I dated a HISD teacher for awhile. She dragged me to a couple of their full meetings at the main building. It was like "bad Thanksgiving" - gossip, whining, lots of demonstrative gestures and some pretty whack clothing choices. And that was just the males ....
They don't believe in the right to a trial by jury, don't believe in the rule of the written law, and they are bought and paid for by corporate interests. Basically Deborah Lehrman and John Devine actually believe in the rule of the law, and the rest of them are trashy, cheap whores for sale to the highest bidder.