HISD Board Names Auditorium After Late District III Trustee Manuel Rodríguez Jr.
Style Magazine Newswire | 8/4/2017, 11:37 a.m.
Manuel Rodríguez Jr.
The HISD Board of Education honored the late District III Trustee Manuel Rodríguez Jr. by naming the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center auditorium The Manuel Rodríguez Jr. Board Auditorium during their monthly agenda review meeting. Rodríguez, who passed away this month, served as a board member for 14 years. He was elected to the board in 2003 and held every office, including assistant secretary, second vice president, first vice president, and president of the Board of Education. Rodríguez was a champion of dual credit and credit recovery programs, as well as blended learning that put laptops in the hands of high school students. He also facilitated the establishment of the successful Maritime Academies at Austin, his alma mater, and Yates high schools, and he aided the creation of Liberty High School to serve older immigrant students.
