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MEMBERS OF THE 2014 BOND COMMITTEE "A" TEAM:

Here are the 128 Katy citizens who made the "A" Team:

(On the list of citizens released by the District, an indication is made as to the schools attended by the member's children as well as other connections for the member to KISD and/or Katy area activities. If there are no schools for children or there are no activities, the designation will be NL.)

For the other connections, follow this KEY:

Special Education--SE

Two-Way Immersion--TWI

Bilingual Education--BE

Gifted and Talented--GT

AP Courses--AP

Dual Credit Courses--DCC

Secondary Fine Arts--SFA

Secondary Athletics--SA

Career and Technology Education--CATE

FFA--FFA

Robotics--R

PTA/PTSA--PTA

PTO/PTSO--PTO

Athletics Booster Club--ABC

Fine Arts Booster Club--FABC

KEYS Mentoring--KEYS

Campus Advisory Team--CAT

Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students)--WDOGS

Project GRAD Parent Group--PG

Leadership Katy--LK

Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Executive Board--VIPS

VIPS/Parent Roundtable, PTA Council--VPP

Previous Bond Committee Member--PBCM

Critical Issues Task Force--CITF

KPGT (Katy Parents of Gifted and Talented)--KPGT

Special Education Parent Advisory Council--SEPAC

Katy Improvement Council--KIC

K.A.R.E--KARE

Katy Area Economic Development Council--KAEDC

Chamber of Commerce--CofC

Rotary--RO

Veterans Organization--VET or VO

Civic Organization--CO

Social Services Organization--SSO

A Retirees' Organization--ARO

Faith Affiliated Group/Ministries--REL

I am of the opinion that there are a lot of ringers on this list. People who have no children in the district, people who have an 'NL' after their name with nothing else noted (and perhaps they simply forgot to enter the information), people who are perennial members of the bond committees (PBCM) (of which there are 17 this bond) and which status is highlighted, people whose egos are massaged through membership in KISD groups, people who belong to the Katy Chamber of Commerce (CofC) or the Katy Area Economic Development Council (KAEDC) and who own businesses that feed on increasing populations or benefit financially when construction occurs in the school district, people who are employees of the District or who are related to employees of the District, or who are former employees of the District (E), all may have either a vested business interest or a vested personal interest in the success of this bond proposal. Try if you will, to count the people who DON'T have a vested interest in the outcome of this bond election! In other words, it's not "all about the children."

It would also be interesting to know why there are three students from Taylor High School, four students from Seven Lakes High School, and one student from Morton Ranch High School while there are none from Katy High School, Tompkins High School, Mayde Creek High School, or Cinco Ranch High School. And don't tell me it was because no one from these schools applied! And now I hear they didn't allow these students to vote--so why were they there? Window dressing?

The former KISD employee, Michelle Hughes, who has been brought back to be the Delphi "FACILITATOR" of this committee once again (as she successfully was in 2006 after the first bond of the year was defeated), is evidently very adept at manipulating consensus within large groups and has been paid $28,470.13 this time to do so by the District.

If one is on this committee, please look through this list, and then think about who is sitting at your table, leading the discussion, and directing your thoughts and words in a certain direction. That person is the designated Delphi "facilitator" for your table. They may work with Michelle Hughes behind the scenes. (Ms. Hughes charged the district for 40 hours of her time--did the committee meet for 40 hours? (Be sure to read my postings elsewhere on this website on the Delphi Technique.) Perhaps committee members will realize how, while you asked to join this committee thinking you would be of service to your children or grandchildren and your community, you are instead being used to support what most assuredly has already been decided about this bond. You MUST take note of the fact that last year, the District put out all the verbiage about the 2013 Stadium Bond BEFORE they convened a committee (which I pointed out). They realized their mistake when they lost, so now they are covering all bases, and yes, they now have a committee. They named so many of you, not for the reasons broadcast about, but to garner your vote for the bond and that of your spouse and friends. Two hundred and forty seven times two is 494 votes already in their pocket if you comply. How clever they are! (But only if you are foolish enough to let them manipulate you!)

