Killeen ISD welcoming 44,500 students, new superintendent in 2023-2024

By tOdd Martin Killeen isd coMMunications

For the first time in five years, Killeen ISD will begin a new school year without opening a new school. Instead, KISD is welcoming a new superintendent — Dr. Jo Ann Fey, who officially stepped into the district’s top administrative position in July.

The former superintendent of Midlothian ISD has spent most of her education career, 26 years, in South- west ISD near San Antonio.

She has expressed her belief in the value of a well-rounded education, including academic, co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities for all students.

Fey was an All-American athlete at Southern Methodist University. She and her husband, a civil engineer and retired soldier, are parents of three children. Their youngest, a daughter, is a two-time track and field state champion beginning her senior year at Chaparral High School.

With this year’s start of school Aug. 14, more than 6,300 district employees will converge on 52 campuses and administrative buildings serving an expected 44,500 students ranging from 3- and 4-year-old pre-kindergarten students to seniors completing their high school education.

Killeen ISD is the 24th largest school district in Texas, stretching across Fort Cavazos, Killeen, Harker Heights, Nolanville and parts of rural Bell County.

It is also the fourth most diverse district in the state.

School district structures occupy 7.6 million square feet of building space on 1,471 acres of property.

More than 350 school buses transport more than 12,000 eligible riders from 4,481 bus stops, traveling a combined 26,000 miles a day.

The district is expanding its transportation capacity with an addition at the Sheridan Transportation Center on Trimmier Road.

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