“Everybody’s afraid of change”

If one looks at what is going on at PSJA ISD, which shares three cities – Pharr, San Juan, and Alamo – one could almost call it the Great Debate. Is what the district’s superintendent, Daniel King, trying to do good or bad for the district? At its heart and soul stands SB 1882 and its related legislation in the Texas House, HB 3439. In the senate, it was passed unanimously, 31-0. In the House, the vote was almost unanimous.
In January of this year, the Texas Education Agency released this brief, albeit dry, description of SB 1882:
“SB 1882 is an Act relating to a school district contract to partner with an open-enrollment charter school or other eligible entity to operate a district campus.

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