KILLEEN, Texas — The Killeen Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to name Killeen Elementary School #36 "Pat Carney Elementary School." This comes after a regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.
"It's really emotional because this is a hard week for us anyway," Carney's daughter Nikki McDaniel said.
The new campus on Azura Dr. will be named in honor of the late Killeen ISD educator who was tragically killed in the Luby’s Cafeteria massacre on October 16, 1991.
"Her whole world was around this district," McDaniel said.
Patricia "Pat" Brann Kemp Carney was a lifelong educator with over 27 years of experience at Killeen ISD, according to the district. Carney was a teacher at Peebles and East Ward Elementary Schools before she was promoted to Assistant Principal and Principal of East Ward Elementary School.
Carney went on to become the Elementary Curriculum Director for the district where she planned to strengthen the delivery of instruction for all students.
Generations to come will now know Pat Carney, as her name will now be passed on to leave a legacy of passion for education, growth and kindness.
"It's a legacy that my grandchildren, will know that their great grandmother was a very special lady," McDaniel said.
The new campus is part of the 2018 bond and will relieve overcrowding at Fowler Elementary.
"It's going to be very rewarding to see my mother's name on this school," McDaniel said.
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