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Residents press Keller ISD board on $200,000 in outside legal fees, call for audits and pay transparency
Summary
During public comment at Keller ISD's June 26 special meeting, multiple residents criticized large legal expenditures for outside counsel and urged the board to redirect funds to classrooms, to reinstate procurement thresholds for legal work and to publish invoices.
Several residents used the audience-comment period at the Keller ISD special meeting on June 26 to criticize the district’s spending on outside legal counsel and to press for greater transparency and for redirecting funds to classrooms.
Cassie Thomason, a 12-year district employee who currently works as an educational diagnostician, told trustees that assessment and support staff are leaving primarily because of pay and described diagnostic work as chronically understaffed and overworked. Thomason said pay comparisons show assessment…
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