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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-28 Euless Articles These Fort Worth -area school board seats will be on May 3 ballot by Jacob Sanchez and Matthew Sgroi January 14, 2025 3:59 pm Updated January 24, 2025 3:21 pm More than 30 seats on Fort Worth -area school boards are up for grabs in the May 3 election. Candidates started filing for their names to be on the ballot Jan. 15. The filing period ends at 5 p.m. Feb. 14. Residents have until April 3 to register to vote. Early voting begins April 22 and ends April 29. Election Day is May 3. Aledo ISD Two seats w ith three-year terms are up for grabs on the at -large, seven-member Aledo ISD school board: • Place 4: Forrest Collins has been on the school board since 2016. He currently serves as board president, a role he has held since 2023. • Place 5: Jennifer Taylor has served as a trustee since 2019. She currently serves as board secretary. Burleson ISD Two seats on the seven -member Burleson ISD school board are slated for the ballot. Trustees are elected at large and serve three -year terms. • Place 1: Shawn Minor has been on the school board since 2010. o Minor filed for reelection. • Place 2: Michael Ancy has served as a trustee since 2007. o Ancy filed for reelection. Castleberry ISD Three seats on the seven -member Castleberry ISD school board are up for e lection in May. Trustees are elected at large and serve three -year terms. • Place 5: Mary Lou Martinez was first elected to the school board in 2004. She currently serves as board vice president. • Place 6: Cathy Gatica was first elected in 2013. She currently serves as board secretary. • Place 7: David Holder was first elected to the school board in 2001. Crowley ISD Voters will decide a trio of spots on the seven -member Crowley ISD school board. • Place 5: Daryl Davis was elected in 2022. He currently serves as board president. o Davis filed for reelection. • Place 6: Gary Grassia was first elected trustee in 2015. He is one of the board’s vice presidents. o Grassia filed for reelection. • Place 7: Kelicia Stevenson was elected in 2022. o Stevenson filed for reelection. Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Three seats on the seven -member Eagle Mountain -Saginaw ISD school board will be on the ballot. Trustees are elected at large and serve three -year terms. • Place 3: Tim Daughtrey was first elected in 2016. o T. Craig Morgan filed. o Trent on “Trent” Hill filed. • Place 4: William Boaz has been on the board since 2019. o Boaz filed for reelection. • Place 5: Steven Newcom was first elected in 1995. He currently serves as board secretary. o Newcom filed for reelection. Everman ISD Two seats on the Everman ISD school board are up for grabs, with both being single - member districts. Trustees serve three -year terms, with two of the board’s seven members serving at large, while the other five are single -member district seats. • Place 1: Earnestine Palos was first elected in 2019. • Place 4: Linda Lutrick has served on the board since 2019. She currently serves as board secretary. Fort Worth ISD Five seats on the nine -member Fort Worth ISD school board are slated for the ballot. Each seat is a single -member district, meaning members represent a specific geographic area that votes for them. Trustees serve four -year terms. • District 1: Camille Rodriguez was elected in 2022 to represent parts of north Fort Worth ISD; she previously served one term between 2004 and 2008. • District 4: Wallace Bridges was elected in 2022 to serve an unexpired term following the death of then -trustee Daphne Brookins. He represents southeast Fort Worth ISD. o Bridges filed for reelection. • District 7: Michael Ryan was elected in 2021 to represent southwest Fort Worth ISD, including Benbrook. He currently serves as one of the board’s vice presidents. o Ryan filed for reelection. • District 8: Anael Luebanos was first elected in 2017 to represent parts of south Fort Worth ISD. He currently serv es as board secretary. o Luebanos filed for reelection. • District 9: Roxanne Martinez was elected in 2021 to represent an area of Fort Worth ISD stretching from Northside and Riverside through downtown and into the Near Southside. She currently serves as scho ol board president. Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Four seats on the seven -member Hurst -Euless-Bedford ISD school board are slated for the ballot. Trustees are elected at large and serve four -year terms. • Place 2: Dawn Jordan -Wells was first elected in 2012. o John Biggan filed. • Place 3: Matt Romero joined the HEB ISD school board in 2013. He currently serves as board president. o Romero filed for reelection. • Place 4: Becky Ewart was appointed to the board in April 2024 to complete an unexpired term following the death of then -trustee Rochelle Ross. • Place 5: Chris Brown was first elected to the HEB ISD board in 2021. He currently serves as board secretary. Keller ISD Three seats on the seven -member Keller ISD school board are up for election in May. Trustees are elected at large and serve three -year terms. • Place 1: Micah Young was first elected in 2022. o Randy C ampbell filed. o Scott Bruce filed. • Place 2: Joni Shaw Smith was elected in 2022. She currently serves as board secretary. o Jennifer Erikson filed. • Place 3: Chelsea Kelly was appointed in August 2024 to serve an unexpired term following the resignation of then-trustee Sandi Walker in February 2024. o Jennifer Ramsey filed. o Kelly filed. Northwest ISD Two seats on the seven -member Northwest ISD school board will be on the ballot. Trustees are elected at large and serve three -year terms. • Place 3: Anne Simpson was first elected to the Northwest ISD board in 2013. o Joe Washam filed. • Place 4: Judy Copp was f irst elected in 2012. o Copp filed for reelection. White Settlement ISD Two seats on the seven -member White Settlement ISD school board are up for grabs. Trustees are elected at large and serve three -year terms. • Place 4: Jeremy Lelek was first elected to th e White Settlement ISD board in 2020. • Place 5: Ben Davis was elected in 2008 and has served since. He currently serves as board president. Jacob Sanchez is a senior education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at jacob.sanchez@fortworthreport.org or @_jacob_sanchez. Fiery crash at North Texas grocery store leaves one person dead Sunday, police say By Shambhavi Rimal Updated January 21, 2025 11:10 AM| One person died after car crashed into a Kroger grocery store early Sunday, Jan. 19 in Euless, police said. Around 2:20 a.m., Euless police responded to the Kroger located in the 1000 block of North Main Street after receiving reports that a vehicle had s truck the building and caught fire. The Euless Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. Officers discovered that one person in the vehicle was dead, police said. Investigators determined the vehicle was eastbound on East Harwood Road at a high rate of speed, struck a curb, left the roadway, and crashed into the side of the building before catching fire. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the name of the deceased after the next of kin is notified. Police said this is an ongoing investigation. This story was originally published January 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM.