December 16, 2021 The former chief operating officer of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) has been indicted along with another individual, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Several other former HISD officials have also admitted their guilt in the same corruption case.
The former Houston ISD COO has been indicted in a multimillion-dollar public corruption scheme that names five other HISD officials, including former board president Rhonda Skillern-Jones.
Former Houston ISD trustee Rhonda Skillern-Jones, who served public schools in the Oak Forest area for the better part of a decade, pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges and admitted