At last week’s HISD board meeting, a parent told the board that a teacher took his son “to a drag show when he was underage and it was really bad. It was a really bad experience. He also put him next to this sex offender when he was out there with my son."
In response, Gov. Gregg Abbot says he’s directed the Texas Education Agency to further investigate.
KHOU reports that HISD put out a statement in response to the viral video:
"The viral video making the rounds on social media references an incident from 2019. Houston ISD was made aware of allegations of teacher misconduct and launched an investigation in 2019. The teacher has not worked for HISD since April 2019. Because of laws requiring confidentiality in educator employment records, we are unable to release any further information."
The TEA issued this statement:
"The Texas Education Agency has received a complaint related to Houston ISD. The complaint is currently under jurisdictional review. No further info available at this time."