"I can no longer work where librarians are not valued, & where I'm treated as if my work is not important." Ms. Uribe resigned after 8 years as Emerson's librarian, & will begin work at Alief ISD next month. 140+ #HISD schools, most in high-need areas, now have no libraries.

Of the 140+ school libraries that #HISD has closed, 130 have student populations that are at least 90% economically disadvantaged. Many of these students lack books, tech, & wifi at home. TX: School libraries are good for our state, and all students deserve them. #literacymatters

85,780 #HISD students, 94% of whom are economically disadvantaged, now have no libraries for books, tech, research help, wifi, reading support, safe study space. TX: Removing school libraries in high-poverty areas harms students, communities, and our state. #txlege Robert L. Satcher

He loved libraries - and reading Sherlock Holmes - when he was a boy, and he grew up to make generations laugh. Thank you, Bob Newhart.

As one of the country's largest school districts, #HISD deserved this highly professional team to support its 250+ libraries. Now 140+ libraries (serving 94% econ. disadvantaged students) are gone, wi/more to come, & Library Services eliminated. TX: this hurts our state. #txlege

"I was bounced around a lot. I didn’t grow up in a home where I had my own books. My reading was dependent on the library. I read ravenously." 140+ #HISD libraries, serving many of Houston's neediest students, have been closed. TX: School libraries help our students & our state.

"As a kid, I visited the library every week, & as an adult, I plan to advocate for them every day." Houston ISD has removed libraries from 140+ of its highest-need campuses, with more to come. TX: School libraries help students succeed. #literacymatters #HISD #Bridgerton #Texas

Does this map look equitable to you? 144 Houston ISD schools, serving 86k+ students, now lack libraries. 94% of those students are economically disadvantaged, with less access to books, tech, wifi, & research support at home. TX: School libraries benefit our students & our state.

School libraries promote reading, writing, curiosity, & creativity, paving the way to success in STEM & other fields. But Houston ISD has removed 145+ libraries, especially in high-poverty schools. TX: We can do better. #literacy #libraries #txed #HISD

Houston ISD's classes begin next week, but 90,000+ HISD students now have no school libraries where they can do homework, use technology, do research, relax in a quiet space, & pick up something great to read. 94% live in or near poverty, & they need these resources.

HoustonISD has now closed 159 school libraries, most in low-income areas that need books/tech most. It has removed 2 million+ library books from circulation & wasted $10.5 million in taxpayer funds the previous superintendent had used to upgrade those library collections. TX: ??

At the library at age 11 he learned about physics & vowed to study it in college; his parents' schooling had ended at 8th grade. #HISD has now closed 165 libraries that provided tech, digital materials, wifi, research help, books, study space, more. TX: this harms our students.

Question: If school libraries don't help students, why do most of the wealthier HISD schools have - & value - them? If they do help students, shouldn't kids living in/near poverty have them too? Many lack tech, wifi, study space, research help, & books (digital & print) at home.

99,000+ #HISD students, 95% of whom live in/near poverty, now have no functioning school libraries. These are the kids who most need the tech, study space, research help, & print/digital books that libraries provide. TX: School libraries help students, communities, & our state.

Research shows that students are much more likely to enjoy reading when they can choose what they read. But #HISD has closed 165+ libraries, almost all in high-poverty schools serving students who most need tech, research support, wifi, quiet study space, & digital & print books.

Now 166 #HISD schools, serving 95% econ disadvantaged students, have no staffed libraries. Of HISD's 50 most affluent schools, 44 have staffed libraries. All kids deserve the tech, research support, safe study space, wifi, digital/print books, & more that school libraries offer.

“I found what we had come looking for in the United States of America in between the covers of books, the grand democracy of books.” In Houston's New Education System schools, students now have no libraries and read no novels. Texas: Libraries and books help students succeed.

In Houston ISD, 108 elementary schools, 31 middle schools, & 26 high schools now have no functioning libraries. Most are in high-poverty areas, & most of the more affluent neighborhoods still have libraries. TX: School libraries help students succeed. All students deserve them.

Reading leads to success in school, & can also be a source of comfort. But 94% of the 100,000+ students without school libraries in Houston ISD live in or near poverty. They need access to the print/digital books, tech, research help, & other resources that libraries provide.

School libraries provide inspiration & sanctuary as well as many digital & physical resources. After being taken over by the state, Houston ISD has cut libraries from 166 schools, almost all serving high-poverty students. TX: This harms our students, our businesses, our state.