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Houstonist has never been a substitute teacher, but we're pretty sure it could be a boring job at times. From what we can remember, the regular teacher would often leave the substitute some kind of busy-work assignment for the students, so all the sub would have to do is set the kids to work on whatever it was — writing a paper on sexual diffidence in Victorian literature, for example, or making turkeys from the outline of their hands — and then he or she could enjoy a cup of hot coffee or the next chapter of the new Danielle Steel book. Or, you know, they could also use a school computer to look at Internet porn like one HISD sub did last week. more ›

Police have released a description and sketch of the man suspected of shooting at a crowded HISD school bus Tuesday afternoon. Thirty students from Westbury High School and Johnston Middle School were on the bus in southeast Houston when a shot shattered one of the vehicle's windows, injuring two 11-year-old students. Early news reports didn't give much detail about the appearance of the suspect, but now we have the following description: more ›

Someone inexplicably opened fire on an HISD school bus in southeast Houston yesterday, injuring a couple of students and rattling a lot of nerves. The bus, which was carrying about 30 students from Westbury High School and Johnston Middle School, was near Ashville and Sunbeam just before 5 p.m. when a gunshot shattered a side window and narrowly missed several sixth-grade girls. more ›

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