Spring ISD Superintendent Lupita Hinojosa introduced Tuesday that she could be resigning from her place with the district north of Houston.
Hinojosa made the announcement in the course of the district’s college board assembly after a prolonged govt session. The board voted 6-0 to approve her resignation, which is ready to take impact June 30.
The board didn’t disclose any particulars relating to the rationale for her resignation, and the district didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Wednesday.
“You all know, I feel, this district is my district,” Hinojosa stated in the course of the assembly. “We make all choices in one of the best curiosity of our college students — my college students. So, I am extraordinarily happy with the work that this group has carried out, a group of eight, in very troublesome occasions popping out of the pandemic. … This group is a robust group. Our senior management group is a robust group.”
Hinojosa turned the primary Hispanic lady to function superintendent for Spring ISD in 2022. She first joined the district — which now serves practically 34,000 college students — in 2014 because the chief colleges officer.
Her resignation comes because the district continues to grapple with a greater than $12 million finances deficit. Final November, the district’s proposed tax price improve was rejected by voters.
In gentle of the funding shortfall, the district has begun discussions of presumably closing some campuses, in response to the Houston Touchdown.
Different college districts within the Houston space have needed to take related actions not too long ago, together with Aldine ISD, which determined to shut six extra colleges in February because of its deficit and enrollment decline.
A number of Spring ISD board members expressed their gratitude for Hinojosa’s time with the district, together with board president Justine Durant.
“We might prefer to thanks on your dedication and your service to the district,” Durant stated. “We actually respect your arduous work, your dedication to our college students and the tenure that you’ve been right here.”
