Issues

•    Promote and encourage innovative educational practices that are beneficial to students
•    Improve communication between residents and the School District
•    Serve to meet the needs of students, parents, faculty, and the community
•    Maintain fiscal responsibility through effective and efficient use of taxpayer funds
•    Support the effective use of technology needed for a 21st century workforce
•    Encourage the creation of educational partnerships between local businesses
      and the School District
•    Support the educational collaboration between local cities and the School District

Accomplishments

• Successfully advocated for the broadcasting of school board meetings to the public
• Successfully advocated for a city property tax freeze for persons 65 and over and the disabled
• Successfully voted for a resolution allowing property reappraisals for those owners impacted by Hurricane Harvey
• Successfully voted for district budgets which have increased school funding while lowering the tax rate in the last 5 years 
• Successfully voted for the hiring of a new, award-winning superintendent
• Successfully voted for competitive salaries for teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school district employees
• Successfully passed an alumni recognition program, which has honored a dozen individuals over three years, including former district employees Martha Love and Sonja Angelo, restaurant entrepreneurs Russell Ybarra and Jesse Garcia, College Football Hall of Famer Gene Washington, and Olympian Kerron Clement.