I grew up in this area, not in Conroe, but close enough to have been here a lot growing up. I remember when Conroe was a tiny little town. I moved away in the mid 90s to serve in the military, and then I worked for a little over a dozen years in law enforcement in Austin. I moved back about ten years ago with my new family to work for a new home builder. My wife and kids only knew Central Texas up till then, but we really like it here, my family even more than me, and they are people of color. It's also nice not seeing as many Beto and Biden signs in people's yards like we had in Austin. I would not move back to Austin for less than seven figures. I will eventually move away, but that's when I retire and can buy some cabin in the mountains somewhere.
As a teacher of color, Conroe doesn't seem to want too many of us teaching in its schools regardless of how effective we are, unless the school is one of its rough ones. Once the quota is met, they're done. Can't wait to leave. Not welcoming at all. What's ironic is several schools are named for people of color. I'm going to leave that right there. You read between the lines.
Conroe was one of the main landing places of Houston white flight back in the 70's, along with Spring, Katy and the Woodlands. Sad, but you represent the "plague" they left behind. Wish I could tell you that it will get better for you, but in all honesty it probably won't. Do yourself a favor and move on to a more welcoming place. Why do you want to live or work in a place where you're obviously not wanted.
