Board reviews Micah’s Promise MOU for on-site therapeutic school for trafficked youth

Micah’s Promise representatives presented a draft memorandum of understanding seeking a partnership with the Harris County School District to provide on-site schooling and therapeutic services for up to about 12 girls, aged roughly 12–17, who are being served at a residential, nondisclosed campus in Harris County.

The memorandum, introduced to the Harris County Board of Education during its June meeting, asks the district to supply a teacher and access to district curriculum so Micah’s Promise can run a lawful school program on the organization’s 17-acre therapeutic campus. Bobby Lynn Starr, a Micah’s Promise representative, said the nonprofit provides prevention education to schools and “we provide prevention education both to elementary, middle, and high school students as well as community members at no cost.” Mike Angstadt, who described decades of experience…