As with other predominantly white suburbs across the country, Keller has always leaned conservative, but fall 2021 saw a sharp uptick in right-wing hysteria at the local school board meetings. “That was when Matt Krause’s book list dropped,” said Laney Hawes, referring to the state rep’s letter to a state agency
The funding mechanism known as Robin Hood has existed in Texas for about 40 years. Property-wealthy school districts are required to send tax dollars back to the state so they can, in theory, be distributed to districts in need. Keller ISD trustees have been asking the state to show them what it is doing with the tax dollars collected through recapture. They say the state is not giving them any answers.
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You may remember the name Samsonite. He’s a pit bull that was rescued in Killeen in 2021 after being found severely burned and discarded in a dumpster.