The bond committee members should also make note of the fact that even though the citizens who went to the trouble to vote, voted DOWN the bond referendum by a clear majority (only one precinct close to the Administration building voted FOR the 2013 bond), the Board, under the tutelage of the Superintendent has proceeded to vote to build the STEM Center anyway! That's unbelievable, as I've said elsewhere. It should be against the law. It's a "let 'em eat cake" action! What should be of concern to Katy citizens and members of this committee is what will they do next to implement last year's failed bond proposal? Are they just going to do it all anyway without the voters' approval? And after all, they don't really need anyone's approval to spend bond money except the Board's (one time), and we all know that most of the Board members just vote for anything put in front of them! Most of them sleep at night with their right arm up in the air!

Mark my words, they will let this committee meet 10 or 12 times, facilitate the beans out of them so that no real conversations and discussions can transpire, and then the chairman of the committee who is always chosen because he's a team player, will present the school board with the committee's "recommendation" (which won't really be from the committee but hey!) and then all of a sudden great schematics, plans, designs and "pre-approved" architects will miraculously appear out of nowhere to do the bidding of the superintendent/Board of Trustees as fast as they can before the public gets angry and votes some of them out of office. If I were Joe Adams or Rebecca Fox, I'd make them wait until they get re-elected in 2015 or else they might be tossed.

I asked for and got through an Open Records Request last week, the land purchases that have been made recently. They won't give me all the information I asked for (land purchase closing documents) without charging an arm and a leg, and I'm not into throwing my money away (well, actually I did because I wanted to own the land before KISD bought it--and that was money well spent!) If I were a bond committee member, I'd be asking about that Power House property. It should have been sold by now unless they have "other" plans for it, and I cannot imagine what else could go there besides a stadium. If anyone has any ideas about that, I'd like to hear them. The District is going to have egg on its face if it has to buy and sell and buy and sell and buy, three pieces of land before it can build a stadium, but that's what they will have to do. [1. Bought land next to Tompkins High School for a Stadium, 2. Sold that, 3. Bought the Power House Property for a stadium, and it was rejected by the voters, so now they'll have to sell that 4., and then they'll have to buy another piece of property for the stadium 5.] [As it turns out, the Administrators are bound and determined to put the new stadium (and that's what this bond is all about) right where they want it--in Old Katy next to Rhodes Stadium so that Katy High School has a new stadium in which to play--and to Hell with all of you who live in the southwest quadrant of the district with your children at the three newer high schools where the parents at this point in time are footing all these bonds with their high taxes! In my opinion, the new stadium should be located convenient to those three new schools! Now they are claiming there is no more land available in the southwest quadrant. Baloney! There's plenty of land there, and I'll bet it wouldn't cost as much as what they paid for the Power House property.]

Hopefully the residents of the southwest side of our District realize that THEY should have a stadium in their part of the District. If they don't get it put there, you can bet they won't get to be first in line to play at a new stadium. If the new stadium is in Katy, it will be Tiger Stadium. It's not right for all the rest of us to pay for that privilege for Katy High School. If anyone still does not believe this scenario, just look at how the District stuck it to Cinco Ranch High School (whom they consider as the only competition for Katy High School's football team) with the football schedule this year for Rhodes! They get to play on a lot of Thursdays and Saturday mornings.

Last but not least, did someone forget that Bear Creek is still in the Katy School District?

LIST OF MEMBERS:

(Remarks in parentheses are mine and did not appear on the chart from the District.)

1. Kristin Abel

NL, (Yoga Teacher at Yoga West)

2. Carol Adams

NL, (Candidate for Mayor of Katy, Katy Historian, KAEDC, C of C, CO)

3. Charlotte Angiolillo

Nottingham Country Elementary, GT, PTA, LK

4. Austin Armstrong

Student, Morton Ranch High School

5. Nely Artis

WoodCreek Elementary, PTA, WDOGS, LK

6. Travis Bailey

NL, Employee of the School District, (physical education teacher at Rhoads Elementary)

7. Gary Bates

Morton Ranch Junior High, GT, SFA, CTE,

8. Kyle Benson

Katy High School, GT, AP, DCC, SA, PTA, KEYS, WDOGS, PG, PBCM, SEPAC

9. Jack Black

Cinco Ranch High School, GT, SFA, CTE, PTA, ABC, FBC, WDOGS, PG, VIPS, LK, VIPS, CTIF, PBCM

