Katy Independent School District history

She moved to Alief, Texas, in 1924 and grew up on a cotton farm for most of her life.

At age 17, she married James Mayes (J.M.) Baker, Jr. and for a brief time in the 1930’s worked in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they built a house and James worked on the railroad.

The City of Katy was formally incorporated in 1945.

Baker became the first woman school bus driver for the Katy Independent School District in 1955.

In 1959, she would be the one who drove the school bus that transported local fans to see the Katy Tigers win their first state championship.

Lester Reinecker attended Texas A&M University and graduated in 1970 as a proud Aggie and member of the Corps of Cadets.

When Taylor High School opened in 1979, Garland McMeans appointed Reinecker as head football coach and campus athletic coordinator.

Reinecker left coaching in 1983 to accept the position of assistant supervisor under Don Paull, the director of transportation.

She retired from Katy ISD in August 1985 after 30 years of dedicated service to the school district.

19, 1989, at the Holy Covenant United Methodist Church in Katy, and included Janelle Jordan, President of The ARC of Texas, who gave direction in forming the organization.

Baker was the Honorary Grand Marshal of the Katy FFA Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade in 1999 and an Honorary Chapter Farmer of both the Katy and Taylor High Schools’ Future Farmers of America chapters.

Reinecker remained in this position until he retired in 2002 after 32 years as a teacher, coach and administrator.