The girl’s parents and Cy-Fair ISD police searched for 90 minutes before she was found safe. Littlefield said those 90 minutes were frantic. “My mind went to dark places,” Littlefield said.

A controversial gender policy closely resembling one in Katy ISD was approved by Cy-Fair ISD trustees in a 6-1 vote Monday night, putting roughly 200,000 students in the Houston area under a ...