Katy ISD hosted the first of 14 scheduled meetings of its 200-person school bond committee April 3 at the district's Education Support Complex. The meetings are an effort to enlist input from the citizen committee, meant to represent the diverse interests in the district, on a potential bond election in November 2014.
"It was a great turnout," Katy ISD spokeswoman Denisse Cantu said. "There were over 200 people in attendance, including some observers."
The "core committee" of 100 residents and 100 alternates was selected in March from more than 600 applications. The citizen committee members were chosen by a group of board members and district administrators.
District organizers tried to select a group that represented a wide swath of the community, including people who live in Katy but have no children, retirees, a variety of parents with students in the district, business owners, and a diverse group of other stakeholders.
