Advocacy Update

3/17/2025 11:29 am

State advocacy: During the last legislative session two years ago, lawmakers left a multi-million dollar surplus on the table, passing a budget with no new funding for public schools. Texas currently ranks 46th in the nation in per-student funding and has no mechanism for increasing funding to keep pace with inflation. Raise Your Hand Texas and other organizations seek to rectify this situation by advocating for increased funding this legislative session. Priorities include: (1) increasing state funding for public school students and education programs, focusing on raising teacher pay. (2) Implementing an automatic annual adjustment to the Basic Allotment—the foundation of per-student funding—to address inflation and our schools’ growing needs. (3) Reinvesting state savings due to local school district property value growth into public schools. Sign up for Raise Your Hand Texas newsletters and alerts to find out how to support these efforts.

HISD advocacy: Did you miss the latest HISD Board of Managers budget meeting? You can watch the meeting here. And stay tuned as the next budget meeting on April 23 should address campus allocations–knowing how much funding your student’s campus will receive (or be cut) is critical.

PTO Board Nominations Needed: Treasurer & Secretary

2/24/2025 12:46 pm

Detail-oriented people, HEIGHTS PTO NEEDS YOU! We are looking for people who love numbers and words for two important positions - Treasurer and Secretary.

Primary responsibilities are:

Treasurer: Maintain bank account; pay bills and reimbursements as needed; update and present a written monthly report of the budget.
Secretary: Works with Executive Board to develop overall goals and strategies and budget; records and reports minutes of PTO and Executive Board meetings; keeps record of attendance at PTO and Executive Board meetings; is responsible for PTO correspondence; maintains PTO documents.

If you or someone you know would be great in one of these positions, please email the Nominating Committee at nominations@heightspto.org.

PTO Store Volunteers Needed in April

11/4/2024 8:35 am

The PTO Store has lots of open slots to fill! Join us for a shift or two. If it’s your first time volunteering, there are plenty of seasoned volunteers to show you the ropes. Please complete your VIPS registration and sign-up for volunteer shifts.

Questions? Please email Nicole Weaver.