But its turning out that it is in a lot of communities, and we dont want to see that community be ours.. 8th Day Before Election Day. width: 100%; Why are you focused only on political wedge issues and not issues actually facing our schools? she said. Contribution Cycle: July 1, 2022 to May 6, 2023. If you would like to contact the AHISD Trustees between meetings, you can send an email to AHBoard@ahisd.net. padding:7px 8px 8px; Irma Iris Duran de Rodriguez came close to coming out on top, with 31% of the votes. School districts dont have to hold an election if there are no contested seats. Although Frank Alfaro, assistant superintendent for administrative services, said the district has training for teachers regarding equity, he said critical race theory is not part of it. position: absolute; Critical race theory has never been something that Alamo Heights ISD or the school board has ever looked into putting into our schools or to train teachers about, Alfaro said in an email. The Alamo Heights Independent School District is located in Bexar County, Texas. letter-spacing: .03em; In mid-February, Steinhauser told Politicothat they had the goal of raising $100,000 for the school board races and wanted to protect incumbents who voted against mask mandates. display: inline-block; They met multiple times during the 2020-21 school year and completed their work at the end of that same year. Hamilton Heights School Board, Jackson Township. Rafael Diaz, who was appointed to replace Macias, won the District 7 seat, which represents all of Judson. Even though she was the only member of the slate to win election, Sorensen said narrow margins in the other races show a lot of people are behind them. A bond proposal for a school district is exactly the same as a mortgage for you and I. Just last September, Lake Travis ISD made headlines when a parent furiously confronted their school board about the book Out of Darkness, a novel set in East Texas in the days before the 1937 natural gas explosion at New London School, one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. However, downtown residents and residents of the Monte Vista, King William and Lavaca neighborhoods opted for new representation in the San Antonio Independent School District. I consider myself very reasonable, he said. font-weight: 200; Leconas online presence is limited, and he had not established any sort of campaign page prior to winning election by default. Diaz is married to Texas State Board of Education member Marisa Perez-Diaz and was endorsed by Julin Castro. Ballotpedia researches issues in school board elections across the United States, but information availability is a challenge for us in many school districts. In Precinct 2, incumbent . Let's make sure this doesn't happen in our district! .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { color:white; Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. margin-top: 16px; Hamilton said thats not acceptable, and he stressed that teacher salaries would be a high priority for him if re-elected. Sam Owens, Staff Photographer / San Antonio Express-News. ", Occupation: Private practice Ophthalmologist/Ophthalmic Surgeon, Family: Married, three adult children, three grandchildren, Education: Bachelor of Arts at University of Iowa, M.D. Trying to raise that kind of money for a school board race is unusual, said Rebecca Deen, a political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. background-color: grey; Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism. 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JANE'S FOUR PILLARS | MEET JANE | E-BLASTS | LINKS OF INTEREST, I believe I have experience and skills to add to the AHISD Board, especially in better reflecting the expectations of the community and improving transparency and collaboration.. TPR was founded by and is supported by our community. Two incumbents and five challengers competed for three trustee seats on the Southwest ISD board. All new programs must be thoroughly studied for content, purpose, recurrent cost and effort required prior to voting. Below is a full list of all candidates running for school board elections in Bexar County. Hughes decision to throw her hat in the ring came after she heard about teachers undergoing equity training at the school, which she was concerned had ties to critical race theory. Click through the slideshow above to see how much superintendents make at the San Antonio-area's biggest school districts, according to TEA data. Brett Beach . With the passage of a historic bond proposal last month in OKCPS, totaling nearly $1 billion, Lecona and the other school board members will oversee the numerous construction projects included in the proposal over the coming years. .inner_percentage { No school district in the state controls appraised values. We definitely have work to do as I've said during the campaign. | border: 1px solid #999; . border-radius: 50%; Elementary school, middle school theres a lot going on with kids. Served two years as a mentor for the AHISD High School Incubator Program. District 5 trustee Katie Reed, first elected to the board in 1990, is not seeking another term. With 16 competitive races spread across six different Bexar County school districts Saturday, familiar names held a lot of sway. overflow: hidden; Source1Source2. The importance of parental involvement in their childs school cannot be overstated. Jersey County School Board coverage. My opponent has asserted that challenging the Equity Board as such is a false