CANDIDATE Q&A
Get to know the candidates running in the election
2023 LOCAL VOTER GUIDE
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Eanes ISD board of trustees
Incumbent
CHANDLER HATCHETT
DIANE HERN
ROBERT MORROW
Occupation: community advocate Relevant experience: Student Safety and Health Advisory Committee and Mental Health Subcommittee; FIRST Robotics, Destination Imagination and Rotary Interact Club youth mentor www.diane4eanes.com
Occupation: public speaker and anti- tracking advocate Relevant experience: I will be the only trustee with children at the elementary level, recent teaching experience and raised in Eanes. www.chandlerforeanes.com
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Why are you running for the Eanes ISD school board?
My children and their peers. They will always be the reason I want to serve this community and district. The “us vs. them” mentality and the vitriol have created a divide, and our students have paid the price for it. I’m eager to see us come together again to nd middle ground and unite behind the one thing we all have in common—the best interest of all students.
Eanes is a national leader in K12 education and the reason we moved here two decades ago to raise our three children. I want to build on this excellence so the next generations also benet from an outstanding education and school district. Success isn’t guaranteed—it requires problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills.
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What is your biggest/top priority?
Safety—both the physical and mental/emotional safety of our students. Physically, this looks like continuing the securing of our elementary campuses in light of Uvalde, and ghting the nation- al fentanyl crisis at the middle and high school levels. Mentally and emotionally, this looks like taking a closer look at what our children are accessing through school-sanctioned technology.
Supporting students. As a ve-year member of the Eanes Student Safety and Health Advisory Committee, I know that there has been a dramatic increase in student mental health concerns both nationwide and in Eanes, especially regarding the pandemic. Creating a culture of caring and identifying needs early is imperative as part of our focus on safety.
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY EANES ISD
EARLY VOTING: APRIL 24 - MAY 2 • ELECTION DAY: SATURDAY, MAY 6 EISD BOND - NO TAX RATE INCREASE
• No change in tax rate* • Upgrades at every campus • All bond funds stay in EISD • Eciency projects save estimated $2.9 million annually A law enacted in 2019 requires ballots for all school district bond elections to say, “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE,” regardless of what is happening to the tax rate. However, the Eanes ISD bond will not impact the district’s tax rate.
PROPOSITION A: $117.773 MILLION Safety and security upgrades, physical repairs and refurbishments at every campus — as well as energy-eciency projects, network replacements, new learning management system, library modernization and more. PROPOSITION B: $2.411 MILLION Refurbishments at Chaparral Stadium including pole lighting replacements, track surface replacement, bleachers, handrails and video board replacement. PROPOSITION C: $11.245 MILLION Replacement of student and sta digital devices, as well as devices in labs, classrooms and oces.
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