10. Christy Bohlen

West Memorial Elementary, West Memorial Junior High, AP, SFA, SA, LK, VIPS, VPP

11. Dan Boltz

Tompkins High School, AP, SA, PTA

12. Natalie Boyd

Rylander Elementary, GT, PTA, CAT, LK, KPGT

13. Bruce Bradford

Rylander, Cinco Ranch Junior High, Cinco Ranch High School, AP, ABC, CAT, PG, PBCM, KAEDC, CofC,

14. Cande Brandow

Rylander, Cinco Ranch Junior High, Cinco Ranch High School, GT, AP, SA, PTA, ABC, RO, SSO, REL

15. Ralph Brock

Griffin, Beckendorff, Seven Lakes High School, AP, SA, RO

16. Martha Brown

NL, Employee of the School District, (Partners in Education Specialist)

17. Jessica Burch

Shafer, Seven Lakes Junior High, AP, SFA, PTA, KEYS, LK, REL

18. Preeti Burns

Stanley, Seven Lakes Junior High, PTA, FABC, WDOGS,

19. Ken Burton

NL, (Children went to Memorial Parkway Junior High, Taylor High School, Former Katy ISD Board Member)

20. Amanda Caffey

Student at Seven Lakes High School

21. Keith Carmichael

Williams, Beck, Cinco Ranch High School, AP, GT, DCC, SFA, SA, PTA, ABC, FABC, KEYS, CAT, LK, VIPS, CITF, Cof C, REL, PBCM

22. German Carmona

Wilson, GT

23. Kelley Carr

NL, Employee of the School District, (Instructional Coach at Stan Stanley Elementary School)

24. Tianna Chorba

Student at Taylor High School

25. Armond Clemons

NL, (Professional Basketball Player. No children in the District)

26. Stephanie Click

Stanley, Seven Lakes Junior High, Seven Lakes High School, GT, PTA, CAT, CITF, REL

27. Rom Crespo

NL, (Employee of the School District; Assistant Principal at Morton Ranch High School)

28. Christina Crockett

(President of Katy ISD Foundation; Children attended Taylor High School, Former KISD School Board Member,) LK, VIPS, PBCM, KPGT, KARE, Cof C, REL

29. John Curry

Memorial Parkway Elementary, Memorial Parkway Junior High, Taylor High School, TWI, PBCM

30. Sunil Dalal

Creech Elementary; SE

31. Cynthia Darden

Pattison, McMeans, Taylor High School, SA, PTA, ABC, CAT, LK, VIPS

32 Joe Delgadillo

(NL, PBCM)

33. Cindee Devlin

Shafer, Seven Lakes Junior High, Tompkins High School, SA, CTE, R, PTA, ABC, LK, REL

34. Michael Drake

Golbow, McDonald, Morton Ranch Senior High, GT, AP, C of C, REL

35. Eddie Dugger

NL, (Children went to Wolfe Elementary, Mayde Creek Junior High, Mayde Creek High School, Campaign manager for ousted School Board Member Judy Snyder)

36. John Eberlan

Cimarron, West Memorial Junior High, Katy High School, GT, SFA, FABC, LK, PBCM, KPGT

37. Jean Edgmond

NL, AP, DCC, SA, FFA, PTA, ABC, FABC, PG, KPGT

38. Diana Elder

NL, (a member of the Elder family of "Old Katy.") PBCM

39. Carra Fleming

NL, Employee of the School District, (Principal at Holland Elementary School)

40. Laura Freeman

NL, (Volunteer of the Year at Morton Ranch Junior High)

41. Becky French

NL, LK, PBCM, KARE, REL, (Former Katy ISD Teacher)

42. Susie Garza

NL, Employee of the School District, (Assistant Principal at West Memorial Junior High)

43. Danny Grace

Cinco Ranch Junior High, Cinco Ranch Senior High, GT, AP, SFA, R, FABC, LK

44. Todd Granato

Taylor High School, AP, DCC, SFA, SA, ABC, FABC, KAEDC

45. Richard Grassau

Rhoads, Cardiff, Mayde Creek High School, AP, SFA, SA, PTA, CAT, WDOGS

46. Robert Hansen

Fielder, Cinco Ranch Junior High, Cinco Ranch High School, SA, R, ABC

47. Kirby Hargis

NL, REL, FFA, (Regional Director at Campus Living Villages)

