Education
BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH
Meet Grapevine- Colleyville ISD Place 3 trustee Matt Foust Matt Foust was elected as the Grapevine-Col- leyville ISD board of trustees Place 3 representative during the May 3 election. Foust has over a decade of experience as a lawyer. He was the president of the Dads Club at Bransford Elementary, involved with the Parent Teachers Association, served on the Bond Advisory Committee and coached his sons’ baseball and basketball teams. Community Impact asked Foust why he ran for the school board and what he plans to do in his new role. Responses have been edited for length, clarity and style. Why did you decide to run for GCISD Board of Trustees? Because we have a phenomenal district.
administrators, parents and students about what their experience with GCISD is like. Not only the great things, but also understand how we can improve. What makes you proud to serve this community? It’s the idea that my fellow trustees and I are stewards of a proud tradition in that we will ultimately be measured by whether the district we left for future generations was stronger than the one that we inherited. This is a tall task whenever we inherit such a phenomenal district and one with a well-earned reputation for being one of the best in the state. What nal thoughts would you like to convey to the GCISD community? I truly want to be of service to our teachers, our community, our stakeholders and our taxpayers. If there is anything that I can ever be of service on, I want them to contact me, because our board exists for the purpose of our district.
I have a tremendous amount of con dence in our district, but I also know that we are going to be navigating some really di cult decisions. I decided to run because I feel like my skill set will aid our district well. What solutions are you considering to help the district invest in teacher and sta salaries? As a district, we need to look at all of the tools available to us to be able to compensate our edu- cators. That includes our classroom teachers, bus drivers, nutrition workers, custodians and campus level administrators. We need to make sure that we are as creative and persistent as we can be to give our educators and GCISD an increase in compensation. What do you most want to accomplish as a board member? I know the way I can be of the greatest service to our district is by listening to community members, teachers, administrators and my fellow trustees to be able to learn as much as I reasonably can. I want to get out into as many of our cam- puses as I can to be able to talk to our teachers,
Matt Foust and his wife, Katie Foust, have two kids enrolled in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD schools.
PHOTOS COURTESY MATT FOUST
EULESS 900 E Harwood Rd (817) 545-2184 KELLER 101 Keller Smithfield Rd S (817) 482-8295
BEDFORD 1520 Airport Fwy (817) 508-4490 WESTLAKE 2341 Highway 377 (817) 490-9072
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