Well, I will just put myself in the shoes of a HD ISD board member to illustrate what I am talking about. If I am pointed to an online petition which is started by a "Bob Bobcat" and includes signatures by a "Buford Justice" as well as signatures from folks in Liberty (which I don't believe is in the HDISD boundaries), as well as Bridge City and Orange (which I KNOW are not within the HDISD boundaries), I don't even bother to ask that the matter for which the petition is started, regardless of the matter, be set on the meeting agenda.
Again, no problem with the folks expressing their views, but for it to be done in this matter makes it appear that those that are seeking change really don't take it seriously, so why should the school board?