Granbury Christian school head served time in prison for fraud, records show

The woman leading a Granbury private school affiliated with the conservative Turning Point USA movement previously served time in federal prison for, among other things, misrepresenting herself as a licensed medical professional while working in a pediatric office in Maryland.

Shawna Keomisy, formerly Shawna Gunter, is the head of the Turning Point Academy of Granbury, which is set to open for the 2026-27 school year. The K-12 school touts itself as Christ-centered, following a “Classical, Christian, Conservative, Collaborative and Cost Effective education model,” according to the school’s Facebook page.

There are no accreditation records for Turning Point Academy of Granbury on the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission website.

In 2014, Keomisy was indicted in U.S. District Court in Maryland on one count of wire fraud, one count of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft, according to court documents.

A message left for Keomisy was not returned.

In the indictment, federal prosecutors accused Keomisy of providing a counterfeit college diploma and using a medical license number belonging to someone else to obtain employment as a physician’s assistant. She was further accused of writing prescriptions without the proper education, credentials and certifications and of submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims.

The ABC affiliate in Baltimore, WMAR, broke the story after investigating Keomisy’s qualifications.

Keomisy was sentenced to three years in federal prison and six months of home confinement, and she was ordered to pay more than $50,000 in restitution. In a request to the judge for a sentence reduction, Keomisy offered to voluntarily participate in a substance abuse and mental health program. The request was denied.

Other records from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas revealed that Keomisy’s partner, Souksavath Noi Keomisy, pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony federal charges of conspiracy to possess the drug ecstasy with the intent to distribute. Souksavath Keomisy was initially sentenced to more than 11 years in prison, but his sentence was reduced to nine years following an application for early release.

Souksavath Keomisy was one of approximately 20 codefendants in the case who allegedly made more than $12 million in the ecstasy distribution scheme, according to the federal indictment.

Property records and Facebook posts confirmed the relationship between Shawna and Souksavath Keomisy. A phone number for Souksavath Keomisy was no longer in service, and the Star-Telegram was unable to reach him for comment.