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Trustees debate new Opportunity Awareness Center plan as staff raise concerns over size and virtual options
Summary
Katy ISD trustees spent extended discussion on a proposed 20,000 sq ft Opportunity Awareness Center, with administrators defending a smaller, flexible design while trustees and OAC staff pressed for clarity on staffing, supervision and how virtual instruction or partial‑day options would work for students in mandatory placements.
Katy ISD’s plan to replace its Opportunity Awareness Center (OAC) sparked lengthy discussion on Feb. 16 as board members, OAC staff and architects debated design, program model and staffing.
Facilities Director Lisa Casman and architect Brad Ewing presented a design-development package for a roughly 20,000‑square‑foot facility organized into separated elementary and secondary wings, with controlled entries, flexible multiuse classrooms and construction planned as a pre‑engineered metal building. OAC Principal Janelle Coleman said the goal is to provide age‑appropriate learning,…
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