Keller ISD Parents and Community

08/15/2025

TEA district ratings are out. You can look up individual schools or districts at the link below.

Keller ISD as a district earned a rating of B (85/100).

https://txschools.gov/?lng=en

08/14/2025

New teacher wishlist, this time from Keller Collegiate Academy!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/HF2E7SYG7CB2?ref_=wl_share

08/12/2025

A great overview from Keller ISD Pulse on the split plans/TOMA violations (allegedly ;) ) committed by the board.

Heritage Legal Task Force Files Criminal Referrals and Seeks Permanent Injunction Following Discovery of Systematic Open Meetings Act Violations

08/11/2025

This is something to remember when see see elected officials bragging about the funding increase they gave to our schools. Many of our teachers won't see a raise at all with rising healthcare premiums. It's unacceptable.

We did the math on the proposed new insurance and most Keller ISD Educators will be bringing home less money than previous years once the new insurance premiums go into effect.

We understand that insurance is a difficult thing to navigate. John Allison has clearly explained this at board meetings and Sheri Rich has tried to shop around, but the fact is this, educators are tough to insure for a variety of reasons.

So, we have crunched some numbers. These numbers were available at the district insurance meeting and shared with us. The three options basically show a 32%-35% increase insurance. Now, this was done with a calculator and a yellow legal pad, so they are rough numbers, but should show the problem.

For this exercise, the math is based on a Keller ISD teacher with 5+ Year of teaching experience. Please correct us if you see we are wrong on our numbers. We'd love to be wrong on this.

Keller ISD is giving teachers a Teacher Retention Allotment of $5,000/year for 5+ years’ experience. You divide that by 12 months and that’s $416.67/month, but after taxes, it’s closer to $333/month.

High Deductible Plan
• Single: +$188 more take-home
• Spouse: –$67 less take-home
• Children: +$9 more take-home
• Family: –$258 less take-home

Major Medical Plan
• Single: +$121 more take-home
• Spouse: –$135 less take-home
• Children: –$23 less take-home
• Family: –$332 less take-home

Essential Plan
• Single: –$29 less take-home
• Spouse: –$376 less take-home
• Children: –$279 less take-home
• Family: –$667 less take-home

Keller ISD employs about 4,000 people and insures 2,230 employees and 3228 members including dependents. Yet while cutting services like the Employee Wellness Center, the district has spent well over $1 million on things like RSM, Moak Casey, and TEE memberships and paying Superintendent Johnson $425,384 to walk away and having to hire Dr. Wilson at $285,000 all while adding up racking up legal fees well over $500,000 with Tim Davis.

Now, here’s the reality for teachers: once you factor in higher taxes and rising insurance premiums, most will see almost nothing extra in their paychecks next year and many will actually take home less in 2026.

And no, this isn’t just a Keller ISD problem. This is a statewide problem. Nate Schatzline and David Lowe will tell you they gave “record money to public schools.” That is a great sound bit when you don’t understand your job. HB2 didn’t fix the leaking pipe; it slapped on a strip of duct tape. That’s why we need a community that votes for leaders who value and fund public education both local and at the state level.

If we want strong schools, we can’t keep letting money drip away while teachers and staff pay the price.

Note: This is the proposed new insurance.

08/07/2025

Next teacher wishlist up!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/JLM6PVEU731N?ref_=wl_share

07/29/2025

Next up, Mrs. White at Trinity Meadows Intermediate!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2BVK54HVQZUX6?ref_=wl_share

07/29/2025

Teachers!! Get your grant applications in!!!

🌟 Calling all educators! 🌟
The Educator Grant portal is now OPEN for Teacher Grants and Professional Development Scholarships — an incredible opportunity to support the work you do and the growth you deserve.

Whether it’s bringing a classroom dream to life or investing in your own learning journey, don’t miss out! ✨
The portal will remain open through September 21st — make sure to apply and share with your colleagues!

You inspire so many. Now it’s your turn to be supported. 💚💙
🔗kisdfoundation.net/kefgrants

07/29/2025

07/23/2025

Monthly board meeting this Thursday at 5 pm:

You can read the agenda here:

https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/2320?meeting=688252

Nothing too spicy- looks like Dr. Wilson will be named Superintendent. They’ll discuss STAAR results. Several interlocal agreements will be renewed.

If you’d like to speak you can sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aObEsjPp7StZNaT_lv2MqsneTQBlS9ym1K-LrjXiXC8/edit

You have until Thursday at noon.

You can watch the live stream here:

https://m.youtube.com/live/c5qkhb9EqVc?feature=share

07/21/2025

Zero edits.

Serving on a school board should be boring.

Truly. It should be non-partisan, uneventful, and focused on one mission: serving students and supporting the community. School boards exist to make policy and provide oversight, not to run the district, not to push personal agendas, not to stir up controversy or try and divide it. Their role is to ensure district administrators have what they need to manage the day to day operations that lead to student success.

That includes things like reviewing and approving the district’s annual budget to make sure money is being spent wisely, on classrooms, teachers, and essential student services. Not on waste. Not on personal travel. And definitely not on lawyers for the board.

Let’s rewind the clock to May 2014. A local Keller ISD school board election should have been just that: boring. In a race of 4 candidates, Jo Lynn Haussmann won a seat by a wide margin, 50.5%, or about 2,138 votes, in an election where most voters didn’t even show up for.

Within a month, she made national news, not for helping students, but for a Facebook post targeting a local city council member’s religion, writing:

“Do you realize because SO FEW voters took the time and responsibility to VOTE in the municipal elections — YOU NOW HAVE A 'MUSLIM' on the city council!!!! What a SHAME!!!!”

The community was outraged. Though Haussmann issued an apology, it rang hollow. Before apologizing, she bragged:

“My Internet and phone have gone crazy with people supporting me. I am so thankful.”

The Keller ISD board responded by formally condemning her behavior in a 5-1 vote Haussmann herself casting the lone “no” vote, and asked her to resign. She didn’t.

Instead, she spent the next year combative with the board and the public. Haussmann criticized the board majority for approving deficit budgets, writing, “I see no reason why KISD couldn't have a balanced budget but it is not the current board’s desire.”
But by March 2016, she had stopped showing up to meetings altogether. However, in a but of irony, in April 2016, she managed to attend a National School Board Conference in Boston, on the district’s dime, charging taxpayers $3,400 for the trip.

She missed the April and May meetings, campaigned for a failed slate of candidates, and finally resigned in June 2016, citing “health concerns” and claiming the superintendent “bullied” her.
All of this over a span of two years. Two years where the focus was not on students or classrooms, but on the chaos one trustee brought.

The lesson?

The school board should never outshine the students.

They should be in the background, applauding at award ceremonies, clapping at graduations, and quietly ensuring that teachers, staff, and students have what they need. Making sure the district isn’t wasting money on things they don’t need to.

And if you are on a school board, and not providing that, and that alone, you should resign.

07/20/2025

Teachers, Jennifer Erickson for KISD wants to hear from you!

How can we prepare our kids for a successful year and help make your lives easier?

This one’s for all our educators out there. First, I hope you’re enjoying some well-deserved rest and relaxation.

🎒 📕 ✏️ As we approach the start of school and we prepare new routines, give us parents some feedback. What tips and tricks do you recommend for a smooth start? How can parents help support you? You can share in the comments or send me a private message if you’d rather not share publicly. If enough people chime in I’ll compile them and share back out before school starts.

Thank you for all you do! 💜