Education
BY MARK FADDEN
Keller ISD trustees discuss budget cuts
Trustee resigns amid lm crew controversy
Keller ISD fund balance history To help pay for the shortfall, KISD o cials may need to dip into the fund balance, which is already lower than the Texas Education Agency recommendation.
Fund balance
Amount needed to be at TEA recommendation
Keller ISD trustee Sandi Walker announced her resignation from the KISD board in a Feb. 18 Facebook post. Her resignation comes on the heels of an interview she conducted with an evangelical lm crew at
Superintendent Tracy Johnson gave Keller ISD board of trustees a report on the district’s 2024-25 budget Jan. 25 that included a $28 million shortfall. The details Johnson said that conversations about balancing the budget have been going on since August and that the thought of having to make sta ng cuts weighed heavily on district leaders. Johnson alluded to the fact that the Texas Legisla- ture was in session for 246 days and representatives passed just 10% of what was put in front of them with regard to education. Diving in deeper Keller ISD leaders have been trying to identify e ciencies since August, Johnson said, adding that district leaders are counting on some e ciencies coming through attrition.
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Sandi Walker
Central High School in Keller while school was in session and several students were lmed. A closer look The district had been noti ed of Walker’s resignation and shared parents’ concerns, per a Feb. 19 KISD statement. It said the district’s legal representation is working to have the footage destroyed or returned to KISD.
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Other e ciencies include: • Implementing centralized purchasing process for instructional materials and technology • Moving to campus-level support “One of our nonnegotiables is we are not elimi- nating programs for students,” Johnson said.
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