KISD: Classrooms to College Part 4: A Look at 10th Grade

The Classroom to College series continues by focusing upon the results of the 10th grade Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) results in the Katy I.S.D. class of 2004-2005. First, a recap: In Part 3, we noted that PSAT scores document an extremely wide disparity of math and reading skills among the 11th grade student in the District. This disparity is noted between the different high schools... 

KISD - Classrooms to College: Part 3

As the series continues, I’ll begin with a summary of Parts 1 and 2. PART 1:  (see full report here) We examined the SAT scores of all Katy ISD students, and compared these numbers to the US News and World Report list of SAT profiles of U.S. colleges. Based on this, I reported that the mean or average graduate of Katy I.S.D. in 2005-06 would fit comfortably into the bottom quartile of the entering... 

Katy EDC - Already On Board For A Bond Issue Yet To Be Defined; Katy I.S.D. - ‘Wow the Mommies’

We’ve all heard the story of the rebellious young man who continues to live at his parents’ home after graduating from high school.  One rebellion leads to another, leading to the father sitting the young man down and saying:  ”If you are going to live in my house, you are going to follow my rules.” It is hard not to think of that analogy when one considers the genuflecting... 

Frailey’s Rage Gauge & Duhon’s Rubber Stamp Board

When I was publisher of The New Katy News, I wrote of the Katy I.S.D. School Board that its members had the cumulative intellectual curiosity of an amoeba.  The following week, I issued an apology to amoeba everywhere.  Read More →

The ‘Ike Wrap-up’: It’s Mostly About Frailey and Duhon’s Mean-Spirited Diatribes

Katy activist A.D. Muller has been involved in local politics for many years now.  He’s made friends and enemies - a lot of both.  However, as Hurricane Ike approached the Texas coast, he became aware of an apparent breakdown in communication between the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and the Katy I.S.D. regarding the positioning of Fort Bend law enforcement officers, during what was... 

C’s On The First Report Card; A Parent Is Troubled

A parent wrote in to say that the couple’s 8th grade student was given C’s in both math and English on the first six weeks’ report card this year.  The student was a B student last year in the 7th grade.  The student is not in a pre-AP class. She wants to know if this should be a matter of concern. There’s a one-word answer to that question.  Yes. Why the answer is ‘yes’... 

Parent Asks For Help In Special Education

A parent of a 6th grade special education student contacted me with a story that is too often typical.  Since this section guarantees absolute anonymity, I’ll summarize the contact and will not mention any details that would permit identification of the family.  The parents want my advice.  I’ll use their common situation to try to help other parents of special education students.  Read More →

KISD- Classrooms to College, Part 1

The average composite score on the math and reading tests of the college-entrance SAT exams among the 2006 graduating class of Katy I.S.D. was 1088. That would place the average graduate of the District comfortably within the bottom 25% of the enrolling freshman class at the University of Texas at Austin. Or, stated another way, it would place the average graduate of the District in the top 25% of...