Hinojosa Rallies Hundreds of New Volunteers for Team Texas Public Schools: “This is Bigger Than Partisanship”

Nearly 1,400 Texans have joined the effort in its first week since launch

Austin, TX – Last night, Gina Hinojosa spoke to hundreds of volunteers at the virtual organizing launch for Team Texas Public Schools, a bipartisan organizing program designed to coach and engage parents, teachers, and administrators to fight school closures across the state. 

“Public schools tell every child: you can be anything you want to be. That’s what’s at stake in this election,” Hinojosa said. 

“When I’m governor, I will first fire Mike Morath, because we need to put an educator in charge of our Texas Education Agency,” Hinojosa said. “We will wipe clean all the corrupt vendor contracts, and we will use that money to pay our teachers to be among the highest paid in the nation. I will pause the A-F accountability system because it is rigged, because we crave accountability, and what we have right now is not that.”

“If people who love their public schools showed up to vote, it would be a new day in Texas, so let’s usher in that new day,” Hinojosa said. 

Gina Hinojosa joined this fight as a mom when they tried to close her son’s school. From the Austin ISD to the state legislature, she’s spent her career fighting for our neighborhood schools, because access to a good education is enshrined in the Texas Constitution and the foundation to the American Dream.

Learn more about Team Texas Public Schools HERE.