HISD superintendent to field questions during live Monday event Carranza will hold events for English and Spanish speakers

HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza gives his first State of Schools speech at Hilton Americas Hotel Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Houston. ( Yi-Chin Lee / Houston Chronicle ) HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza gives his first State of Schools speech at Hilton Americas Hotel Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Houston. ( Yi-Chin Lee / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close HISD superintendent to field questions during live Monday event 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Houston ISD Superintendent Richard Carranza and his staffers will field questions from parents and the community about back to school and the coming school year during a live, interactive discussion that will be broadcast and streamed live Monday evening.

The Aug. 21 event will feature two components: a conversation for Spanish-speaking community members from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and one for English-speaking persons from 7 to 8 p.m.

The discussion will be streamed on the the district's website and its Facebook page, and televised on HISD-TV (Comcast 18 and Uverse 99).

Parents can submit questions in advance by emailing Back2School@HoustonISD.org, using Twitter with the hashtag #Back2School or using Facebook.com/HoustonISD. Questions can also be submitted during the live event.

Carranza, who is completing his first year as superintendent, also plans to address his turnaround plan for 32 under-served campuses, Achieve 180; new bond schools; campus nutrition and the fine arts.

State school ratings released Tuesday showed academic gains across Houston ISD this year, but enthusiasm over the results was tempered by 10 struggling campuses again falling short of state standards, leaving the district under threat of state intervention.