed the 15thAmendment that provided voting rights for African Americans (see note on p. 8 regarding this Amendment). By 1900, Democrats began actively seeking a repeal of the 15th Amendment (as well as the 14th Amendment). As Democratic U. S. Senator Ben Tillman from South Carolina explained: “We made up our minds that the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were themselves null and void.” According to prominent Democrat leader A. W. Terrell of Texas, the 15th Amendment was what he called “the political blunder of the century.” Democratic U. S. Rep. Bourke Cockran of New York and Democratic U. S. Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama agreed with Terrell and were among the Democrats seeking a repeal of the 15thAmendment. In fact, Democratic U. S. Senator Samuel McEnery of Louisiana even declared: “I believe . . . that not a single south-
procedure and then be away from their home for 5 to 10 days.”
With the closing of clinics in the Dallas area many women now do not have access to birth control resources thus forcing pregnancies in a state ranked amongst the top ve in Black maternal mortality. In instances where there is a medical emergency there is no support for doctors who knowingly do not perform abortions out of fear of losing their licenses or facing jail time, a direct violation of their oath to do no harm because Texas is a total abortion ban state.
“ ere have always been abortions, we just didn’t talk about it, it wasn’t anyone’s business, we did what he had to for our families” stated Willis when asked about the stigma associated with abortion in the Black community with many assuming that women use abortion as the only form of contraception without giving thought to the other needs that are being neglected with the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Children who have been victimized cannot receive a judicial bypass in Texas, where a child can petition the court to have someone assist in aiding them through the process of not only the procedure but booking hotels or ights because they may be too young. Women in domestic violence scenarios are now likely to be forced to stay with their abusers causing the chances of harm to increase because of the pregnancy and women living with HIV are struggling to get the resources they need with the closure of clinics in their communities.
Will the only way that lawmakers decide that women should have the rights to their own bodies be when it a ects them directly when their wives and daughters or nieces are now faced with the costly decision to negotiate their own life or the life of their unborn child?
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EXHIBIT C VOTER INFORMATION DOCUMENTS
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT- PROPOSITION A THE ISSUANCE OF $3,960,000,000 SCHOOLHOUSE BONDS BY HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS (INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUCH SCHOOL BUILDINGS), THE PURCHASE OF NECESSARY SITES FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE IMPOSITION OF TAXES SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS AND THE COSTS OF ANY CREDIT AGREEMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BONDS. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
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relevant or necessary to explain the foregoing information See major assumptions listed below.
* As of the date of adoption of the District’s Bond Election Order. Major assumptions for statements above: (1) Assumed amortization of the District’s debt obligations, including outstanding debt obligations and the proposed debt
issuances in 2025, 2026, 2027 & 2028.
(2) Assumed changes in estimated future appraised values within the District are as follows: assumes a 0.64% increase in appraised values in 2025 and a 1.00% annual increase in appraised values thereafter
Assumes a 30 year term for all 4 bond issues.
(7) Assumes state-mandated $100,000 homestead exemption. (8) Assumes homestead does not qualify for idiosyncratic exemptions, including, but not limited to, the state-mandated (a) $10,000 homestead exemption for the elderly and disabled (for which tax payments are capped based on the homeowner’s tax payment in the year the exemption is obtained), and (b) homestead exemption for disabled veterans and their families, surviving spouses of members of the armed services killed in action and surviving spouses of first responders killed or fatally wounded in the line of duty. (9) If the foregoing assumptions are met, the District does not anticipate the need for a tax rate increase to pay debt service on bonds issued pursuant to Proposition A. Therefore, the estimated maximum annual increase in the amount of taxes imposed on a
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Total $ 1,984,258,664 $ 8,389,342,063 $ 529,401,276 $ 10,903,002,003
* For illustration purposes only; preliminary, subject to change. Assumes issuances in 2025, 2026, 2027 & 2028.
(2) Assumed changes in estimated future appraised values within the District are as follows: assumes a 0.64% increase in appraised values in 2025 and a 1.00% annual increase in appraised values thereafter.
(3) Assumes the availability of the Permanent School Fund Guarantee for each series of the proposed debt obligations.
(4) Assumed interest rate on the debt obligations to be issued: 5.0%.
(5) Assumes 4 bond issuances in 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028.
(6) Assumes a 7 year term for all 4 bond issues.
(7) Assumes state-mandated $100,000 homestead exemption.
