4 OUT OF 5 SNL ENDORSMENTS WON their 2025 School Board Elections:
D1 Felicity Pereyra (unopposed) ELECTED
​D5  Maria Benzon   ELECTED
D6  Mike McDonough   ELECTED
D7  Audrey Nath   NOT - Bridget Wade retained her seat.
D9  Myrna Guidry (unopposed)   ELECTED
The Houston Chronicle reported that Harris County Democrats also endorsed all five  "citing the “high stakes facing Houston’s schools in the wake of the state takeover.”"
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HISD School Board Elections
End the HISD Takeover PAC is accepting donations to support all 5.
​SNL supports these candidates.
District 1 - Felicity Pereyra (Unopposed)
District 5 - Maria Benzon (Opposed by Robbie McDonough.)
District 6 - Mike McDonough (Opposed by incumbent Kendall Baker, who supports the Takeover.)
District 7 - Audrey Nath (Opposed by incumbent Bridget Wade who supports the Takeover.)
District 9 - Myrna Guidry (Unopposed) (No campaign link yet.)
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​"Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. The absence of access is one symptom of information poverty.”
​--Joyce Valenza, "On information privilege and information equity," December 9, 2018

View the digital picture book The Day the Librarians Disappeared to understand all that a school librarian does for students. You can also download a PDF. We thank the Genesee Valley (NY) BOCES School Library District, and funded by an IMLA grant in 2022-23.
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Sept. 16, 2025 is the National GOTV Day, but you can register anytime before Oct. 6. Remember that EVERY VOTE COUNTS!
The videos below illustrate the many facets of strong school libraries as stated by principals and other school administrators, teachers, and even HISD students.
Both the 1 minute trailer and the full film are available. Many thanks to School Librarians of Rhode Island, a section of the Rhode Island Library Association for sharing this under a Creative Commons public license 4.0.
From Jigsaw with a Missing Piece: "“A teacher librarian isn’t just for childhood. It’s for life.”" StudentsNeedLibraries/Australia, October 2018. These folks have a StudentsNeedLibraries channel.
Published on Apr 4, 2014
Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School was crowdsourced by Dr. Judi Moreillon and Dr. Teresa Starrett using funds provided by the Texas Library Association, Demco, and the Dean's Research Funds (College of Professional Education, Texas Woman's University).
Made in 2013 in Australia.
This video from the Washington Library Association was published in early 2013. HISD school libraries could and should look like these! Funding is not stronger in Washington state, but priorities are different.
This video inclides HISD librarians. Thanks, Capstone.
"What Do We Need Libraries for in This Day and Age?" YouTube, uploaded by Tappe Architects, 6 Mar. 2019.
HISD East Early College
offers this student statement of their Right to a Library.

School Libraries: Welcome to the 21st Century Classroom, a video about why school libraries matter by New Jersey Association of School Librarians (2015)

PLA (Public Library Association). Libraries Transform. (YouTube, May 5, 2015)


"Access to a library of five hundred books or more balances the effect of poverty."
Dr. Stephen D. Krashen 

California authors support school libraries,
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