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Katy Superintendent Seeks Meeting With Accuser
Superintendent Lance Hindt has asked the man who accused him of bullying 40 years earlier for a meeting.
KATY, TX — For weeks, Katy ISD Superintendent Lance Hindt has been the subject of scrutiny after allegations surfaced last month that revealed he’d been a bullying youth more than 35 years ago.
However, Hindt was greeted a rally before Monday’s workshop meeting with cheers, prayers and community support.
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“This event seeks to uplift Dr. Hindt through the power of positivity,” a press release from organizers of the rally read in part.
Katy ISD teacher Debbie Ellis, who organized the rally, urged supporters to stand shoulder to shoulder in support of Hindt, KTRK reported.
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The allegations first came to light during a March 19 meeting when Katy businessman Greg Gay addressed the board, and revealed that Hindt had bullied him 40 years earlier when they were both in junior high, and that when he’d complained, no one addressed the bullying.
"Lance, you were the one that shoved my head in the urinal," Gay said at that meeting.
Gay said his intent was to shed light on the bullying policies and hoped that Hindt would address the issues by closing up the loopholes related to bullying.
However, much more came to light.
In the weeks that followed, more allegations of Hindt’s bullying became public knowledge, with the revelation of a 1983 lawsuit that alleged Hindt had beaten a man into a coma.
Hindt, who was 18 at the time, was never charged.
Hinst acknowledged in the weeks that followed that he was a young mand who "did dumb things" and credited love and mentorship of many for his transition.
Now, with the matter seemingly behind him, Hindt said he’d like to meet with Gay privately.
“I just hope at some point we can sit down — and not in a big, public forum,” Hindt told the Houston Chronicle.
Gay said he would be open to a meeting with Hindt.
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