Record 01 · Sequence
The 2018 Defamation Vote
A documented sequence involving public comment, closed sessions, legal action, the superintendent's departure, official statements, votes, and gaps in the published record.
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A public record of Katy ISD board decisions, votes, documents and video.
356
Board meetings
14,374
Recorded votes
7,232
Documents
328
Meeting videos
Archive as of August 2026 · Source: BoardDocs · Katy ISD board video
From the record
“Because the legacy of Katy, for all of us, is much more than just a hashtag.”
President, Katy ISD Board of Trustees
Eight years later, A Better Legacy is an archive of that public record.
Thirteen years · 25 trustees
99.56% of every recorded vote was yea.
Across 15,339 recorded votes, the archive contains 50 nay and 17 abstain votes. Each dissenting vote is individually itemised on the trustee's page.
Sourced from the BoardDocs archive summary generated 15 August 2026 (321 of 356 meetings processed). Data limits →
Current Board of Trustees
Sitting members
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Position 6
Rebecca Fox
1,830 recorded votes
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Position 7
Dawn Champagne
1,284 recorded votes
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Position 2
Lance Redmon
1,143 recorded votes
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Trustee
Cicely Taylor
22 recorded votes
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Trustee
James Cross
22 recorded votes
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Trustee
Jim Davidson
22 recorded votes
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Trustee
Nathan Shipley
22 recorded votes
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Documented Records
Two extended documentary projects.
Record 02 · Exhibit
Dissertation Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of the Hindt (2012) doctoral dissertation and an earlier source dissertation.
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Matched passages
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Identical words
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Pages containing matches
Record 03 · Dataset
Every recorded disagreement.
Most school-board business is routine consent-agenda work. Where any trustee did not vote with the majority, that vote is here. Filterable by year, cited to the primary meeting record.
View non-consensus record →Former Trustees
Prior members of the board.
- Amy Thieme 2023-05-15 – 2025-03-31
- Morgan Calhoun 2023-05-15 – 2025-03-31
- Mary Ellen Cuzela 2023-05-15 – 2025-03-31
- Victor Perez 2022-05-16 – 2025-03-31
- Ashley Vann 2014-04-28 – 2023-05-15
- Greg Schulte 2020-11-18 – 2023-05-15
- Leah Wilson 2020-11-18 – 2023-05-15
- Duke Keller 2019-05-20 – 2022-04-25
- Susan Gesoff 2018-06-25 – 2021-04-26
- Bill Lacy 2017-05-15 – 2020-11-17
- Courtney Doyle 2014-04-28 – 2020-11-17
- George Scott 2016-06-10 – 2019-05-13
- Bryan Michalsky 2013-11-18 – 2018-04-23
- Charles Griffin 2013-11-18 – 2018-04-23
- Henry Dibrell 2013-11-18 – 2017-04-24
- Joe Adams 2013-11-18 – 2016-04-25
- Bill Proctor, PhD 2013-11-18 – 2014-04-28
- Terry Huckaby 2013-11-18 – 2014-04-28
In development
Full-text search across meetings, transcripts, and documents is planned for a later phase.