Humble ISD to host job fair seeking transportation, custodial employees
Humble ISD officials are hosting a job fair for auxiliary positions in the district’s transportation and custodial departments from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Humble ISD Collaboration Center, located at 10201 Birchridge Drive, Humble.
The specifics: According to a Sept. 5 news release, officials will be hiring for the positions in the district’s transportation department at the following rates:
School bus drivers: $20 per hour
Auxiliary school bus drivers: $20.50 per hour
Special education school bus drivers: $20.75 per hour
School bus attendant: $12.75 per hour
Dispatch: $16.41 per hour
Trainer: $16.41 per hour
Routing supervisor: $16.41 per hour
Additionally, the district will be hiring custodians at a rate of $12.75 per hour.
What’s next: Individuals interested in applying who cannot attend the event in person can still apply online through the district’s website.
See all the candidates running for Texas' 18th Congressional District
This November, a special election will be held to fill the vacant Texas 18th Congressional District seat after incumbent Sylvester Turner, who also previously served as Houston mayor, died March 4.
Ballot set for Houston City Council At-Large Position 4
Fifteen candidates are running to fill City Council member At-Large Position 4 Letitia Plummer’s seat, after she announced her candidacy for the Harris County judge position July 8, effectively resigning her post on council.
Meet the candidates: Read more to learn more about the candidates running.
Obes Nwabara, who previously declared his intentions to run for City Council, announced in a Sept. 2 social media post that he has suspended his campaign because of the "current threat faced by marginalized communities in our city" and his belief that the city needs to unite behind a single candidate.
More details: If elected, the candidate will remain in the seat until the term ends Jan. 1, 2028.
The last day to register to vote is Oct. 6. Early voting begins Oct. 20, and Election Day is Nov. 4.
The background: Commissioners and department leaders have spent the last eight-plus months weighing how to offset at least $102 million in cuts and other savings surrounding the projected $2.95 billion FY 2025-26 budget. Factors impacting county department cuts in the budget process, according to the proposed budget document, included jail costs, indigent defense costs, health care costs and law enforcement contracts.
Items worth mentioning: The county clerk and administration offices will request discussion as part of a Texas law that allows for the creation of a salary grievance committee for elected officials. Several officials from elected offices went to Commissioners Court seeking higher pay in August, including judges within the county’s district courts and the county’s eight elected constables.
What to know: Most Texas school districts required to display donated Ten Commandments posters under state law
Most Texas public schools are required to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms under Senate Bill 10, a state law that took effect Sept. 1.
The details: On Aug. 20, a Texas federal judge temporarily blocked the following 11 school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments:
Alamo Heights ISD
Austin ISD
Cy-Fair ISD
Dripping Springs ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Houston ISD
Lackland ISD
Lake Travis ISD
North East ISD
Northside ISD
Plano ISD
Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed the ruling and directed other school districts to begin displaying donated copies of the Ten Commandments.
The debate: Proponents of SB 10, including Paxton and Republican state lawmakers, have argued that seeing the Ten Commandments on a daily basis will help Texas students better understand U.S. history and learn about morality.
Some religious scholars have stressed the importance of teaching students about religion in an “appropriate educational context.” Democratic lawmakers have expressed concerns that non-Christian students will feel left out or be bullied by their peers for not following the Ten Commandments.
