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Katy ISD approves design contract for new Opportunity Awareness Center amid staff concerns about downsizing

5839028 · August 25, 2025
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Trustees voted 7–0 to award a contract for design services for a new Opportunity Awareness Center (OAC) facility, while staff and some trustees raised questions about a proposed smaller facility, hybrid/virtual options for DAEP programming and the need for better communication with OAC staff.

The Katy ISD Board of Trustees voted 7–0 on Aug. 25 to award a contract for design services for a new Opportunity Awareness Center facility while trustees and staff discussed a proposed model that would reduce current classroom space and incorporate hybrid or virtual alternatives for disciplinary alternative education programming. Trustee discussion and public comments raised concerns that the proposed facility would provide 16 classrooms compared with a current count presented in testimony of as many…

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