Trustees unanimously approved updated mission/vision language, district goals emphasizing safety and student success, and campus improvement plans that include new curriculum supports, data protocols, and targeted interventions such as Bluebonnet math and academic support teachers.
Two public speakers asked the Humble ISD board for action: Michelle Williams urged more parent and teacher engagement about a pilot 'Marshall' program and raised concerns that teachers fear retaliation; Scott Ford asked the district to accept or consider his free IT certification curriculum and described procedural obstacles and a pending records request.
At a December board meeting, Humble ISD staff presented the 2025 School FIRST financial management report and reported a $227M bond issuance (including $150M new money) and refunding that yields about $5.5M in debt‑service savings and roughly $550,000 per year in lower payments.
The Humble ISD Board of Trustees voted 6–1 to authorize a voluntary pilot of the Texas Marshall (school marshal) program after lengthy public comment and trustee discussion.
External auditors presented an unmodified (clean) opinion on Humble ISD's fiscal‑year 2025 financial statements and single audit of major federal programs. The district reported $555M in general‑fund revenue, $535M in expenditures and an ending general‑fund balance of $204M.
District staff presented a state‑required turnaround plan for Jack M. Fields Elementary after preliminary accountability results. The plan centers on intensive curriculum and instruction, expanded academic support FTEs, leadership coaching, and monthly monitoring with Region 4/TEA case managers.
During public comment a parent urged trustees to appoint Library Advisory Council members who reflect student diversity and to ensure the council balances requests to show both 'mirrors' and 'windows' in library collections.
District technology staff told trustees they invested roughly $3 million recently to expand device ratios and CTE lab equipment, are pursuing an '85% Chromebook' threshold for campuses and are phasing infrastructure upgrades funded in part by E‑rate and Bond 2022 to avoid a device‑replacement 'cliff' in 2029.
District leaders told trustees they are transitioning from locally focused indicators to state CCMR measures, deploying School Links to track student progress and expanding dual-credit, Texas College Bridge and CTE options to boost CCMR outcomes in coming accountability cycles.
Representatives of Project Mammogram told the board the program has served more than 12,000 Lake Houston residents since 2001, provides about 800 procedures per year and will hold a community mammogram day on Nov. 15; presenters urged staff and families to use the service to catch cancers earlier.