Second, they gave him a two-year separation payment, estimated to be worth $750,000. First, the school board set aside some $25,000 to be used in a potential defamation lawsuit filed on Hindt’s behalf. According to Hindt, he and his family were the victims of an “Organized and relentless and dishonest smear campaign,” and he needed to step away for his family’s sake.īut, while his resignation announcement was met with literal cheers, what happened after added a new layer of controversy to Hindt’s story.
However, shortly after the allegations were launched, Hindt announced his resignation from the position, which took effect on January 1, 2019. Sean Dolan, himself a former Katy ISD student and parent of children in the district, noted on his blog, A Better Legacy, similarities between Hindt’s 2012 dissertation from the University of Houston and a 2008 dissertation by Keith Rowland at Liberty University.
The case was settled without criminal charges.īut in the midst of the bullying allegations, a new set of accusations rose to the surface. There was even a lawsuit that accused Hindt of beating a man unconscious when he was 18. Hindt, for his part, denied the allegations but others came forward, including an Alabama judge, to accuse Hindt of having a bullying past. Hindt was seen chuckling at the allegations, which helped cause the video of the accusations to go viral and become national news, despite the allegations being nearly 40 years old. On that day, during an otherwise routine school board meeting, a former classmate of Hindt, Gregory Gay, took to the podium and accused Hindt of bullying him during their time junior high school together. However, his career took a sharp turn on March 19, 2018.
He backed teacher pay raises and even drafted a $609 million bond package that won over voter approval. He began the job on October 1st and, by most accounts, his tenure was reasonably successful. It was a triumphant moment for Hindt, one that saw him come back to his hometown to head one of the largest school districts in Texas. In July 2016, Lance Hindt was appointed to a 5-year term as superintendent of the Katy Independent School District (ISD).
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