The first involved in-person instruction, combining face-to-face teaching with digital learning through Canvas, including daily attendance tracking.

The second option, the Katy Virtual Academy (KVA), offered real-time, live instruction via Canvas, allowing students to follow the KISD curriculum and meet Texas graduation requirements.

[14] At around the same time, a man named Sean Dolan ran Hindt's dissertation through a software, and discovered that it matched with another paper, leading to accusations of plagiarism.

[18] The district agreed to pay $955,795 as severance, a payment which violated Texas Education Code Section 11.201 and resulted in a loss of $513,755 in funding.

[22] In October 2021, author Jerry Craft was scheduled to speak to fourth and fifth graders about his graphic novels New Kid and Class Act.

[26][27] Students, including Samuels, started a petition soon after that garnered almost two thousand signatures within a few months and drew national attention to the district.

[28] The district defended blocking access to the Trevor Project by claiming it violated the Children's Internet Protection Act with its chat features.

In December 2021 and January 2022, following formal complaints by Samuels, the district unblocked the websites of four organizations supporting the LGBTQ+ community: the Montrose Center, the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG, and GLSEN.

Students and parents spoke against banning Maus during the public forum segment of the March 2022 board meeting, and the district announced its decision later that week to keep the book in middle school libraries.

[45] In August 2023, the district's Board of Trustees introduced a new policy on “Parental Authority & Gender Fluidity Matters” with a specific emphasis on transgender identity.

Moreover, the policy prohibited discussions about gender fluidity and required students to use restroom and locker room facilities that correspond with their sex assigned at birth.

[46] With significant media attention in the week leading up to the board’s vote, community members arrived at the meeting to see hundreds in line for overflow seating.

[56][57] The U.S. Department of Education opened a federal civil rights investigation on May 6, 2024 into the policy on the basis of “gender harassment” under Title IX.

[60][61] The group, along with the ACLU of Texas and community-based nonprofits, has hosted numerous events, including a rally, film screening, and Know Your Rights training.

Prior to the growth of the Venezuelan community, circa the 1990s, the main Hispanic and Latino population in Greater Katy was Mexican American.