The word “GOAT” (Greatest Of All Time) gets thrown around everywhere nowadays (It’s always gonna be Jordan by the way). In most cases different arguments can be made for different people or teams to be considered the GOAT of whatever they do or did.
That is until you come to the question of “Who’s the greatest educator of all time at HISD?” Her name is Carolyn “Bertie” Baker. You won’t find anybody that graduated from HHS between 1981 and 2015 (Probably even after 2020) that doesn’t light up when they talk about Mrs. Baker.
She taught in Arkansas for about 20 years before coming to Hooks in 1981 & “retiring” from full time teaching in 2015 although she was known to take money at the baseball and softball games until the last few years. I can remember both of my sisters (Class of 87 & Class of 90) both talking about her class like it was an honor just to be there.