(8) Assumes homestead does not qualify for idiosyncratic exemptions, including, but not limited to, the state-mandated (a) $10,000 homestead exemption for the elderly and disabled (for which tax payments are capped based on the homeowner’s tax payment in the year the exemption is obtained), and (b) homestead exemption for disabled veterans and their families, surviving spouses of members of the armed services killed in action and surviving spouses of first responders killed or fatally wounded in the line of duty.
(9) If the foregoing assumptions are met, the District does not anticipate the need for a tax rate increase to pay debt service on bonds issued pursuant to Proposition A. Therefore, the estimated maximum annual increase in the amount of taxes imposed on a residence homestead to repay the debt obligations, if approved, is expected to be $0.00. However, whenever the District issues debt obligations, additional property taxes must be levied and collected to pay debt service on the debt obligations. Accordingly, Section 45.003, Texas Education Code, requires that the following statement appear on the ballot for all school district bond propositions: “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE,” regardless of the anticipated impact on the tax rate. The estimates contained in this Voter Information Document are (i) based on certain assumptions (including the major assumptions listed above and assumptions concerning prevailing market and economic conditions at the time(s) of issuance of the bonds) and derived from projections obtained from the District’s financial advisor, (ii) subject to change to the extent that actual facts, circumstances and conditions prevailing at the time that the bonds are issued differ from such assumptions and projections, (iii) provided solely in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 1251.052, Texas Government Code, and for no other purpose, without any assurance that such projections will be realized, and (iv) not intended to (and expressly do not) give rise to a contract with voters or limit the authority of the District to issue bonds in accordance with the Propositions submitted by the District’s Bond Election Order.
EXHIBIT D
PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINANCED FROM THE 2024 BOND ELECTION AUTHORIZATION
The District is authorized by the Texas Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including particularly (but not by way of limitation) Article 2784G, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, Subchapter A of Chapter 45, Texas Education Code, and Chapter 1371, Texas Government Code, together with all amendments and additions thereto (collectively, the “Act”), to issue bonds for the construction, acquisition and equipment of school buildings in the District (including the rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, and improvement thereof). Accordingly, the District intends to issue and use portions of the proceeds of the bonds described in Propositions A and B to undertake the capital improvement projects described below, all as authorized by the Act. However, if for any reason the Board determines that any of the projects listed below would not be in the best interest of the District or would be otherwise impracticable or no longer feasible, the Board by formal action may determine that such projects are impracticable or are no longer feasible and instead undertake a different project or projects authorized by the Act.
HEALTHY SCHOOLS, SECURITY UPGRADES, AND RESTORING HOUSTON SCHOOLS
School Name Project
ALCOTT EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$3,660,000
ALMEDA EL Security upgrades $210,000
ANDERSON EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $4,740,000
ARABIC IMMERSION MAGNET SCHOOL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $3,600,000
ASHFORD EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $4,540,000
ASKEW EL HVAC improvements $500,000
ATHERTON EL Security upgrades, lead abatement $1,000,000
ATTUCKS MIDDLE Partial renovation, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $38,660,000
AUSTIN H S Security upgrades $570,000
BARBARA JORDAN CAREER CENTER Security upgrades $290,000
BARRICK EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$3,800,000
BASTIAN EL Security upgrades $1,340,000
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ACADEMY AT RYAN Partial renovation, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE BIOTECH ACADEMY AT RUSK Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
BELL EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$34,070,000
$4,080,000
$4,760,000
BELLAIRE H S Security upgrades $140,000
BELLFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,500,000
BENAVIDEZ EL Partial renovation, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
BENBROOK EL Security upgrades, lead abatement
BUSH EL Security upgrades $660,000
CAGE EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$46,150,000
CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S Security upgrades $440,000
CARRILLO EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
CHALLENGE EARLY
$3,880,000
COLLEGE H S Security upgrades $100,000
CHAVEZ H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $19,890,000
CLIFTON MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
CODWELL EL Security upgrades, lead abatement
$4,550,000
$1,130,000
CONDIT EL Security upgrades $460,000
COOK JR EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,120,000
COOP EL Security upgrades $1,430,000
CORNELIUS EL Expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $25,430,000
CRESPO EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,130,000
CROCKETT EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$3,250,000
CULLEN MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $5,740,000
CUNNINGHAM EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,970,000
DAVILA EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $3,800,000
DE CHAUMES ELSecurity upgrades $530,000
DE ZAVALA EL Lead abatement $950,000
DEADY MIDDLE Partial renovation, security upgrades $15,550,000
DEANDA EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,820,000
DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF Security upgrades, lead abatement $1,320,000
DOGAN EL Security upgrades $210,000
DURHAM EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $81,760,000
DURKEE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $6,050,000
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,160,000
EASTWOOD ACADEMY Security upgrades $1,710,000
EDISON MIDDLE
$29,370,000
$4,010,000
BERRY EL Security upgrades $420,000
BLACK MIDDLE Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
BLACKSHEAR EL Move Blackshear EL students to co-locate at renovated Baylor COM campus, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
BONHAM EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
BONNER EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$177,980,000
$8,410,000
$121,290,000
$6,210,000
BRAEBURN EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $760,000
BRIARGROVE EL Security upgrades, lead abatement $1,160,000
BRIARMEADOW CHARTER Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,500,000
BRISCOE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $6,790,000
BROOKLINE EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements $79,080,000
BROWNING EL Partial renovation and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $11,650,000
BRUCE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,060,000
BURBANK EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$7,760,000
BURBANK MIDDLE Partial renovation and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $53,930,000
BURNET EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $9,150,000
BURRUS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $3,820,000
Move Edison MS students to co-locate at new combined Franklin EL campus, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$9,800,000
ELIOT EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $4,290,000
ELLA J BAKER
MONTESSORI SCHOOL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $3,250,000
ELMORE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,640,000
ELROD EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
EMERSON EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
ENERGIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
$6,490,000
$6,240,000
ACADEMY ECC Security upgrades $100,000
ENERGIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
ACADEMY EL
ENERGIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
ACADEMY INC MIDDLE
ENERGIZED FOR STEM
upgrades $100,000
ACADEMY H S Security upgrades $100,000
ENERGIZED FOR STEM
ACADEMY MIDDLE Security upgrades $100,000
ENERGY INSTITUTE
H S Security upgrades $140,000
FARIAS EARLY
CHILDHOOD CTR Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,300,000
FIELD EL Security upgrades,
FLEMING
JONES FUTURES
ACADEMY Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
KASHMERE GARDENS EL Move Kashmere Gardens EL students to co-locate at renovated Key MS, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
KASHMERE H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
KELSO EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, lead abatement
KENNEDY EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
KETELSEN EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
KEY MIDDLE Partial renovation, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS Security upgrades
KING EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
KOLTER EL Security upgrades
LAMAR H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
LANIER MIDDLE Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
LANTRIP EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
LAS AMERICAS Security upgrades
LAURENZO EARLY
CHILDHOOD CTR Security upgrades
LAW EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
LAWSON MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
LEWIS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
LIBERTY H S Security upgrades
LOCKHART EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
LONG ACADEMY Security upgrades, lead abatement
LONGFELLOW EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
LOOSCAN EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
LOVE EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
LOVETT EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
LYONS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MACGREGOR EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
MADING EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MADISON H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MANDARIN IMMERSION
MAGNET SCHOOL Security upgrades
MARK WHITE ELSecurity upgrades
MARSHALL EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MARSHALL MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
MARTINEZ C EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MARTINEZ R ELSecurity upgrades
MCGOWEN EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MCNAMARA EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, lead abatement
MCREYNOLDS MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
MEMORIAL EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$8,800,000
$5,740,000
$5,300,000
$79,020,000
$790,000
$5,130,000
$35,520,000
$410,000
$870,000
$240,000
$3,640,000
$180,360,000
$4,220,000
$3,040,000
$1,370,000
$83,580,000
$1,550,000
$2,890,000
$100,000
$1,190,000
$2,380,000
$1,980,000
$4,200,000
$85,140,000
$850,000
$2,720,000
$5,610,000
$2,050,000
$3,820,000
$370,000
$370,000
$8,540,000
$11,790,000
$1,740,000
$1,300,000
$2,270,000
$119,950,000
$10,470,000
MEYERLAND MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC FRAGA Security upgrades
MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC GULFTON Security upgrades
MILBY HS Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MILNE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MISTRAL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
MITCHELL EL Security upgrades
MONTGOMERY EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
MORENO EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
$7,880,000
$3,450,000
$100,000
$100,000
$1,290,000
$2,080,000
$4,500,000
$310,000
$77,090,000
$1,670,000
MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY Security upgrades $100,000
