EducationNews.org HISD may pay at-risk students $60 a month for Saturday class

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HISD Superinendent Terry Grier

HISD may pay at-risk students $60 a month for Saturday class

6.4.10 - Students at nine of the worst-performing middle and high schools in HISD would get paid $60 a month

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