Ken Gregorski is the new permanent superintendent for Katy ISD. His first day was Jan. 15, according to the contract approved by the board of trustees and signed Jan. 14. For the past two years, Gregorski has been KISD's deputy superintendent overseeing human resources, athletics, and school leadership and support—a department established upon his employment—according to his KISD biography. But Gregorski is no stranger to the district. Ten years of Gregorski's 26 years in public education were spent as an assistant and associate principal for Katy High School, he said in an email. His wife is a teacher at Bryant Elementary, and his two children also attended KISD schools, he said. And being a KISD parent, he said, has influenced his perspective as the district's superintendent. "Just like all our parents out there who are taking their students to school every day, helping them with homework, and attending band or athletic competitions, I’m a Katy ISD parent, too," he wrote in an email. "We’re going through this together, and sharing similar experiences as we prepare our children to be problem solvers, critical thinkers, creative and well-informed citizens." Community Impact Newspaper was unable to sit and chat with the new CEO of the 80,000-student-strong district but did receive responses from Gregorski through an email interview. The answers below have been lightly edited for length and clarity.