By Houston ISD held tours of local schools in need of repair and rebuilding June 25, and KHOU reporter Julissa Garza was onsite to see the failing infrastructure at Revere Middle School and Fondren Middle School.
Revere and Fondren are two of the 40 schools the district has designated in the proposed $4.4 billion bond proposal.
Revere Middle School
Principal Monique Moody led the media members through her school to show the dilapidated condition of the foundation, walls, ceilings and plumbing in the campus, where some parts were under construction.
“Some of the major concerns that we have here on our campus are related to plumbing, foundational issues,” Moody said. “Air conditioning systems that have created leaks. We’ve had, living in Houston, storms that come at random that have caused some roof leaks.”
Principal Moody said other parts of the school are due for some much-needed upgrades, and if the district’s billion-dollar bond is approved, the school will be able to get a new building.
Fondren Middle School
Channel 11’s Garza also reported live from Fondren Middle School, where Principal LaKia Jackson said the bond funds are needed to improve the air conditioning, roofing and other critical infrastructure at the school to give students, teachers and staff a safe learning and working environment.
“We need it…We have a lot of leaks that have created mold,” Jackson said. “We really need to get to the root of the problem so that they can fix it, versus patching it up as needed.”
If the bond is approved, Fondren would get infrastructure upgrades to fix broken chairs in the auditorium, cracks in the floor, and the AC principal Jackson believes could be the reason why there’s mold in some classrooms.
Principal Jackson also said bond funds are needed to make some security upgrades as well.
“We’re literally open to the public, and that presents a security concern,” said Jackson.
