2019 Dripping Springs ISD School Board Candidate Survey

In 2018, Citizens for Excellent Education in Dripping Springs (CEEDS) began an annual survey of school board candidates as a service to our Dripping Springs community and in fulfillment of our mission of greater transparency, increased accountability, and more responsible stewardship of our tax dollars by Dripping Springs ISD’s School Board and School Administration.

We are a centrist group of parents, teachers, and taxpayers—Republicans, Democrats, and Independents—who originally joined together to fight Dripping Springs ISD's wasteful and misguided $132 million 2018 Bond, and to once again make students and teachers, instead of special interests, our School District's top priority. We were the only organization to oppose DSISD's 2018 Bond, and accordingly represent the interests and beliefs of one-half of those who cast ballots in the May 2018 DSISD Election.

 

In 2019, our fight continues as we work to elect common-sense and fiscally responsible leaders to our school board, so that the hard-working families and fixed-income seniors of our community no longer need to fear being taxed out of their homes, while also returning our School Board's and School Administration's focus back to ensuring that our children and grandchildren receive an excellent education.

 

Our 2019 survey questions reflect what we believe are the top fiscal, transparency, and accountability issues currently facing Dripping Springs ISD—information which should be communicated to and inform every voter prior to casting their votes for School Board.

 

All candidates received notice of this survey by email and on Facebook, and were given five days to submit responses—including an extended deadline to allow for maximum participation. Survey instructions were explicit and outlined that only those responses submitted through the survey form would be published, exactly as received, up to a maximum of 600 characters per response.

 

Candidates were further informed that CEEDS would advertise the survey responses to the DSISD community, and that not responding would result in a "FAIL" rating for Transparency, while not responding to any questions in either the Fiscal or Accountability categories would result in an "Incomplete" rating for each respective category. CEEDS also stated that the survey responses would inform our decision to endorse candidates in this election.

Accordingly, we appreciate all candidates' willingness to serve our community. However, we thank those who took the time, had the political courage, and were willing to be truly transparent and forthright with voters by responding to our survey. Our School Board is intended to serve the best interests of all voters and taxpayers in this community, not just special interest groups.

 

You can view the responses to our candidate survey by clicking on the button below. Survey topics are also listed below, and you can click any topic to go directly to that section, without scrolling through.

 

In order to allow for easy candidate comparison by question, candidate responses are listed in revolving order beginning alphabetically by surname.

 

For candidate survey responses: "[...]" indicates a clipped response that exceeded 600 characters, and a "DNR" indicates that a candidate "Did Not Respond" to that question.

 

At the bottom of this page are additional candidate surveys and interviews conducted by other organizations that may also be helpful in making an informed decision prior to casting a ballot for 2019 DSISD School Board.