Keller ISD Community, 

The Keller ISD Board of Trustees held its monthly Regular Meeting on Thursday, March 28, which focused on academic growth of our students and the District’s new science instructional materials selection. You can watch the entirety of the meeting on Keller ISD’s YouTube channel by clicking here.

Keller ISD has so many amazing students and employees, and we were excited to celebrate just a few of them Thursday, including 50 student-athletes who recently competed at the state level and our monthly employee award recipients.

The Board heard an encouraging report from Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Jennifer Price, about student academic progress. Looking at MAP results from K-8 math, the District saw growth at every grade level. For those not familiar with MAP, it is an adaptive assessment tool our schools use to track student progress throughout the school year. While reviewing math progress, she also shared about the success of the District’s unique hybrid math program, which has allowed qualifying students to take advanced math courses.

Trustees voted unanimously to approve the District’s science instructional material recommendation – SAVVAS Kindergarten-Physics: Experience Science and the teacher additions of McGraw Hill Kindergarten-Biology. The selection was the result of nearly a year of planning by the KISD Curriculum and Instruction team, months of feedback and review from District science teachers, and community feedback through several public review sessions.

Keller ISD is facing a $27 million budget deficit due to the Texas Legislature’s failure to support public education. The state had a surplus of more than $30 billion and chose not to spend a single penny to address inflationary costs (which have increased by 17%), provide pay raises to our hard-working educators (the only state employee group that did not receive raises this year), adequately address safety and security of school campuses, and properly fund much-need programs like Special Education.

The District held a budget workshop on March 21 to provide an update on the District’s financial outlook for 2024-2025. You can click here to view a recording of that session. Dr. Johnson answered questions about the District’s plan to address the historic budget crisis, and she reiterated the District and Board’s unwavering commitment to KISD staff and providing an exceptional education for all students.

We also look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Saturday, April 6, as we all join together for The Big Event – a one-day, district-wide service project. Parents and students should have received information from their respective campuses about what projects their school has planned. For more information, be sure to visit www.KellerISD.net/TheBigEvent. 

As a reminder, the next Regular Meeting of the KISD Board of Trustees will be on Thursday, April 25. Thank you for your continued support of Keller ISD students and for staying engaged in the business of caring for our community’s future leaders. 

Dr. Charles Randklev
President 
Keller ISD Board of Trustees

Dr. Tracy Johnson 
Superintendent 
Keller ISD