CANDIDATE Q&A
Get to know the candidates running in the election
2023 LOCAL VOTER GUIDE
Incumbent
COMPILED BY SIERRA MARTIN, AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN & ERIC WEILBACHER
New Braunfels ISD board of trustees
Comal ISD board of trustees
Occupation: Electrician Relevant experience: active parent in the school district for almost 10 years Facebook: Sanders for NBISD JACKIE SANDERS
Occupation: Retired architect Relevant experience: current trustee; facil- ities management at Comal, Flour Blu and Dallas ISDs. 214-686-2101 JOHN E. TUCKER
RUSS GARNER
Occupation: Candi- date did not provide a response. Relevant experience: Candidate did not pro- vide a response. GARRISON MAURER
Occupation: Air Force civilian supervisor Relevant experience: current trustee, Air Force ghter pilot 210-467-2898. www.voterussgarner.com
What are your top three priorities if elected?
What are your top three priorities if elected?
Communication, transparency, and a thorough budget review.
Complete the replacement, renovating and up- grading the original New Braunfels High School building and grounds. Improve counseling and mental health services at every campus. Increase security by adding school resource o cers (through the New Braunfels Police Department) for all campuses.
1. Ensure the best possible outcomes for ALL STUDENTS 2. Provide safe and e ective learning environments for ALL STUDENTS which meet the growth needs of our district 3. Ensure our teachers and sta are valued and compensated competitively
1. Work towards improving teacher pay. 2. Fiscal responsibility and transparency 3. Successful education for all students
How should NBISD handle continued growth in the district?
How should CISD handle continued growth in the district?
NBISD should carefully plan, using accu- rate information, for new households, to have classrooms ready in the right areas. Development does not occur in secret; it can be planned for and e ciently accepted. New construction, additions, or boundary adjustments must be used when needed to avoid misusing taxpayers’ money.
Utilize attendance zones, improve e ciency of existing facilities, ask public for additional schools when necessary.
I believe NBISD is handling the continued growth as well as can be expected already. Our only real option is to continue to use demographers and track where the growth will take place, so that schools can be built or expanded to accommo- date the increasing number of students.
Aggressively partner with developers who are bene ting from the draw of Comal ISD to ensure they are contributing their fair share to our land/ facility needs. Maintain scal responsibility by working within the current I&S tax rate for rea- sonable bonds to build e cient long-term cam- puses while re-capitalizing our existing facilities.
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