Three seats on the Corpus Christi ISD school board are up for grabs this November.
Seven candidates have filed for a place on the ballot, hoping to join the Corpus Christi Independent School District Board of Trustees. The board is responsible for overseeing and governing the school district, setting policies, budgets and tax rates and choosing the superintendent.
The election will be held Nov. 3. The deadline for candidates to file was Aug. 17.
This story will be updated with school board candidates for other Corpus Christi school districts.
Here’s who is running:
District 1District 3District 4
Gonzales Trolley, Villarreal and Bell are all incumbents currently serving on the school board. Bell is also known as Marty Bell.
District 1 includes the northern portions of the school district, bounded by Agnes Street, Airport Road, Horne Road, Gollihar Road, Carroll Lane, Staples Street, Texan Trail, Santa Fe Street, Amistad Street, Corpus Christi Bay and Nueces Bay.
District 3 includes the Southside neighborhoods east of Everhart Road, bounded by Everhart Road, Oso Creek, Saratoga Boulevard, Cimarron Boulevard, Airline Road, South Padre Island Drive and Staples Street.
District 4 includes the eastern portions of the school district, bounded by Corpus Christi Bay, Oso Bay, Saratoga Boulevard, Cimarron Boulevard, Airline Road, South Padre Island Drive, South Staples Street, Everhart Road, South Padre Island Drive, Weber Road, Gollihar Road, Carroll Lane, South Staples Street, Texan Trail, Santa Fe Street and Amistad Street.
The district map is available online at ccisd.us.
Four spots on the Calallen Independent School District Board of Trustees are up for election.
Place 1Place 2Place 5Place 6
Luckenbach, Walker and Hatch are all current school board members running for reelection. Current Place 5 trustee Edward Wells is not running for reelection.
The Flour Bluff Independent School District had three spots open for election, but only one candidate filed unopposed for each place.
Because of this, the district will not be holding a school board election.
Each of the unopposed candidates was an incumbent.
Dr. James Needham, Shirley Thornton and Jean Blankenship-Paluseo will continue to serve on the school board.
Four at-large spots on the London Independent School District Board of Trustees are up for election.
Chapman, Fines, Frazier and Gutierrez are all incumbents.
Olivia Garrett reports on education and community news in South Texas. Contact her at olivia.garrett@caller.com.
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