NAVARRO MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $12,180,000
NEFF ECC Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
NEFF EL Security upgrades
$4,510,000
$450,000
NORTH FOREST H SSecurity upgrades $530,000
NORTH HOUSTON EARLY COLLEGE H S Security upgrades $590,000
NORTHLINE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $6,780,000
NORTHSIDE H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
OAK FOREST EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
OATES EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
ORTIZ MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
OSBORNE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
PARK PLACE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
PARKER EL Security upgrades
PATTERSON ELSecurity upgrades
$2,170,000
$1,200,000
$10,020,000
$7,620,000
$2,850,000
$6,900,000
$80,000
$490,000
PECK EL Security upgrades $230,000
PERSHING MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
PETERSEN EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
PILGRIM ACADEMY Security upgrades
$6,950,000
$2,870,000
$570,000
PIN OAK MIDDLE Partial renovation, security upgrades, HVAC improvements $10,840,000
PINEY POINT ELSecurity upgrades
PLEASANTVILLE EL New combined “Holland Campus”, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
POE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
PORT HOUSTON EL New combined “Holland Campus”, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$540,000
$5,990,000
$2,960,000
$5,900,000
PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE Move Chrysalis MS students to co-locate at new combined Cage campus, $27,230,000
PUGH EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
RAY DAILY EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
REAGAN K-8
EDUCATIONAL CTR Security upgrades
RED EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
REYNOLDS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $770,000
RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE Security upgrades
RIVER OAKS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
ROBERTS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$3,260,000
$4,910,000
$5,470,000
ROBINSON EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,040,000
RODERICK R PAIGE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,980,000
RODRIGUEZ EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $5,000,000
ROOSEVELT ELSecurity upgrades $400,000
ROSS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
RUCKER EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
SANCHEZ EL Move Sanchez EL students to co-locate at renovated Deady MS, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$5,840,000
$4,950,000
$5,410,000
SCARBOROUGH ELSecurity upgrades $250,000
SCARBOROUGH H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,860,000
SCHOOL AT ST GEORGE PLACE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $2,100,000
SCROGGINS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
SECONDARY DAEP Security upgrades, lead abatement
SEGUIN EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
SHADOWBRIAR ELSecurity upgrades
$5,820,000
$4,130,000
$4,650,000
$1,450,000
SHADYDALE EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,320,000
SHARPSTOWN HS Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $720,000
SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Security upgrades, lead abatement
SHEARN EL Partial renovation and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$1,520,000
$15,690,000
SHERMAN EL Security upgrades $1,480,000
SINCLAIR EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$3,570,000
SMITH EL Security upgrades $190,000
SOUTH EARLY COLLEGE H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $1,110,000
SOUTHMAYD EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$6,000,000
STERLING H S Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $870,000
STEVENS EL Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement $79,570,000
STEVENSON MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
SUGAR GROVE
$3,690,000
ACADEMY Security upgrades $2,960,000
SUTTON EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
T.H. ROGERS (PE-12) Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
TANGLEWOOD MIDDLE Security upgrades, lead abatement
THOMAS MIDDLE Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$2,640,000
$3,760,000
$1,660,000
$6,130,000
$5,880,000
REVERE MIDDLE Full rebuild and expansion, security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$161,980,000
$3,710,000
$14,440,000
$1,440,000
$17,700,000
THOMPSON EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $710,000
TIJERINA EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements, lead abatement
$7,620,000
TINSLEY EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements $3,820,000
TRAVIS EL Security upgrades, HVAC improvements
WHEN WE VOTE, WE WIN.
“Houston, Get Ready to Vote. Elections Matter.”
When our rights are on the line we fight and when they’re on the ballot we vote, because we’re not going back.
The economy is on the ballot.
Health care is on the ballot.
Criminal justice reform is on the ballot.
Reproductive freedom is on the ballot.
Environmental justice is on the ballot. The right to vote is on the ballot.
If we do our part and show up to the polls, we will make history (again)!
Let’s vote for progress and the future we deserve. Vote for the leader who’s been fighting for us for years.
Election Day is November 5th. Vote for Kamala Harris.
— Mayor John Whitmire
— Mayor John Whitmire
ELECTION DAY: Nov. 5th EARLY VOTING: Oct. 21st - Nov. 1st
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DIVERSITY
H-E-B’s Supplier Diversity Program works hard to ensure we’re selling goods and utilizing services from a wide variety of Texan businesses. We’re proud that our suppliers are as diverse as the Lone Star State itself.
As a former small business ourselves, we believe in and celebrate the value & strength that working with small businesses, local businesses, and businesses owned by minorities, women, LGBTQ+, Veterans, and disabled Texans brings to both our business and the communities we serve.
