A law firm hired by Collinsville Independent School District to investigate complaints against its officials found “insufficient evidence” to support assertions that three top administrators failed to report known misconduct by district employees.
However, individuals who made the complaints declined to participate in the district-commissioned investigation.
Collinsville ISD Superintendent Matthew Davenport, Collinsville High School Principal Kim Patterson, and Athletic Director Garrett Patterson were the targets of the complaints.
Parents asserted that the administrators knew about past misconduct by baseball coach and special education teacher Derrick Jenkins but did not report him to the Texas Education Agency as required by law until the most recent allegations were made against Jenkins in October 2025.
The TEA’s Educator Investigations Division is currently reviewing these and related complaints against Davenport and the Pattersons.
Trustees rejected calls to place the administrators on leave during the TEA investigation but agreed to hire a third-party investigator to look into alleged wrongdoing by Collinsville ISD personnel.
On February 25, trustees voted to retain the law firm of Adams, Lynch & Loftin to conduct an independent investigation of misconduct in the district.
An Executive Summary Report of Investigation Findings, released April 8 by AL&L attorney Scott Cummings, concluded that the information reviewed provided “insufficient evidence” to support the complaints against Davenport and the Pattersons.
According to the report, a finding of insufficient evidence means “there was some credible evidence to support a rational basis for the complaint, but it is not sustained.”
The report states that 17 witnesses were interviewed, including the three administrators under investigation.
Investigators also reportedly reviewed a “voluminous set of documents provided by Collinsville ISD”—including social media posts, audio and video recordings, thousands of emails, and other written materials.
Missing from the evidence considered was input from people who publicly accused the administrators of failing to report known allegations of misconduct by Jenkins and others.
“AL&L reached out to all three of these individuals and requested interviews as part of the AL&L Investigation,” the report states.
However, all three individuals declined to be interviewed in connection with the AL&L Investigation and declined to provide any information regarding their purported knowledge of individuals employed by Collinsville ISD who could provide evidence that the Respondents had prior knowledge of reportable events involving alleged educator misconduct by Employee prior to the first report on October 16, 2025.
“Any evidence those individuals provided to TEA was not provided to the AL&L Investigation,” Cummings added.
The report concluded that the first documented report of any allegations of reportable educator misconduct by Jenkins occurred on October 16, 2025, and that Davenport reported the allegations to law enforcement on the same day and “subsequently” reported to the TEA and State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC).
Cummings notes that Davenport reported to TEA/SBEC on October 20, within 48 “business hours.” However, state law requires superintendents to submit misconduct reports within 48 hours.
In a notice sent to Collinsville ISD parents, trustees stated that they had reviewed the executive summary of findings, “which determined that the evidence did not support the allegations that known educator misconduct was not reported.”
The district has since announced that Kim Patterson has been promoted to executive director of school operations.
Meanwhile, Jenkins’ status with the district remains uncertain.
Action on his proposed termination is not specifically mentioned on the agenda for the next Collinsville ISD school board meeting, scheduled for April 20.
Three Collinsville ISD school board trustees are up for re-election on May 2: Matt Weaver, Place 1; Ryan Patterson, Place 2; and Jared Light, Place 3. Only Weaver drew a challenger, former Collinsville mayor Derek Kays.