narrative.. He had 2,664 votes in unofficial returns, more than the combined total of his two challengers, Dr. Jane Lindell Hughes, an ophthalmic surgeon, who had 1,622, and Dr. Elise Kibler, a pediatrician, who had 252. Hamilton, 45, the chief operating officer of American Roofing & Metal Co. Inc., has been on the board for three years. So from that point forward I said, I'm going to run for the school board, because this is a very adult, sociopolitical agenda, Hughes said. Candidates are listed alphabetically. Of the remaining . A total of $45 million is slated for a new elementary school in the Village at West Pointe area. He has two children in the district. z-index:1; padding-left: 16px; In 2020, San Antonio was home to 1,434,625 people. Board Vice President Karen B. Freeman, the District 7 trustee, has served since 2005 and drew three challengers. Maintaining fiscal responsibility would be a top focus for Hamilton if re-elected. Three of the four races for Harlandale ISDs seven-member board initially were contested, but District 3 incumbent Esequiel Zeke Mendoza died in February and another District 3 candidate, Lillian Zapata, was deemed ineligible to run because her voter registration had lapsed. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. Hamilton was the school boards liaison to the Equity Council. padding-bottom: 7px; Hes returning to the board after resigning to join the Alamo Colleges Board in 2019. Pre-pandemic there wasnt much interest in spending Wednesday evenings at a Lake Travis ISD school board meeting or much close attention paid to how members voted. 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The district has seen significant growth and expansion in recent years. Alamo Heights Independent School District has cancelled its school board elections after a candidate in the only contested race withdrew his name from the ballot Tuesday morning. This information is provided for general guidance, as of January 2022. We want to bring in candidates that understand the CRT [rhetoric] is bullshit, and that its a talking point by Republicans.. } top: -1px; position: relative; She said she had wanted teacher salaries to jump to $60,000 or more. Get more election results on our homepage and Vote 2022 page. For the 2022-23 school year, Alamo Heights ISD will send $36.7 million dollars in revenues generated from District's M&O tax . } margin-bottom:16px; background-color: #f4f4f4; Superintendent Kevin Brown this week announced plans to leave at the end of June to direct the Texas Association of School Administrators. He has children who are OKCPS students. Kelly Brown, 52, is also running for the seat. I do want us to look at unisex facilities. The proposal also includes technology, security, transportation and library upgrades. font-size: 12px; And this really goes beyond transgender. Johnson and the other board members will appoint someone to fill the seat formerly held by Robert Sharp. } A San Antonio woman who brought her two children along as she smuggled more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine to the Alamo City has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. margin-bottom: -2px !important; It holds that racism is embedded in the countrys legal and structural systems. Across the state, a handful of political action committees have formed to fuel the campaigns of more conservative candidates who promise to keep critical race theoryout of schools and potential future pandemic-related restrictions like school closures and mask mandates at bay. General election date. U.S. President | margin: 8px auto; In February 2020, the TEA placed Harlandale ISD under the authority of a conservator who can override board decisions, finding after an investigation that trustees failed to monitor the districts finances and violated the Texas Open Meetings Act. Woods said the district had not had a tax rate increase in the past 12 years. 2022 Texas School Board Elections; District Primary General Election General Runoff Election Regular term length Seats up for election Total board seats 2017-2018 enrollment; Alamo Heights Independent School District: N/A: 5/7/2022: N/A: 3: 2: 7: 4,810 Allen Independent School District: N/A: 5/7/2022: N/A: 3: 3: 7: 21,159 Diaz is married to Texas State Board of Education member Marisa Perez-Diaz and was endorsed by Julin Castro. Drastata and four other board candidates voted to remove the districts mask mandate in March without surveying parents or giving them time to make alternative plans. width: 100% Last fall, current Board President David Drastata called the coronavirus the China virus in an athletic booster letter, a term criticized for contributing to anti-Asian rhetoric. Toward that end, Hamilton said, one of the first steps came when voters approved a tax rate in November that allows $1.4 million to go to teacher salaries and other educational programs. Hughes was a mentor in the Heights Business Incubator, a program in which Alamo Heights high schoolers create their own businesses for the chance at real funding, for two years. .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { height: 22px; Contact our sales team. overflow-y: hidden; Parents demonstrate in front of the Frisco Independent School District building demanding a mask mandate for the district and improved sanitation and air conditions for students in Frisco on Sept. 10, 2021. The foundation raises money to provide funding for teachers salaries, according to its website. margin-top: 0px; Zapata was disqualified from the race due to residency issues. Support for TPR's Education News Desk comes from H-E-B Helping Here. Copyright 2023 KSAT.