Katy Independent School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
1 h 26 min · 6 public speakers
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- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Dawn ChampagneVice-President
- Rebecca FoxMember
- Lance RedmonPresident
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Katy ISD trustees approve resolution supporting free exercise of religion in schools 1:21:14
- The executive director of school improvement presented elementary results from the NWEA MAP assessment, and Dawn Champagne asked whether parents were seeing the information. 52:24
- The board also approved, 7-0, contracts for employees recommended for the 2026-2027 school year and approved the consent agenda for items 9.1 through 9.5 by a 7 to 0 vote. 53:05
- The board approved, 7-0, a resolution as amended supporting the free exercise of religion in Katy ISD schools. 1:21:51
Item by item (9)
- Opening and pledge 0:03
- Lance Redmon called the regular board meeting to order at 5:00 PM on Monday, March 30th, 2026, noting that a quorum was present. 0:03
- A staff member confirmed the meeting complied with the Texas Open Meetings Act, and a student led the pledges. 0:20
- Members of the Adams Junior High Band performed the national anthem. 1:46
- Student and school recognitions 11:22
- Two Seven Lakes High School juniors were recognized as state champions in the traditional animation category of the UIL Young Filmmakers Festival. 11:34
- The executive director of athletics recognized two wrestlers from Katy High School and May Creek High School who won state championships. 13:40
- A trustee serving as board liaison for Tompkins High School recognized the school's staff and its academic, athletic and fine arts achievements. 18:54
- Public comment 24:26
- A speaker at public comment asked why the board was spending time on the religion resolution and raised teacher pay, planning time, insurance costs and bus safety. 27:15
- Other speakers asked the board to approve Tamil as a world language for credit and to reconsider the removal of the German program at Cinco Ranch and Katy High School. 29:46
- A speaker at public comment said they came in support of raises for paraprofessionals, and a speaker said board policies on book banning, pronoun and preferred name banning, and bathroom banning were still in place. 35:42
- Staff clarification on world languages 41:12
- A staff member said the district has no intent to close any language program, that staffing is based on student course requests and that 5 of the 10 campuses no longer offer German. 41:38
- The staff member said 2 German teachers were retiring, which would leave 3 full-time German teachers across the district, and that the district works with those teachers so students at Cinco and Katy High School can finish years 2, 3 and 4, as Legacy Virtual has done before with ASL, French and Spanish. 42:49
- Another staff member said the credit by exam available for Tamil covers only writing and speaking, and that it is not district practice to award credit when a test does not cover all of the TEKS. 44:37
- Employee contracts for next school year 50:30
- After a closed meeting, Dawn Champagne moved to approve 1-year and 2-year probationary and term contracts for recommended employees for the 2026-2027 school year. 50:30
- The motion excluded employees who have resigned or for whom a decision has not been made, which will occur at a future meeting. 51:41
- The motion passed 7-0. 53:05
- Measures of Academic Progress report 52:24
- The executive director of school improvement said the MAP assessment is given in kindergarten through 5th grade at the beginning, middle and end of year and that all Katy ISD achievement scores are above the 50th percentile. 53:27
- Dawn Champagne asked whether parents see the results, and the staff member said it varies by campus and that reports would be pushed out for all schools in the fall of next year. 59:38
- The staff member said a new linking study to STAAR means its accuracy is to be determined and that district data teams will run their own study. 1:17:50
- Resolution on free exercise of religion 1:20:42
- Consent agenda 1:21:24
- Future meetings 1:23:17
- Lance Redmon said the next work study will be on Monday, April 13th, 2026, and the regular board meeting on Monday, April 20th, 2026. 1:23:55
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