Houston Public MediaApr 3, 2025

Cy-Fair ISD's decision to strip chapters from books already approved by Texas' Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/04/03/517633/conservatives-on-the-cy-fair-isd-school-board-escalate-fight-over-textbooks/

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Conservatives on the Cy-Fair ISD school board escalate fight over textbooks

The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaNov 12, 2024

Cy-Fair ISD trustees, in their latest controversial move, overwhelmingly approved a policy that requires students to use the restrooms associated with their assigned sex at birth.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/11/12/505817/cy-fair-isd-board-passes-policy-restricting-bathroom-use-by-biological-sex/

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Cy-Fair ISD board passes policy restricting bathroom use by biological sex

The move is the latest by a school board that's repeatedly found itself at the center of hot-button discussions and dissenting arguments from community members.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaOct 4, 2024

Records we obtained from Cy-Fair ISD show its board's focus on libraries came after three people with close ties to trustees Todd LeCompte and Lucas Scanlon, and LeCompte himself, accounted for 52 of the 58 book challenges in 2022-23.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/books-libraries/2024/10/04/502048/cy-fair-isds-focus-on-libraries-followed-flood-of-book-challenges-by-two-trustees-inner-circles/

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Cy-Fair ISD’s focus on libraries followed flood of book challenges by two trustees’ inner circles

Board member Todd LeCompte, his wife, his campaign treasurer and the wife of trustee Lucas Scanlon accounted for 52 of the 58 book reconsideration requests submitted during the 2022-23 school year, according to records obtained from the Houston-area district.

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