Prior to the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the Killeen Independent School District announced a number of staff changes â including the resignation of one deputy superintendent.
Superintendent John Craft named Nicole Koch Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives and Accountability and John Hocking as the Executive Director of Technology Services, according to a news release issued Wednesday.
Koch, a former teacher at Sugar Loaf and Saegert Elementary schools, was most recently the districtâs Special Projects Assistant to assistant superintendents, and tasked with developing the Teacher Incentive Allotment Program for the district.
Koch holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, in Belton, a Master of Business Administration from Texas Womanâs University, in Denton, and a Master of Educational Administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce.
The Killeen Independent School District has reported a total of 1,800 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff since March 2020 as of Saturday.
There have been 1,789 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff within the Killeen Independent School District since March 2020, as of Saturday.
At the elementary level, 385 students and 456 staff have tested positive. At KISD middle schools, 232 students and 146 staff have tested positive, and 288 students and 153 staff have tested positive at high schools, according to the district’s COVID-19 dashboard, https://www.killeenisd.org/dashboard.
A total of 128 staff members and one student have tested positive at KISDâs non-campus buildings.
At least two teachers have died from complications with the virus.
There were 15 active cases of the virus â 10 students and five staff members â in the district as of Saturday, according to KISD. KISD keeps track of the active cases, by school, on its website.