HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL SUPT. INDICTED
Hempstead ISD Supt. Delma Flores Smith must turn herself in to the Waller County jail today after a grand jury indicted her late Wednesday for tampering with government records.
Court records show the documents included her resume. Someone questioned her credential. She answered that some information was indeed different.
The charge is a class A misdemeanor. The Hempstead School Board has placed Flores Smith on paid administrative leave.
The superintendent’s tenure has been a stormy one, and there have been other investigations.
Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said in March that he had investigated a complaint from County Constable Herschel Smith concerning a plumbing contract with a Chappell Hill company. Constable Smith charged that S & D Plumbing had received $153,000 in for from the school district in the past seven years. Supt. Flores Smith referred this case to the District Attorney’s office. Mathis conducted the investigation and found no illegal activity.
The Hempstead School Board voted not to renew the contract of Hempstead Middle School Principal Amy Lacey after she reportedly announced on the intercom that students were not to speak Spanish on the school’s campus.
This is interesting, while not a real believer in KARMA, it is possible that what goes around does indeed come around. It is really sad that she actually fired the middle school principal over the announcement. Maybe it was inappropriate to make that announcement but it did not rise to the level of a terminable offense. An then we find out this person has lied on her resume and possibly committed a crime. This is a real shame. I think the district owes an apology to the middle school principal and a chance for her contract to be renewed.