This fall, 3 of the 7 seats on the FBISD School Board are up for election.
Your vote is your voice.
Page: ELECTION
FBISD School Board Election: November 3, 2026
This November's FBISD School Board election will help shape the future of our schools for years to come.
Decisions about technology in the classroom, academic priorities, district spending, student well-being, and educational policy all begin with the School Board.
See our Voter Guide below for information about FBISD's School Board Candidates.
School Board Trustee Candidates
Position 1:
Position 4:
Dr. Shirley Rose-Gilliam (Incumbent)
Robert Dombrowski
Rob Dominguez
Position 5:
Addie Heyliger (Incumbent)
Schools Beyond Screens does not endorse candidates or ballot measures. Our goal is to encourage an informed, engaged community. The decisions made in this election will influence the direction of our schools for years to come, making every vote important. Please make a plan to vote and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same. Together, our community can help shape the future of education in Fort Bend County.
Position 4 Candidate: Eric Pursley
What motivated you to run for the school board?
I was unhappy with the unresponsiveness of the current board to the community, especially regarding school closures.
What is your connection to FBISD?
Current parent; Community member
Is there anything you’d like to share about how you rated the initiatives above?
Secondary students on specific STEM pathways must be exempted from technology limits as it is a part of their core curriculum.
Digital assignments tempt students to cheat through AI. This makes them less effective than offline direct instruction.
I fully support screentime limits for elementary and middle school, however High school students have such varied schedules that these limits would create logistical nightmares and negatively affect student access to accommodation or enrichment opportunities.
Is there anything else you’d like Schools Beyond Screens Fort Bend voters to know about you?
My primary focus will be making sure the board is more responsive to the community rather than moving forward with policies that are widely unpopular such as school closures and cell towers.
Where can SBS members learn more about your candidacy, and what can they do to help with your campaign?
You can learn more about my campaign on my Campaign Facebook, where I am very responsive to questions and comments: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BbtxAdPdN/
You can join our campaign by emailing electericpursley@gmail.com to make a donation or be told about upcoming volunteer opportunities.
The best way to help out campaign, however, is simply to tell your network you support me. Your voice makes a bigger difference in your network than anything I can say or do.
Position 1 Candidate: Pedro Valencia
What motivated you to run for the school board?
Running for the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees is deeply personal for me. As a proud product of public schools and a father of three children currently attending our local schools, I see firsthand the incredible potential our classrooms hold, as well as the daily pressures placed on our students and educators. I decided to step up because our current boards too often rely on outdated, top-down methods rather than listening to the people actually doing the work. I want to bring a fresh, community-driven perspective to ensure our teachers have the resources and respect they deserve, our budgets remain transparent, and every child in our district is given the support they need to thrive.
What is your connection to FBISD?
Current parent; Community member; Volunteer
Is there anything you’d like to share about how you rated the initiatives above?
As a parent and a candidate, my approach to classroom technology is rooted in balance, student wellness, and listening to our educators. While technology can be a helpful tool when used intentionally, I strongly support establishing healthy boundaries, particularly for our youngest learners in elementary school. Overusing screens can impact student health and developmental growth. At the same time, we must maintain a balanced approach for older grades, ensuring devices enhance learning without replacing hands-on collaboration, critical thinking, and teacher-led instruction. Our focus should always be on supporting our students' holistic success and protecting classroom quality.
Is there anything else you’d like Schools Beyond Screens Fort Bend voters to know about you?
As a dad with three children in our schools and a former immigrant from Colombia, I know the incredible value of a strong public education. My commitment is simple: I will always listen to our educators and families first, protect our children's wellness, and bring transparent, community-first leadership to the board.
Where can SBS members learn more about your candidacy, and what can they do to help with your campaign?
Members of Schools Beyond Screens and our entire community can learn more about my vision, platform, and campaign by visiting my website at www.pedrofortexas.com. Running a grassroots campaign focused on teachers, students, and community-first leadership means we rely on people power rather than big-money special interests. You can help by sharing our message, following our social media pages, and inviting your neighbors, family, and friends to join our movement for transparent and student-centered public education.
Position 4 Candidate: Dan Mathews
What motivated you to run for the school board?
I am running for the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees because I believe FBISD needs leadership that listens to parents and the community, understands the challenges we face, and develops a clear plan to move the district forward.
The future is now, and we must achieve Excellence in Every Classroom.
