[3] Grier, who arrived in Houston in August 2009,[3] began his term at HISD after all members of that district's board voted to hire him in September 2009.
[5] Grier's wife saw promotional material for HISD and suggested going to that district, which had two times the budget and overall size of the previous one.
"[3] Grier also commissioned a study that concluded that magnet school programs - previously seen as being highly successful in HISD - should be severely curtailed.
[3] She explained there were members of the public who believed Grier was too ambitious and trying to change too many things at once, contrasting him with Saavedra, who she stated was perceived as having accomplished relatively little.
[7] Laura Isensee of Houston Public Media stated that the length of Grier's term outlasted the three-year average for a superintendent of a large school district.