Katy ISD officials have released the guest list for Superintendent Alton Frailey’s recent invitation-only “State of the District” speech.

GUEST LIST RELEASED – Katy ISD has released the guest list for Superintendent Alton Frailey’s recent invitation only “State of the District” address.

The list of invitees was released in response to an open records request filed by InstantNewsKaty.

Those on the guest list included a host of high-profile movers and shakers in the Katy area, with elected officials, corporate CEOs, business leaders and chamber of commerce and economic development officials all invited to the event.

The list of invitees included the entire Katy ISD Board of Trustees, the entire Katy City Council, state senators, state representatives, school district administrators and county commissioners representing the Katy area from both Fort Bend and Harris counties.

The speech generated public criticism because it was not open to the public. The event was not publicly announced in advance and media representatives were not allowed to cover the speech.

The district announced the speech only after it had occurred through a written news release and photo of Frailey with several attendees.

According to the district, a group of more than 160 guests were invited to attend the speech at the Katy ISD Educational Service Center. The actual invitation list included more than 275 names.

Frailey’s remarks, according to the district, covered district highlights that included:

- More than $19 million in scholarships were earned by Katy ISD’s 2010 graduates

- Five Katy ISD principals were selected to attend the 2010 Harvard Principal Institute

- Fort Katy ISD students were named National Merit Semifinalists;

- Since 2006, at least two high schools have been ranked in the top 6 percent of Newsweek’s “America’s Best High Schools

- In eight of the last 10 years, Katy ISD named one of the “Best Communities for Music Education.”

When asked why the event was not opened up to the public and news media, school district spokesman Steve Stanford replied, “There was no particular reason.”

A number of residents criticized the decision to hold the event before an invitation-only crowd, particularly at a time when the school board has struggled with repeated allegations it is not transparent in its operations, as well as while the district is trying to win voter approval of a proposed $459.7 million bond issue.

The school district press release did not note whether Frailey’s remarks included the bond issue. When asked by InstantNewsKaty, Stanford said “there was a brief mention of the bond.”

The meeting was not posted on the district website as a special meeting of the school board, which would have required it to be open to the public.

Frailey subsequently repeated the speech at the Katy Area Economic Development County monthly meeting, an event open to the media.

The entire guest list, as provided by the school district is as follows:

