Education

HISD is touting massive improvements in accountability ratings across the district one year after the takeover. In Sharpstown alone, nine HISD schools improved their A-F accountability scores, but two performed worse. Four schools moved up a letter grade, one moved up two letter grades, and two moved down a letter

The Sharpstown Super Neighborhood is known for its ethnic diversity and international cuisine. It should also be known for its diversity of schools. Including two Independent School Districts, multiple charter schools, and a thick cluster of private Christian schools, Sharpstown has a long buffet of options for students of all

After 21 years as a Sharpstown educator, former Neff principal Amanda Wingard is accepting a School Leader position at KIPP Climb all the way in southeast Houston, she announced in a Wednesday Facebook post. Wingard became locally famous for publicly challenging Superintendent Mike Miles, becoming the first principal to speak

After ousting former principal Amanda Wingard in a controversial move, HISD named Mahalet Negussie as the new principal of Neff Elementary in Sharpstown. Negussie worked as a 6th-grade HISD English teacher before recently serving as a principal apprentice at Mark White Elementary. Neff announced Negussie's leadership in a

Last updated June 11. Registered speaker #42 out of 220 at last night’s HISD board meeting was Amanda Wingard, principal of Sharpstown’s Neff Elementary, sporting a headband as usual. She challenged district leadership's decision to ask her to resign: "I was fired because I asked

Hello! On Wednesday, May 15th, I submitted my resignation as principal from the Houston Independent School District and Neff Elementary. I have been the proud principal at Neff for 10 years. I led the charge to be an NES school next year in a community that was hesitant but agreed