One of Houston’s largest educational institutions will see a major change soon as the board voted against renewing Chancellor Cesar Maldonado’s contract this week.

After back-to-back major flooding events devastated Houston, the community college is launching a new program to ensure that citizens, businesses and emergency responders are better equipped to respond to catastrophic events.

As part of its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, Apple announced Tuesday it is partnering with Houston Community College and Texas Southern University to support its students, innovators, and advocacy organizations.

Dr. Cesar Maldonado, Chancellor, Houston Community College (KPRC)Houston Community College has 22 campuses and 97 thousand students but this Fall there will be none on campus when school starts August 24th. HCC Chancellor Dr. Cesar Maldonado says HCC will follow the direction of County Judge Hidalgo and will not have in-person classes until October at the earliest. Classes will start on August 24th using what HCC calls its Flex Campus which means starting all classes remotely but adjusting as conditions change. We can slide that scale, the number of students that go to class face to face while keeping the entire class together with remote learning at a specific time, said Dr. Maldonado. See more of his interview on Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall Sunday at 9:30 a.m. View an additional 10 minutes of Khambrels conversation with HCC Chancellor Dr. Maldonado here.

HOUSTON Houston Community College is facing a $100 million lawsuit which alleges racial discrimination. The lawsuit alleges that, under the leadership of Chancellor Cesar Maldonado and the Human Resources director Janet May, Hispanics received preferential treatment. The suit also claims while 90% of tenured and experienced black employees have been displaced, only 10% of similarly tenured white employees have been displaced. The news release says the lawsuit also alleges Maldonado and May used a variety of tactics to get rid of black employees. In the lawsuit, she claims she reported that the grant funds had been misused or taken to the federal government.