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Public commenter sharply criticizes Keller ISD board over treatment of LGBTQ+ students during special meeting
Summary
During the public-comment period a speaker condemned the board’s recent actions toward LGBTQ+ students and called the superintendent search a "Kabuki theater," urging a genuine search and a candidate willing to stand up for students.
During the public-comment period at the Keller ISD special meeting, a speaker used their three minutes to sharply criticize the board’s recent conduct and the district’s superintendent search, urging the board to "conduct a real search, not this Kabuki theater."
The speaker accused the board of marginalizing LGBTQ+ students and said professional medical and psychological associations are "diametrically opposed" to policies the board has adopted. The speaker used forceful language, saying the board had "the gall to call this meeting on June 5 while KISD continues to ignore [a protected month referenced in the transcript]," and urged trustees to find a superintendent who will "stand up for the students." The transcript records the public comment as part of the scheduled public-comment period; the board did not respond to the specific allegations during that period and proceeded to the lone-finalist vote.
The public comment referenced the board president’s prior remarks and criticized past board votes that the speaker said stripped students ‘‘of rights and the support of their counselors and teachers.’’ The speaker also invoked national professional organizations — the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association — as being in opposition to recent board policies, but provided no specific citations during the comment. The board later moved forward with naming Dr. Corey Wilson as the lone finalist.