- Lisa Abbuhl

- Kristin Abel

- Rob & Susan Adams

- Thomas Adams

- Carol Adams

- Joe Adams

- Ronnie Akard

- Moe Al-Barbaraul

- Wendy Amstutz

- Beth Andersen

- Leah Ardis

- George Ayala

- Masaud Baaba

- Sandi Becker

- Scott Barbe

- Tammie Barham

- Debbie Barker

- Tim Barker

- Georgia Bartlett

- Ken Berger

- Kendra Birchfield

- Lori Bode

- Dan Boggio

- Dwayne Bohac

- Kelly Boldt

- Carol Bonaccorso

- Lydia Bontempo

- Marlene Bourgeois

- Sharon Boutwell

- Stefan Boyer

- Terri Bray

- Jinny Breedlove

- Ralph Brock

- Dan Brown

- Bob Bryant

- Donald Burgs

- Pretti Burns

- Karin Calland

- William “Bill” Callegari

- Carolyn Campbell

- Marcy Canady

- Keith Carmichael

- Christine Caskey

- Jason Ceyanes

- Shelly Chamberlain

- Chris Chambers

- Christa Clifton

- Lieszi Compas

- Debbie Conaway

- JoAnn Cooper

- Freda Corbell

- Rebecca Cortez

- Ken Courville

- Sarah Cox

- Chris Crockett

- Laurie Crosby

- Iris Cross

- James Cross

- Kenneth Cummings

- Kelly Davis Mansfield

- Keiko Davidson

- Tricia DeBerry

- Mindy Dickerson

- Jack Dinkins

- Rusty Dowling

- Courtney Doyle

- Eric Duhon

- Wendy Duncan

- Yolanda Edmond

- Jerry Edmonson

- Don Elder

- Elisa Farris

- Marlin Fenn

- Sarah Ferguson

- Kerri Finnesand

- Carra Fleming

- Myrna Flores

- Marcus Forney

- Rebecca Fox

- Anthony Francis

- Denise Frazier

- Laura Freeman

- Kelly Gaines

- Marla Garcia

- Pete & Cheryl Gavrel

- Kerry Gilbert

- Debbie Gilbert

- Kathryn Gilliam

- Dirk Goldsmith

- Larry Gore

- Stan Goss

- Joe Graham

- Mark Grisdale

- Kelly Grissom

- Lori Gunn

- Meredith Gunn

- Tom Gunnell

- Julie Gunter

- Kristin Harper

- Debbie Harris

- Holly Havlick

- John Hay

- Ann Hebert

- Glenn Hegar

- Helen Helm

- Rhonda Henderson

- Ronnie Henriksen

- Greg Henry

- Harper High

- Tory Hill

- Mace Hirt

- Ann Hodge

- Bonnie Holland

- Mark & Linda Holt

- Mark Hopkins

- Anita Horton

- Sylinda Howard

- Neal Howard

- Joan Huffman

- Fabol Hughes

- Rick Hull

- Lynne Humphries

- Sandra Hunt

- Jessica Inman

- Anita Jacobs

- Stephanie Jaterka

- Maydell Jenks

- Mitzi Jones

- Connie Julian

- Kartina Katsarelis

- Jacki Keithan

- Joe Kelley

- David Kendler

- Bruce Kingwell

- Kelly Kotewa

- Elizabeth Kuylen

- Lance LaCour

- Karen Ladner

- Paul Lawson

- Kim Lawson

- Jake LeBlanc

- Ronnie Lee

- Lisa Leethem

- Jim Leggett

- Sonya Lenihan

- Olga Leonard

- Kathy Leonard

- Alene Lindley

- Lisa Madrigal

- Wade Magruder

- Woody Mann

- Leah Marchione

- Doreen Martinez

- Lisa Martinez

- Troy Maxwell

- Brandon Maxwell

- Jack McCabe

- Mark McCord

- Kathy McDonald

- Lana McElmurry

- Peter McElwain

- Lisa McGarity

- Susie McKaskie

- Scooter McMeans

- Fran McTigrit

- Roy Meadows

- Imelda Medrano

- Linda Menius

- Andy Meyers

- Jane Meyers

- Kim Meyers

- Brandy Middleton

- Jennifer Miko

- Joe Miller

- John Moody

- Joe L. Moody

- Bill Moore

- Ronnie Mosher

- Melvin Nash

- Bob Nelson

- Amy Newman

- Edward Nicholas

- Beth Nightingale

- Juli Noeldner

- Jessica Nuncio

- Dena Nunn

- Donna Ortiz

- Julie Outlaw

- Lonnie Owens

- Patty Paetow

- Marla Parrie

- Dan Patrick

- Eileen Pavolvich

- Andrew Perry

- Janine Phillips

- David Piwonka

- Judi Post

- Carrie Prudhomme

- Steve Pustejovsky

- Claudia Quiroga

- Steve Radack

- Denise Ragsdale

- Cynthia Ramirez

- Cheryl Rankin

- Vicki Rao

- Steve Reichardt

- Susan Reichstein

- Susan Rice

- Bob Richardson

- Kelly Ricks

- Steve Robertson

- Steve Robinson

- Mike Robinson

- Malynn Rodriguez

- Ben Rolens

- Alicia Rolon

- Gwen Rosenboom

- Carla Rypien

- Chris Salenga

- Jim Savage

- Lenny Schad

- Tim Schauer

- Hank Schmidt

- Mike & Tina Seaman

- Kari Sezonov

- Patty Shafer

- Robert Shaw

- Scott Sheppard

- Lisa Simmons

- Heather Slavens

- Chris Smith

- Ann Smith

- Leslie Smuts

- Judith Snyder

- Steve Stanford

- Stan Stanley

- Cazilda Steele

- Jeff Stocks

- Debbie Stoddard

- Kevin Stoerner

- Al Stone

- Christi Sullivan

- Kathryn Swatsenbarg

- Janet Theis

- Susan Thiele

- Elena Thrun

- O.D. Thompkins

- Claudia Tucci

- Becky Tucker

- Judy Van Dyke

- Cathy Verrett

- Downy Vickery

- Ted Vierling

- Hubert Vo

- Ronnie Walker

- Tiffany Walker

- MaryBeth Walt

- G.F. Watkins

- Mark Webber

- Anna Webb-Storey

- Jane Welborn

- Christine Whitbeck

- Richard White

- Randy White

- Kathy Whitley

- Stephanie Wiggins

- Garry Wills

- David Woodham

- Bill Woolsey

- Ben Young

- John Zerwas

The information released by the school district does not indicate those invitees who were actually present for the speech and those who did not attend.

2 Comments

Mary McGarr OCTOBER 25, 2010 AT 9:54 AM

Movers and shakers, indeed!

More like pigs slopping at the public trough.

I hope you interview each and every one and ask them if they went. The public and I want to know.

Mary McGarr

Mary McGarrOCTOBER 25, 2010 AT 6:15 PM

After examining the list more carefully, it appears that the pigs were indeed there, but mostly the attendees were another captive audience of employees who came with their PTA and PTO presidents (and I’m guessing they didn’t have much choice about the matter either).

Step #5 of Alton Frailey’s “Bag of Tricks for Passing a Bond Referendum.”

I hope the coerced attendance at this meeting ticked some of them off enough that they will find retribution in voting against the Bond Designed Only to Keep Alton Frailey Employed.