FBISD is facing critical and interconnected challenges, including academic performance, budget constraints, declining enrollment, facility utilization, declining satisfaction, accountability and many other issues. As residents and parents, we cannot ignore these challenges or the future of our school district. We must step up to support our students, teachers, and staff and work together to build a stronger FBISD.
FBISD families deserve a school district that listens to them, works for them, and puts the success of their children first.
What is your connection to FBISD?
Community member
Is there anything you’d like to share about how you rated the initiatives above?
It is my belief that technology is a great tool for education, but we should find the right balance so that it complements, instead of replacing social interaction, communication, and hands-on skills which children need for their future.
Is there anything else you’d like Schools Beyond Screens Fort Bend voters to know about you?
My focus is on student success and results. That means listening to parents and teachers, seeking feedback, and making changes when results fall short.
With 40% of FBISD schools at C or D levels, 26% of elementary schools dropping a letter grade, and parent satisfaction declining to 62% (72% last year), we cannot be satisfied with the status quo. Combined with growing budget pressures and school closures, FBISD needs an honest assessment of the district’s current condition and a comprehensive white paper outlining measurable goals and a clear path forward and stronger accountability.
I understand the frustrations of parents and our community, and I am running to help them Restore Excellence to FBISD.
Where can SBS members learn more about your candidacy, and what can they do to help with your campaign?
You can learn more about my campaign by messaging me on social media under Dan Mathews or by email at DanMathewsUS@Gmail.com.
I look forward getting support from parents and residents who want to help improve our schools. If you would like to volunteer, or help with the campaign, please reach out to me. Thanks to everyone!
Position 4 Candidate: Shirisha Mudhireddy
What motivated you to run for the school board?
Running for the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees is driven by a commitment to bring practical problem-solving, unwavering transparency, fiscal accountability, and integrity to the problems at FBISD to ensure students, teachers, staff, and the community succeed. This decision is rooted in the need to protect public trust through responsible stewardship of tight funds, eliminate administrative waste, ensure equitable opportunities so no campus or student is left behind, and build vibrant neighborhood school environments that actively counter alternative school loss.
What is your connection to FBISD?
Current parent
Is there anything you’d like to share about how you rated the initiatives above?
Screens have serious impacts on child development and overall health, preventing them from interacting with others, nature, and themselves. Knowledge and wisdom are best gained with direct interaction with teachers using traditional methods, books, pen, and pencil.
AI can be 100% restricted up to middle school, but for high schoolers and beyond, it accelerates learning and makes you more productive, faster, and more useful to everyone and everything. Experts who can use AI wisely can then share their techniques with AI beginners.
Is there anything else you’d like Schools Beyond Screens Fort Bend voters to know about you?
My vision is to position Fort Bend ISD as the premier, comprehensive choice for families by anchoring district leadership in 100% transparency, fiscal accountability, and practical problem-solving.
My Top Three Priorities:
• Fiscal Responsibility & Smart Resource Allocation: Conducting rigorous administrative audits to eliminate waste, manage tight funds, and redirect every possible dollar directly into classrooms and teacher support. Keeping community voices central ensures fiscal choices never compromise educational excellence.
• Equitable Access & Closing Achievement Gaps: Ensuring all schools feature well-maintained facilities, up-to-date technology, advanced classes, career and technical education (CTE) pathways, extracurricular activities, and experienced teachers so no campus is left behind. Directing resources toward targeted academic interventions and tutoring ensures economically disadvantaged students, English learners, and special education students succeed.
• Countering Alternative School Loss: Expanding specialized intervention programs and individualized support models to ensure families seeking specialized environments find comprehensive accommodations within public schools. Cultivating dynamic fine arts, competitive athletics, and robust student leadership programs turns neighborhood campuses into engaging hubs where families want to stay and grow.
Why These Priorities Matter: These priorities are essential because managing district funds with complete integrity protects public trust and taxpayer dollars. At the same time, addressing root causes of enrollment loss—such as safety, specialized learning needs, and real-world college and career readiness—guarantees that Fort Bend public schools remain strong, unified, and complete communities for generations to come
Where can SBS members learn more about your candidacy, and what can they do to help with your campaign?
SBS members can learn more about me using my official candidate facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593666305800
My direct communication to FBISD students, teachers, staff & community will be here.
To help with my campaign & beyond, please join & motivate others to join ‘FBiSD Vision & Action Network’ using following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1093193226728217 to do good teamwork for FBISD. Actions speak louder than words – no separate campaigning is needed.