48. Deb Haring

49. Christopher Harris

Katy Elementary, Katy Junior High, GT, AP, DCC, FFA, PTO, ABC, CAT, LK, RE

50. Mary Heilberger

Student, Taylor High School

51. Princewell Imouokhome

Student, Seven Lakes High School

52. Janet Jackson

53. Elizabeth Johnson

Hayes Elementary, PTA, LK

54. Gary Johnson

NL, VIPS, PBCM, KPGT

55. Derek Jones

Seven Lakes High School, AP, REL

56. Malcolm Junior

Cinco Ranch High School, AP, SFA, SA, ABC, FABC, RO, VET, REL

57. Christopher Juntti

WoodCreek Junior High, Seven Lakes High School, AP, SA, PTA, REL

58. Darcy Karthoff

NL, (Home schools, Officer in Katy Tea Party)

59. Lisa Kenny

Mayde Creek Elementary, Mayde Creek Junior High, Mayde Creek High School, PTA, ABC, PG, LK, VIPS

60. Brett Kerr

Beckendorff Junior High, Raines School, GT, AP, SFA, SA, FFA R, PTA, ABC CAT, LK

61. Jan Killam

Creech, PTA, LK

62. Lance LaCour

WoodCreek Junior High, Tompkins High School, (CEO of Katy Area Economic Development Council), AP, DCC, SFA, LK, VIPS, KAEDC, C of C

63. Becky Latta

Mayde Creek High School, SFA, ABC, FABC, CAT, PG, LK, PBCM

64. Richard Lawler

NL, (KAEDC, CofC)

65. Lawson Laurel

Exley, PTA, VIPS

66. Allen Lewis, Sr.

Schmalz, Mayde Creek Senior High

67. Chris Lieburn

68. Larry Littlejohn

Cinco Ranch High School, AP, DCC, PTA, ABC, CAT, LK, PBCM, CITF

69. Jacob Mankenberg

Student, Seven Lakes High School

70. Michael Marrie

Employee of the District, (Career and Technology Teacher at Cinco Ranch High School)

71. Lisa Martinez

Rhoads, Mayde Creek Junior High, Mayde Creek High School, SFA, SA, CTE, R, PTA, ABC, FABC, PG, LK, VIPS, VPP

72. Enrique Martir

King, Elementary, Katy Junior High, GT, AP

73. Don Massey

NL, (General Manager of Katy Mills Mall, Cof C, KAEDC)

74. Robert McLelland

Seven Lakes Junior High, Seven Lakes High School, GT, AP, DCC, SA, SSO

75. Zillah Miller

McDonald Junior High, AP, DCC, PTO, PG, REL

76. Jenn Montgomery

Shafer, Seven Lakes High School, AP, DCC, PTA, CO, SSO, REL

77. Becky Morris

Kilpatrick, GT, PTA, LK, VPP,

78. Veronica Mullenix

NL, KAEDC, CofC , (Owner of Real Estate firm)

79. Melissa Nixon

Beck Junior High, Cinco Ranch High School, AP, DCC, SA, PTA, ABC, CAT, LK, VPP, CofC

80. Chad Norvell

Wolman, WoodCreek Elementary, Katy, CAT

81. James Nuckolls

Stanley, GT

82. Anitra Ondrush

Winborn, PTA, LK, VPP, REL

83. Nina Palmer

Memorial Parkway Elementary, Morton Ranch High School, SE, TWI, SFA, PTA, FABC, CAT, WDOGS, PG, LK, SEPAC

84. Cassie Parks

85. Paul Patterson

Memorial Parkway Junior High, Taylor High School, AP, SFA, SA, PTA, FABC, REL

86. Carl Pittman

NL, (Realtor, Ran for Sheriff, http://carlforsheriff.com/about-carl.htm)

87. Eric Ramos

WoodCreek Elementary, WoodCreek Junior High, Seven Lakes High School, AP, SA, WDOGS, Cof C