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. Alamo Heights ISD School Board of Trustees candidates Brian Hamilton, from left, Elise Kibler and Jane Hughes answer questions during a candidate forum at Alamo Heights Junior School Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Comal ISD incumbent Tim Hennessee received 61% of the vote in his race, despite facing two challengers. Thats a separate entity. They are the vehicle by which the educational expectations of the community are conveyed to the administration responsible for implementing policies and programs consistent with those expectations. In District 2, incumbent Christine A. Carrillo faces Orlando Salazar, an automotive insurance agent. Two of her grandchildren are in the district now, and the third graduated from Alamo Heights High School. After the resignation of three controversial board members on Nov. 15, the Western Heights Public Schools board lacked enough members to have a quorum for a meeting. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { The district served 4,824 students during the 2015-2016 school year.[1]. But Woods said this proposal is mostly about giving more opportunities for students in older schools to succeed. Campaign Reports Due. One of the PACs goals is to lower the temperature as the district has seen flare ups in the battle to settle what books should be in schools and if masks should be mandatory. Juan Lecona, 44, won election by default. } Support . padding-left: 8px; } In July, Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee for governor of . Three out of every four voters chose current Board President Norma Cavazos over former trustee David Abundis, who resigned during TEAs investigation into the district. .results_table { As the COVID-19 pandemic tore through the country, Southwest ISD saw a drop in enrollment this year and in the 2020-2021 school year. Incumbents keep seats in school board races in Alamo Heights, Southwest ISDs, S.A. mom sentenced for transporting meth with kids in car. overflow-x: scroll; As conservative parents become more frustrated with how school boards handled the pandemic, once-ignored school board elections are becoming better funded. Lisa Krenger (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot. background-color: #003388; You may have recently received screenshots of two tweets that I posted from my personal account last year. Camille Phillips can be reached at camille@tpr.org, on Instagram at camille.m.phillips and on Twitter at @cmpcamille. On Dec. 3, Gov. These are the principles upon which I will base any deliberations and votes should I be elected to serve on the Board. } Its exciting, he said, before all the votes were tallied. We need to really focus back on the actual education and take a lot of the political rhetoric and drama that surrounds the classrooms way down, Archer said. Vasquez raked in 432 votes and Sudolcan garnered 399 votes, taking two at-large board seats. Elections 2022; Local Gov 101; Gobierno Local 101; More. A San Antonio woman who brought her two children along as she smuggled more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine to the Alamo City has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. And in Lake Travis, Erin Archer, candidate for place 3 on the Lake Travis school board, has seen her community become more engaged with the school district and how it operates more than shes seen in the last 15 years. The Alamo Heights ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday Feb. 16 to place a $371 million bond proposal on the May 6 ballot. Repairing pandemics damage is priority for Southwest ISD board candidates, Former S.A. developer avoids prison in fraud case, CPS Energy sells circular Villita Assembly Building. float: left; The third area of major concern is the recent updated AHISD budget report, which you can view HERE. He was one of two trustees to vote against removing the mask mandate. School board elections are non-partisan, so candidates do not run as a member of a specific political party. font-weight: 300; This is a carousel. In a forum last month, candidates were asked how they would direct the district to handle transgender students use of campus bathrooms and locker rooms, a question that arose after one of the districts campuses made a temporary change in the way students used the restrooms. Another term could allow him to tackle unfinished business in that arena. Enrollment:10,227Pay per student:$19.26, Enrollment:10,881Pay per student:$18.84, Enrollment:14,831Pay per student:$14.16, Enrollment:15,497Pay per student:$13.69, Enrollment:13,891Pay per student:$16.76, Enrollment:106,145Pay per student:$2.99. If Harlandales board policy required candidates to win a majority of the vote, trustees would have had to either call a special election or appoint someone to represent District 3. 513 talking about this. Here are candidates running for school boards, Shasta County Board of Education and Shasta College trustee positions in the Nov. 8 General Election. She currently works as a COVID-19 contact tracer. Greg Abbotthas called pornographic books specifically books on sex or gender identity are making their way into school district libraries. He received 38% of the vote, placing him a fraction ahead of Lillian Zapata. Alamo Heights Independent School District voters reelected Brian C. 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