Saw a comment in that other blog that Bill Proctor is Alton Frailey's boss. I'd like to clarify that misconception. Alton Frailey's boss is the Board of Trustees acting as a body corporate. Think about how horrible a band would sound if instead of having a single conductor, the brass, percussion, woodwinds, and horns all had separate conductors. If each section played at different tempos, and the horns wanted to play a waltz instead of a march, the music would be a mess! State law is pretty smart in this instance: Having 7 trustees ensures the values of the community are woven into all decisions, but by insisting they act as a single unit, they avoid the total confusion of superintendents getting 7 sets of directions.
The job of the Superintendent is, in a nutshell, to educate students and manage the resources of the district. Since Alton Frailey has been in Katy ISD, student test scores have improved, the district continues to win awards for financial management practices, transparency, and for achieving significant student academic growth while keeping spending relatively low, and in 2010 he was awarded Superintendent of the Year for Region IV.
My hope, as a taxpayer and as a person concerned about the students of this community, is that Alton Frailey will focus his energies and talents on running the district, rather than baby-sitting a board that is dysfunctional because two of its members' goal is to derail the business of the district for an election-time publicity stunt. I also hope that the board will get its act together before they "distract" this district to disaster.
Alton Frailey is a fair and honorable man. He is very capable of handling the district's administrative business and providing the board the tools it needs to take care of its responsibilities. The community has every right to support him regardless of the board's issues amongst themselves.
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