88. Ross Raymond

NL, VPP, (Wife is KISD Principal at Mayde Creek Elementary)

89. Lary Reap

NL, ARO

90. Anne Reardon

Stanley Elementary, Seven Lakes High School, GT, PTA, KPGT, CO

91. Jenny Renault

Cardiff Junior High, PTA, ABC, FABC, CAT

92. Dedra Robertson

Morton Ranch High School, SFA, SA, CTE, PTA, CAT

93. Brian Roblyer

Golbow, McDonald, Morton Ranch High School, SE, GT, SA

94. Javier Rodriguez

Wolman, WoodCreek Junior High, Tompkins High School, CofC

95. Austin Rodriguez

Student, Seven Lakes High School

96. Alexander Roosevelt (How embarrassing that some staff member doesn't recognize the name of someone for whom one of our elementary schools is named! It's Roosevelt Alexander!)

(NL, Lives in Brookshire, Texas)

97. Joe Sanchez

NL, (There are 19 Joe Sanchez' in Katy Texas!)

98. Ed Sarlls

Hayes, Memorial Parkway Junior High, Taylor High School, SFA, SA, FABC, PG, REL

99. Dionne Selig

100. Thomas Shacklett

King Elementary, PTA, ABC, PG, CofC

101. Cathy Sheldon

102. Stephen Shorter

Pattison, McMeans, Taylor High School, SFA, SA, FABC, CAT, (Director of Human Resources in Spring Branch ISD), (good principal that Katy ISD let get away many years ago)

103. Steve Shurn

NL, (Bankruptcy Attorney, PBCM)

104. Susan Simpson

Seven Lakes High School, AP, DCC, SFA, SA, PTA, PTO, ABC, FABC, PG, Cof C

105. Bradley Slay

Stephens, Mayde Creek Junior High, Mayde Creek High School,

106. Ingrid Smith

107. Tom Specht

Pattison, McMeans, Taylor High School, FFA, PBCM, REL

108. Susan Strickland

109. Jean Sumers

Holland, Seven Lakes High School, AP, SFA, SA, PTA, ABC, FABC, KPGT, REL

110. Alice Terwege

Employee of the District, (Instructional Coach at Michael Griffin Elementary School)

111. Tony Thomas

Rylander, WoodCreek Junior High, Katy High School, AP, SFA, PTA, CofC

112. Janet Thomason

NL, (While she didn't check off any of the associations, she is listed elsewhere as the president of the Katy Gifted and Talented Parents organization from Taylor High School)

113. O. D. Tompkins

NL, (Mr. Tompkins is a former KISD principal and the person for whom O. D. Tompkins High School has been named)

114. Hermes Troche

NL, (CPA Tax Preparer)

115. Claudia Tucci

McMeans Junior High, AP, SA, PTA, CAT, LK, VPP, VIPS, REL

116. Margaret Valli

Employee of the District, (FS ELEM F/Time) (Not sure what that means!)

117. Robert Van Pelt

Cinco Ranch Junior High, GT, KEYS, PBCM

118. Brett Vinzant

Student, Taylor High School

119. Wayne Webb

120. Craig Wilder

Katy Elementary, Katy Junior High, Katy High School, AP, SA, PTA ABC, PBCM, REL

121. Robert Willeby

NL, (Children went to Katy High School, home was zoned out of KHS boundaries when Morton Ranch High School was opened, known to run interference for the school district)

122. Nikki Williams

Tompkins High School, GT, AP, SFA, PTA, FABC,

123. Jessica Wilson

Shafer, Seven Lakes Junior High, Tompkins High School, AP, PTA, WDOGS, LK

124. Christianna Woods

Pattison, McMeans, Taylor High School, GT, AP, SFA, PTA, KEYS, PBCM

125. Dean Zieschang

WoodCreek Junior High, SA, REL

126. Tess Zimmerman

Employee of the District, (ESL Teacher at Mayde Creek High School), (also has children at Katy High School)

128. Jeffrey Zudock

Seven Lakes High School, GT, AP, SFA, FFA, FABC, REL

(If there is an error, please notify me so that I may correct it. (Icemom617@aol.com)