KIPP Texas committee says TEA audits found 12 correctable issues across most campuses

The KIPP Texas safety and security committee on May 28 heard that statewide intruder detection audits covered 52 of the district's 54 campuses this school year and resulted in 12 findings staff described as correctable.

Sean Raymond, chair of the KIPP Texas safety and security committee and a member of the KIPP Texas board of directors, opened the meeting and led a roll call before the committee approved the minutes of its March 4, 2026 meeting by unanimous voice vote after a motion from Saba Ali.

Tembury Seaman, a staff member who presented the audit overview, told the committee that the Texas Education Agency's intruder detection audit evaluates physical and procedural safety criteria and is conducted annually and unannounced. "For this school year, we ended up having 52 total audits of our 54 schools. Through those audits, we had 12 findings," Seaman said. "While these findings are unfortunate, all of them have been correctable, and we've been able to actively work to increase the safety for our students."

Seaman described the corrective-action process required after TEA audits: retraining staff, developing action plans to address safety concerns, notifying the public at board meetings, and bringing detailed results to the safety and security committee for review. Seaman also described daily operational practices meant to reduce risk, including conducting door checks multiple times per day, maintaining two security guards on campus, and enforcing a policy that classroom doors remain closed and locked while students are inside.

Committee Chair Sean Raymond asked whether any findings represented a high-alert risk to students. Seaman answered that the findings were "very correctable, very minor problems" and noted the large scale of KIPP Texas facilities, saying the district has "over 1000 doors across our schools," which made the 12 findings a small portion of the total number of doors inspected.

The committee adjourned into executive session at 5:11 p.m. under Texas Government Code sections 551.076 and 551.0761 to deliberate on security devices, TEA security audit matters, personnel-audit items and cybersecurity. The group returned to open session at 5:39 p.m.

Craig Goralski, a committee member who outlined forthcoming items for the board, told members the district will bring updates on the implementation of enhanced monitoring and prepare for a more comprehensive TEA district vulnerability audit that will inspect multiple schools over several days. He also said the district will update its emergency operations plan and the reunification annex this summer and will present those updates for committee review before submission to the Texas School Safety Center.

The meeting ended shortly after those project updates when Chair Raymond offered closing remarks and adjourned the committee at 5:42 p.m. The committee did not record any formal policy votes or ordinance adoptions during the open session; detailed findings from the intruder detection audits were discussed in executive session and were brought to the committee as required for oversight and public notification.