Be my partner in solving all existing problems & proactively planning for exponential progress
Position 1 Candidate: Angie Hanan (Incumbent)
What motivated you to run for the school board?
I spent my career as a language and literacy teacher, English as a Second Language Coordinator, and educational consultant. Many of those years were in Fort Bend ISD. My daughter attended FBISD schools for kindergarten through twelfth grade and graduated in 2024. As a longtime educator, former FBISD employee, parent, volunteer, and consultant, I witnessed many things I believed needed improvement, especially in meeting the instructional needs of students. I also had deep concerns regarding the way the district evaluated programs and systems for effectiveness. I am running for re-election to continue working for positive forward progress in these areas to ensure the district is meeting the learning needs of all children.
What is your connection to FBISD?
Community member; Volunteer; I have lived in Fort Bend ISD for 33 years and my daughter graduated in 2024 after spending her entire public school career here.
Level of support for the school tech initiatives below:
Is there anything you’d like to share about how you rated the initiatives above?
Thank you to Schools Beyond Screens for this opportunity to share my views. I want to address the reasons why I responded “neutral” to questions one and two. I hope concerned parents and community members will take the time to read my written reply below. First, I believe technology is overutilized in many homes and classrooms for children of all ages, not just with our youngest learners. It was overutilized during my daughter’s education in FBISD by some teachers, but not all. I believe when technology is used to pacify children or used in ways not tied to mastery of learning objectives, promoting critical and creative thinking, or accelerating learning, it may lead to addictive behaviors and can create barriers to authentic social engagement with other children and adults. It can also be used as a crutch in a child’s ability to engage in real-life problem-solving.
I am a staunch supporter of authentic instruction that is hands-on, inquiry-based, and student-centered. I believe we need more fiction and non-fiction books, paper, pencils, markers, glue, scissors, and other materials and resources in the hands of our children during school hours, for homework, and over the summer months. With that said, as a former literacy coach and teacher of first and second grade students with diverse needs and abilities, I know there is value in using technology to facilitate learning when it is used thoughtfully with a keen focus on time limitations, student needs, and student outcomes.
For students learning English for the first time or for students who need additional visual, and auditory supports, literacy and language programs focused on authentic reading, phonemic awareness, and phonics can be both motivating and instructionally appropriate learning tools. Teachers of young learners may have 20-24 children in a classroom. Eight of those students may be learning English for the first time, five may be special education students, two students may have dyslexia, three students may be identified as gifted and talented, and four students may have no special program identification. With such a wide range of student needs, training teachers to understand how to use technology effectively in the classroom is vital. It is very important to note here that the district has a legal obligation to provide instruction covering the state-required Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Applications (Texas Administrative Code Chapter 126) for grades K-8.
I know firsthand how challenging it is to be a parent and a teacher. I also know that Texas requires our children, beginning in third grade, to take high-stakes testing on the computer. The children must have the stamina and skills it takes to write responses and read problems to identify answers. In the past two years, the SAT for older students has transitioned to computer-based testing only. I am adamantly opposed to Texas high-stakes testing that does not give children, parents and teachers the option for paper and pencil testing, regardless of age. I believe these high-stakes Texas accountability requirements are a very real driver of increased use of technology in the early grades. I want our students to be prepared and to excel on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), but it would be unfair and impossible to expect children to succeed on a 3rd grade STAAR if technology instruction is delayed until 3rd grade.
Is there anything else you’d like Schools Beyond Screens Fort Bend voters to know about you?
I believe it is important to have multiple perspectives on the Fort Bend ISD school board, including that of a professional educator who is deeply committed to the success of all children in our schools and who understands the interconnectedness of curriculum, instruction, special programs, teacher training, policy, and fiscal responsibility. For any parent or constituent who wants to see my Texas State Certification credentials, go to https://tealprod.tea.state.tx.us/ECOS-External/EcosOnline/VirtCert and search Angela Marie Hanan.
Where can SBS members learn more about your candidacy, and what can they do to help with your campaign?
Please visit my website at www.VoteAngieforFBISD.com
Facebook: AngieforSchoolBoard
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelectangieforfbisd/
Schools Beyond Screens does not endorse candidates or ballot measures. Our goal is to encourage an informed, engaged community. The decisions made in this election will influence the direction of our schools for years to come, making every vote important. Please make a plan to vote and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same. Together, our community can help shape the future of education in Fort Bend County.