Awards: Part 2

George Scott Reports Education Awards Katy I.S.D. School Board Member of the Year:(Tom Law disqualified from consideration) ACCEPTING: Robert Shaw  This was the hardest decision of all.  The Katy I.S.D. Board is comprised of six elected people (seven technically) who bring a plethora of accumulated weaknesses to the table every time they meet.  How does one look at these folks and conclude: “this... 

PART 1 Awards: Katy I.S.D. School Board Members Earn Honors

Note:  Nothing would please me more than for the criticism (past, current and future)  I have (and will continue) leveled at these Katy I.S.D. School Board members would prompt each of them to seriously reevaluate their roles.  I want to reiterate that I think all of them are fine people on a personal level. They are just incredibly mediocre Board members. I think that they have allowed others... 

Part 2: When Will Katy I.S.D. Parents & Community Institutions Say Enough Is Enough?

This column is Part 2 of our reporting upon and analysis of Katy I.S.D. training sessions that require classroom teachers to be pulled from their classrooms during the academic year, only to be replaced by significant numbers of uncertified substitutes. LINK TO PART ONE How many certified Katy I.S.D. teachers have been pulled out of their classrooms during the academic year and required or ‘encouraged’... 

NEWS RELEASE: In The Wake Of 6 Days Missed Instruction From Hurricane Ike; KISD Keeps Pulling Those Teachers Out Of The Classroom: Part 1

  Katy I.S.D. pulled 43 certified junior high math teachers from 12 different campuses out of their classrooms on December 2 so they could attend a district-training session on block scheduling, held at the Leonard Merrell Center. Students in the 43 classrooms were taught that day by 6 substitutes who had no college degree, 25 substitutes who had college degrees but no teacher certification, and... 

A Head’s Up To Our Readers About Next Two Weeks Of Columns, Reports; Brutal, Frank Assessment Coming Your Way

I appreciate the growing response to George Scott Reports.  The Report is beginning to hit its stride just four months since our launch.  However, I need the help of a loyal group of readers to help me continue to spread the word that my independent analysis of public education in general and Katy I.S.D. in particular is here. It may well be that the story we have just published on Katy’s I.S.D.’s... 

NEWS RELEASE: Katy I.S.D. Pads Football Attendance While Wanting Bigger Stadium In Next Bond Issue

NEWS RELEASE:  This news release was exclusively provided to The Katy Times newspaper.  As well, statistical tables, documents and emails obtained through the Public Information Act of Texas were also provided to The Times.  At the same time Katy I.S.D.’s athletic department and administration were trying to build behind-the-scenes support for the construction of a new 16,000-seat football stadium... 

Alton Frailey & Gary Kubiak; Sports & Education Reporters; School Boards & The Legislature

Katy I.S.D.’s Alton Frailey and his professional peers who serve as superintendents of public school districts would wilt under the pressure if they had to walk even one day in the shoes of Gary Kubiak and his professional peers who coach National Football League teams. The Gary Kubiaks and the Alton Fraileys are worlds apart when it comes to being held accountable for job performance.  Kubiak’s... 

With Such Pervasive Corporate & Regulatory Corruption, Why Is It Difficult To Accept Public Education’s Fraud?

Every major financial or corporate scandal that has rocked the nation’s confidence from the foreshadowing of things to come represented by Enron to the current corruption de jour of Richard Madoff has a common denominator. The victims were given numbers, charts, graphs, tables, and sophisticated data all designed to affirm that what they wanted to hear and what they were hearing purely represented...