Katy ISD board approves attendance changes
The Katy ISD board of trustees voted unanimously during its Oct. 24 meeting to approve three attendance boundary modifications in an effort to curtail overcrowding at its schools.
The approved boundary modifications touched campuses in the district across three areas: the southwest, northwest, and northeast quadrants. All modifications will go into effect in August 2023.
Two new elementary schools, Elementary School Nos. 45 and 46, which are scheduled to open in fall 2023 in the northwest quadrant of the district, will relieve Bethke Elementary School, Leonard Elementary School and McElwain Elementary School upon their opening, according to district officials.
Meanwhile, KISD will adjust boundaries for Campbell Elementary School to allow for continued growth in the southwest quadrant.
Golbow Elementary School is the final attendance boundary that will be affected in 2023. That school attendance boundary was adjusted as KISD faces growth in the northeast quadrant.
Tompkins High School update
Tompkins High School will receive synthetic turf in the upcoming school year after the board of trustees unanimously approved the item during its Oct. 24 meeting. The $803,000 contract was approved with Hellas Construction Inc. The district also has a contingency worth $70,000. The item was approved by the board of trustees and comes as all KISD comprehensive high schools have a synthetic athletic turf that is part of the overall project design, according to district officials. The replacement comes as the existing turf is at the end of its life expectancy. Construction is expected to be complete by August 2023.
Katy ISD rating achievement
The Texas Education Agency granted Katy ISD an A rating for superior achievement under the agency’s Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas. The district has received this rating for 20 consecutive years. This year, KISD passed all critical indicators with a perfect score for the superior achievement designation. Some of these indicators include a documented increase in student enrollment, financial information posted to the district’s website, and general fund revenues that equal or exceed expenditures throughout the year. The primary goal of the FIRST is to achieve quality performance in the management of the school district’s financial resources, a goal made more significant due to Texas’ complex school finance system.
