The Katy ISD Board of Trustees will take up a somewhat abbreviated agenda when it meets this evening, with only two items scheduled for full discussion and action.
Those two items include a discussion and possible approval of the district’s 2011 healthcare plan, as well as selection of a delegate and alternate to the 2010 Texas Association of School Boards Delegate Assembly.
The delegate assembly is part of the TASB annual convention. This year’s event will be held in Houston Sept. 24-26.
The school board’s agenda also includes 22 “consent” items, which are typically voted on as a group.
Consent agenda items are those matters considered by the board to be of a routine nature and not requiring extensive discussion or deliberation. Many of the items were discussed in more detail at last week’s work study session.
Tonight’s meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the board room of the Katy ISD Education Support Complex.
Read this article and then read it again.
Last week at the work study meeting the Board PASSED the bond request. There was NO discussion of it and when one person requested time to comment she was turned down.
However the board did discuss and ask questions about other lesser topics and then bound them over for this meeting, where the public is allowed to speak about the paint color choices for the new outhouses.
This is typical of this BOT. They vote on the major issues during the work study meetings and have rules in place telling the public they are ONLY allowed to speak at the general meeting unless given permission to do otherwise. Last week’s meeting was an exception to the rule as the BOT did take two comments about the budget, but not a word about the bond. Tonight you can come and talk about the bond, but it won’t do any good as that ship has sailed.
To make matters even more incredible, I understand the BOT members may hide behind the fact they have voted for the bond as a reason why they can’t come to a public forum to discuss the very bond they recommend. So much for open, transparent, above board, and community oriented rhetoric. I am stunned, maybe you are too? Now they want us to vote “YES” for the bond.