On Tuesday's show: Duncan Klussmann, the former superintendent of Spring Branch ISD, explains the problems he has with how that school district is handling its current financial issues. Then, we revisit the case of Texas death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who is scheduled to be executed this week. And we visit a new art installation at the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern inspired by the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit.
Library re-structuring is only part of the district's plans to reduce spending, and Spring Branch has also closed down two schools in previous budget cutting phases.
It's a pattern seen among nearly all Houston-area school districts burdened by major budget shortfalls, which leaders have attributed to state lawmakers who failed to pass public school funding packages that would’ve increased the state’s monetary dedication to Texas school districts.