A Better Legacy

On December 10, 2018, Katy ISD Trustees Rebecca Fox, Susan Gesoff, and Dawn Champagne discuss their disagreements with the board’s decision not to open up the Superintendent search to a national pool of candidates. Ashley Vann, Bill Lacy, George Scott, and Courtney Doyle disagree, feeling that it would be disrespectful not to continue with an […]

I initially attempted to help conduct a national search for the best superintendent for our schools, regardless of whether they are currently employed by Katy ISD or not. After receiving a cease and desist letter from Katy ISD’s general counsel, I’ve revised the post and responded. I guess the school does not want us finding […]

Here is an extensive, but unfortunately not an exhaustive list of extremely troubling violations of trust made by the Katy ISD School Board discovered through a public information request. Click to view PDF: Katy ISD Transparency

An open letter from a former Katy ISD bus driver. I gave her the option of anonymity, but she bravely decided to go on the record. If you have a story to share, anonymously or not, please contact me. Dear Mr. Sean, I was a Katy ISD bus driver from January 2009 to June 2013. […]

I filed a freedom of information request for any emails to the district from Keith Rowland, a Principal in Douglasville, Georgia. Keith wrote a dissertation in 2008 that shows incredible similarities to Dr. Lance Hindt’s dissertation written in 2012. This evidence of plagiarism has been pointed out by more than one expert. Click to view […]

Peter Wood from the Nation Association of Scholars posted an open letter today, asking the University of Houston to take the allegations of Dr. Lance Hindt’s doctorate dissertation plagiarism seriously, and consider revoking his degree. Peter Wood has a history of successfully pressuring other Universities to do the right thing and revoke degrees of doctoral […]

When “A Better Legacy” first came out on Facebook I wanted to personally read through the website and see another side of things. The Katy Independent School District’s PR is committed to promoting the many wonderful attributes of our schools. There are fine educators in Katy, and many fine administrators leading students toward meaningful, purposeful […]

Watch some of the public comments from this week’s School Board Workstudy meeting. View the public utility usage posted on Katy ISD on July 9th, 2018: View Usage Report. You can review all previous reports here. For more information about the 300,000 data points visit: https://abetterlegacy.com/status-of-foi-request-for-300000-data-points-tracked-on-students/ The current board members (not seen in the video) […]

On May 2nd, 2018 at 10:25 pm, just days before a very important school board election, the district sent out an email to their employees asking them to be sure to vote. I sent the following email in response, to select educators and administrators. The following was my plea for educators to simply look at […]

I hope that at least one board member will work up the courage to do the right thing here. So far, nobody is ready to even admit they read the dissertations.

Click here to find your voting location. Thank you for taking the time to understand where I’m coming from in my support of Scott Martin and Dawn Champagne. Keep in mind that neither candidate has asked for my endorsement. Dr. Lance Hindt, along with many board members including Ashley Vann, Courtney Doyle, and Bill Lacy […]

Join the conversation at: Facebook.com/ABetterLegacy Update: Fox 26 ran this story: I messaged Ashley Vann, the president of the Katy ISD school board a few days ago and shared this with her, and asked that we meet to discuss this and hopefully find a way to handle this in-house, and keep it out of the […]

This was voted on and signed by Katy ISD. Many questions from the community went unanswered, and the board voted unanimously in favor of it. This is why you need to vote Saturday May 5th for Scott Martin and Dawn Champagne. Someone needs to ask the right questions about these services being bought with our […]

(Edit May 11, 2018) Here is the most recent version of the lawsuit filed against KISD, dismissing all defendants except Mr. Milton , the below version of the lawsuit is outdated, but I will keep it up for historical purposes. The document below was what I received from KISD through a FOI request, so that […]

Greg Gay spoke at the school board meeting and accused Lance Hindt of shoving his head in a urinal. Lance later denied these claims in a statement: “But when an individual impugns my character and reputation as the instigator of those actions, I am disappointed because it simply is not true.” “I do not suggest […]

Election date: May 5th 2018 2018 Voting Locations and Times Candidate information: Seat 6 This means you will have to vote for either Susan or Scott. Susan Gesoff Full Name: Susan Marie Gesoff Occupation: Engineer/BP Subdivision: Grand Lakes Years Lived in Katy ISD: 13 Years Twitter: susangesoff Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanmgesoff4KISD/ Scott Martin Full Name: Scott Andrew […]

First off, I think it’s a bit silly to have to prove my “Katy, Texas credibility” to anyone. I believe my story is valid whether I’ve lived here my whole life, or whether I moved here from another country last year. As it turns out I have lived here nearly my whole life, and I […]

Yesterday at the school board meeting, the president of the School Board, Ashley Vann stated “the board fully vetted Dr. Lance Hindt”. Did they only vet “Lance Hindt”, or did they also vet “Lawrence Anthony Hindt”? ABetterLegacy.com was tipped-off anonymously with some interesting documents, and after consulting with my attorneys, I have been informed that […]