Houston Independent School District School Board of Managers
as reflected in its school libraries

 How to speak at an
​HISD School Board of Managers meeting.

These numbers are accurate as of Aug. 25,2025.

The Map below is dated June 2025. The table above shows how many school  libraries are in each of the Elected School Board Districts.
The map overlays the lack of libraries on ahigh poverty areas. There are fewer libraries in Fall than there were in June. The table turns the map into numbers. Click on the Districts as listed beside this note to see which campuses have libraries.

Under Supt. Miles, the Board of Managers is not directly responsible to specific campuses as Elected Board members are. HISD currently operates under four Divisions (North, West, South and Central). The table below shows an overview of library status by Division.

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2023 State Appointed
Board of Managers (updated 2025)
Ric Campo, President
​Angela Lemond Flowers, Vice-President
Paula Mendoza, Secretary
Michelle Cruz Arnold, Member
Janette Garza Lindner, Member
Rolando Martinez, Member
Edgar Colon, Member
Marty Goossen, Member
Lauren Gore, Member
Marcos Rosales, Member
The linked emails are from the Houston ISD website

2024 HISD Library Status by HISD Management Divisions is a new page that offers an overview of library services across HISD.

GENERAL INFO ABOUT SCHOOL LIBRARIES
​FAQ: Rebutting Common Statements That Deny the Power of Strong School Libraries

Elected Board
Displaced by State Takeover 2023 
Each elected Board Member has a page with status by campus.   
District 1 - Elizabeth Santos (2017- )       Felicity Pereyra elected in 2025
District 2 - Savant Moore (2024- )
District 3 - Daniela (Dani) Hernandez (2019- )        
District 4 - Patricia Allen (2019- ) 
District 5 - Sue Deigaard (2017)​              Maria Benzon elected in 2025​
​District 6 - Kendall Baker (2021- ) ​          Mike McDonough elected in 2025
District 7 - Bridget Wade (2021- )           Re-elected in 2025
District 8 - Placido Gomez (2024- ) 
​District 9 - Myrna Guidry (2021- )​           Re-elected in 2025
​Campaign Info for all 2025 candidates can be found HERE.

​These "BIG TAKEAWAY" statements summarize the data in the graph to the left and on the 2024 HISD Library Status by HISD Management Divisions page. 

​Under current leadership, HISD students are losing out on many things, but SCHOOL LIBRARIES is our focus here.

BIG TAKEAWAY #1 - For every year of NES in HISD, the number of students who will never experience a K-12 school library or librarian will increase. Students who have access to functioning K-12 libraries have greater chances for success in higher education. NES and HISD leadership are decreasing those chances.

BIG TAKEAWAY #2 - In 2024, only 70 of 273 schools have any library staff, certified or not.

​BIG TAKEAWAY #3 - That is only 26% of HISD schools compared to 88% in 2022.

​BIG TAKEAWAY #4 - The Poverty Map at the left illustrates that the students without library access are largely in under-resourced communities. The numbers are even worse now as school begins.