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Resident and school board candidate urge transparency in superintendent evaluation; commenter defends superintendent
Summary
Public commenters at the Katy ISD work-study meeting urged transparency around the superintendent evaluation and criticized board member behavior. One speaker defended the superintendent and accused Trustee Gazzella of repeated public attacks; another urged evaluation attention to teacher pay and retaliation allegations.
Good evening. Tiana Weiss, a Katy ISD parent, opened the public-comment period by criticizing Trustee Gazzella’s behavior and urging the board to support the superintendent. "You have attacked our employees. You've attacked our students. You've attacked our books. You've attacked our parenting. You've attacked your fellow board members," Weiss said, adding that community members are "tired of the hours-long meetings" and of persistent questions that she said undermine successful schools.
David Green, who said he supports sidewalk project 9.5, spoke in favor of the district using bond funds for high-use pedestrian corridors and asked for details about traffic management, student safety measures, construction timing (he noted work appears scheduled for July–August), and contingencies for cost overruns.
Jesus Nieto, a candidate for Katy ISD Board Trustee Position 5, said the public should have been allowed to comment before the board’s closed-session discussion of the superintendent evaluation. Nieto urged that the evaluation focus on teacher compensation and on allegations of retaliation, saying "If we truly want transparency and an honest evaluation process, then community dialogue must be part of the process." He also encouraged families, students and educators to engage and vote in the upcoming school board election.
The public-comment period followed the board’s announcement of rules for speakers, including a 3-minute time limit and the requirement that commenters provide name, address and the agenda items they intended to address. President Redmond closed the forum portion and the board reconvened in closed session; later the president reported there were no actions taken from closed session tonight.
