Texas school board member's comments link Black teachers and dropout rates
ATexas school board trustee sparked outrage by seemingly associating Black educators with higher dropout rates during a Monday meeting.
Some Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District community members are now calling for trustee Scott Henry — who claims his comments are being misrepresented — to step down from his position.
“Do you know what the statewide percent is for Black teachers?” he asked. “10 percent,” he asked at a school board meeting. “Houston ISD, which I’ll use to shine an example, you know what their average percentage of Black teachers is? 36 percent. I looked that up. You know what their dropout rate is? 4 percent.”
Henry said he didn’t want “Cy-Fair” to follow in the footsteps of Houston Independent School District. The Cypress-Fairbanks district is in suburban Houston.
“I don’t want to be 4 percent,” he added. “I want to be the premium place where people go to be.”
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Of course... He claims that his words are being twisted, he just wants what is best for the children... Yeah, by being a fucking racist shit bag.
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Scott Henry
A 17-year resident of the district, Henry is a sales engineering manager in Houston. According to his LinkedIn profile, he works with cybersecurity and has extensive experience in a wide range of areas. He was elected to serve on CyFair ISD's board in November 2021. Apart from that, he also volunteers extensively, reportedly at the Goodson Middle School. The board's website adds that he's also a director of Municipal Utility District No. 38, and a member of InfraGard, a public-private partnership with the FBI.
On Twitter, for example, Henry describes himself as a conservative voter, and frequently shares concerning content. On January 11, he shared an article that claims high heat can "disarm coronavirus in less than a second." Another tweet on December 21 claims "If You’ve Had COVID You’re Likely Protected for Life." Diving deeper though, older tweets indicate a strong contempt for debates on racist. Back in 2020, he tweeted "The liberal media are a bunch of hacks," along with a photo that described racist as "Someone who wins an argument against a liberal." Back in 2017, he also tweeted that Joe Biden "wants to breed out the White race."
https://meaww.com/scott-henry-cy-fair-isd-board-member-black-teachers-dropout-rate-comments
