Leonard Merrill Center

Compassion Katy Hosts Operation Back 2 School for KISD Title 1 Elementary Students

Katy Christian Ministries' Red Apple School Supplies Program is part of Operation Back 2 School. Supplies are made ready to help children in need start the school year strong.

By George Slaughter Students attending Katy Independent School District Title 1 elementary schools will receive backpacks, school supplies, and other resources Saturday thanks to Compassion Katy’s third annual Operation Back 2 School program. Opening ceremonies for the Operation Back 2 School distribution event are set for 7:45 a.m. Saturday at the Leonard E. Merrill Center, 6301 S. Stadium Lane. Actual distribution begins at 8 a.m. and continues until 6 p.m. Supplies will be delivered to […]

KISD Holds State of District Breakfast to Celebrate Achievements and Promote Bond Election

Dr. Lance Hindt, Katy ISD Superintendent (Katy ISD photo)

By George Slaughter Katy Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Lance Hindt spoke in favor of a school bond proposal before voters and praised recent faculty and student achievements at a “State of the District 2017” breakfast event Wednesday morning. The achievements included how district faculty, staff, and students dealt with Hurricane Harvey. The area received 52 inches of rain in four days, he said, and 15,000 students were impacted. Creech Elementary School, 5905 S. Mason […]