Katy ISD used a two-hour operations job fair at Morton Ranch High School to recruit for the support jobs that keep buses moving, lunches served and campuses open on time. The fair ran from 9 to 11 a.m. on July 11 at 21000 Franz Road in Katy, and the district said it was looking for security guards, kitchen employees, bus drivers and bus driver trainees, custodians, groundskeepers and general maintenance workers.
Those positions sit at the center of daily district operations. Katy ISD’s Maintenance & Operations department says it is the district’s largest department by personnel and budget, with nearly 1,000 employees, and its fast facts page says custodians clean the equivalent of 5,900 homes of 2,500 square feet each evening. The same page says the district’s HVAC staff maintain air conditioning capacity equal to two George Bush Intercontinental Airports, a reminder of how much behind-the-scenes work goes into keeping campuses usable across a sprawling district.
The district has been clear about the kinds of work these jobs require. Katy ISD says school bus drivers are professional drivers with special training and a commercial driver’s license, and the transportation department says its goal is to provide safe, efficient and dependable service. The maintenance department says its crews handle electrical, plumbing and HVAC issues, along with general maintenance, roofing, waterproofing and groundskeeping. The custodial division says its training program is used as a model by other Texas school districts.
The job fair was part of a broader recruiting pipeline, not just a one-day hiring event. Katy ISD tells attendees to complete an Anticipated Vacancy application so campus and department administrators can review their information, then apply for specific listings and sign up for weekly job alerts. The district has also used operations fairs before: hundreds of candidates attended an earlier one in January 2025, and the board later approved a compensation increase for the 2026-27 school year that included a 1 percent mid-point raise for all employees. With 95,000 students spread across 181 square miles, Katy ISD is still trying to staff the buses, kitchens and maintenance crews that keep the district running every day.
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