Texas News Houston School Board Faces Dismissal Over Dysfunction KWBU | By Texas Standard Published August 12, 2019 at 11:39 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:57 Fujio Watanabe / Houston Public Media HISD Trustees Sergio Lira, Diana Dávila and Elizabeth Santos speak at a community meeting where local leaders and parents gave their input on the superintendent search. Last fall, the three trustees voted to abruptly fire the current interim superintenden" State regulators are considering replacing the locally-elected board members who oversee the state’s biggest school district over a pattern of mismanagement.