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Katy ISD trustees begin governance workshop, focus on strategic design and meeting norms
Summary
Katy Independent School District trustees met in a special session Oct. 8 for a governance workshop led by Dr. Robert Long, division director for TASB Board Development Services, and board consultant Jason Berdeen aimed at clarifying the board's role, sharpening monitoring practices and improving how trustees conduct themselves in meetings.
Katy Independent School District trustees met in a special session Oct. 8 for a governance workshop led by Dr. Robert Long, division director for TASB Board Development Services, and board consultant Jason Berdeen aimed at clarifying the board's role, sharpening monitoring practices and improving how trustees conduct themselves in meetings.
Long opened by urging trustees to prioritize the district's students as a shared "North Star" and to decide whether the board was ready to adopt a formal governance "core." He told trustees the session would "start to build a framework around how you guys move forward as a governance team" and framed the work as both practical and relationship-driven.
Trustees repeatedly returned to two linked themes:…
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