Katy ISD’s alternative disciplinary campus may be downsized in favor of a virtual model following recent legislation.

In a unanimous vote, the board approved design services Aug. 25 to repurpose the Opportunity Awareness Center, or OAC, site as part of a long-term plan to expand the nearby Miller Career & Technology Center, or MCTC, which currently has a waitlist of students wanting to enroll. The new site is slated to be open by August 2027.

Superintendent Ken Gregorski said the move reflects a broader strategy to use district space more efficiently amid flat state funding.

“We can't continue some of our models the same way in Katy that we've always done [due to] funding,” he said. “We are planning on shrinking the model and making a lot of efficiency within what our current program is

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