Let’s get some actual teachers and current parents with solid academic qualifications and deep GCISD experience on the board!
Here’s who, and here’s why:
Sergio Harris, Dianna Sager, and Kimberly Phoenix are excellent choices. They are “just the right trustees to right the ship, right now.”
Because of last year’s vote makeup, these three also have the only mathematical chance to win in plurality voting with split seats. The other side starts with 52%. Why do you think the board majority put in plurality voting as one of their first acts in the majority? It’s just math. Furthermore, we were the ONLY district left in North Texas with majority voting. When you can follow the majority of districts, and get a mathematical head start as a bonus – why not? Besides, in runoffs the extremists were losing over 50% of the time. This was a smart move by the extremists – and totally defensible.
We do NOT split 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. The actual split is 52% for the PatMob, 17% for Stine/Wollin, 48% for Sager, and 31% for Harris/Phoenix. The only ticket with a chance of getting out enough votes against the PatMob is Harris / Sager / Phoenix.
Let’s DO put a parental majority in control in GCISD! But, it is going to take an order of magintude more votes than have ever come out before thanks to split seats. We are not talking hundreds, we are talking many thousands.
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Sergio Harris
Current high school teacher
U.S. Army veteran, combat medic
Metroport Teen Court Advisory Board Member
Youth basketball coach
PTA Volunteer
Current GCISD Dad
Running against
A.J. Pontillo
Reportedly a nice guy, but, who?
PatMob candidate
Dave Stine
Nice guy, but not his year mathematically based on the voter composition from 2022 which gives an insurmountable head start to the recommended candidates.
Dave was the preferred candidate of TXNPAC in 2022. In fact, with in-kind contributions such as texting, TXNPAC was the largest supporter of Dave’s campaign. Dave was the front-runner again this year until analysis was performed on last year’s Louie Sulllins votes. Dave’s votes were a subset of those votes i.e. he did not get all of Louie’s votes. To save the district, with plurality voting, we must vote the math.
In a split seat situation, with arguably two equally qualified candidates, personal preferences have to give way to the math. The vote margin was insurmountable.
The fact that the math also supports a candidate who is a current public school teacher, Sergio, was an excellent bonus!
Dave was informed of the math, and repeatedly declined suggestions to move seats, or drop, forcing a split seat vote in a plurality election where the other side starts with 52%. His primary argument? “I filed first.”
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Dianna Sager
Recently Retired High School Coach and Teacher
33 years in education, 20 at GCISD
Currently sub teaching to help with GCISD teacher shortage
Current GCISD Mom
Running against
Richard Newton
Hasn’t had kids in GCISD since before Dianna started teaching here 20 years ago. Graduated high school almost 60 years ago.
Used all but a few hundred thousand of OUR GCISD TIF millions to build towers and other vanity projects in Colleyville.
Meanwhile, Grapevine contributed millions of TIF back to GCISD for the stadium remodel and various infrastructure projects in the district.
No primary/secondary teaching experience – teaching undergrad and graduate students ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO does NOT count!
Has had no use for Grapevine for decades until it came time to pull his heritage out for this election.
On record as a strong charter school advocate – does he know this is a taxpayer FIDUCIARY position?
NOT a GCISD parent for almost a full generation.
Local PatMob commisar
Place 7
Kimberly Phoenix
LEAD 2.0 Committee
Gifted & Talented Advisory Committee
Counseling Advisory Committee
Served on three PTAs
Campus Excellence Committee
Community Champions
GC-SAGE Immediate Past President
ASPIRE SAGE Parent Rep
Current GCISD Mom
Running against
Mary Humphrey
Mary’s Campaign Treasurer, John Eubanks, did not object to Colleyville TIF allocations on the record when he represented GCISD on the Colleyville TIF board. (Thanks for Newton’s Towers, John!)
Mary was a significant architect of the disingenuous Kathy Spradley 2022 campaign. She is following the same formula for herself this year almost to the letter.
Mark Wollin
Nice enough guy, but should have waited a year and had more GCISD experience beyond being a member of one of the first graduating classes of CHHS. Also not his year mathematically as the analysis shows he will not even get all of Stine’s votes.
Mark had indicated during interviews that he would gladly drop for somebody more qualified, being very aware of the danger of a split seat minority in a plurality election. Mark was likewise informed of the math that did not favor Dave. As a first year candidate, Dave would deliver most of Mark’s votes just like Dave got all of his votes from Louie last year.
Mark declined to step aside for Sergio. Mark also declined to step aside for Kimberly Phoenix unless she got Sergio to drop, and Mark declined to step aside so Dave could move to that seat if it meant Sergio was still running. He did offer to drop if Sergio would drop.
One has to wonder exactly who Mark would consider better qualified to run. Mark ultimately chose to maintain a split seat. on
- Look at teachers, paraprofessionals, staff, and administration leaving by the hundreds.
- Look at our students in larger classes with fewer options.
- Look at our district with no head librarian and key librarian positions open.
- And now – look even at our sports programs with no head football coaches at either high school.
Vote early April 24 to May 2. Election day is May 6.
Vote Harris / Sager / Phoenix!
