We are the NEISD Community Advocates – a collective of NEISD parents, teachers, school workers, and community members from the targeted schools and beyond. We know the importance of fiscal responsibility firsthand managing family budgets and we stand opposed to school closures as a way to achieve it in NEISD. Furthermore, we denounce the way in which the proposed closures have been carried out in the knowledge that it’s never too late for the district to correct the course and do right by the community.