Our Mission
"Excellence in Education with a personal touch."
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Board Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room at 200 E. 5th Street, Kress, Texas 79052 unless stated otherwise.
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Kress ISD will post board agendas 72 hours in advance of the meeting on the foyer glass on the East End of the Build.
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Board Meetings
July 30, 2024 Agenda
July 30, 2024 Board Minutes
August 13, 2024 Agenda
August 22, 2024
Minutes for August 13, 2024
& August 22, 2024
September 17, 2024 Board Agenda
September 17, 2024 Minutes
October 8, 2024 Agenda
November 14, 2024
November 18, 2024 Called Meeting
December 12, 2024
Regular Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
December 12, 2024
Regular Board Training 8:00 p.m.
Minutes June 2024-December 2024
Minutes Sept 1, 2023 -Present
January 16, 2025
Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Minutes
February 3, 2025
Called Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Minutes
February 13, 2025
Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Minutes
March 27, 2023
Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Minutes
April 15, 2025
Board Meeting 7:00 Agenda
Minutes
May 13, 2025
Board Meeting 7:00 Agenda
Minutes
June 12, 2025
Board Meeting at 7:00
Agenda
Minutes
Called Board Meeting
June 26, 2025
Agenda
Board Room KISD
Minutes
July 22, 2025
Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Agenda
KISD Board Room
Minutes
August 5, 2025
Called Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Agenda
KISD Board Room
Minutes
August 11, 2025
Called Board Meeting
12:00 p.m. Agenda
KISD Board Room
Minutes
August 26,2025
Regular Board Meeting
7:00 p.m. KISD Board Room
Minutes
September 23, 2025
Regular Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Minutes
October 14, 2025
Regular Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Minutes
November 13, 2025
Regular Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Minutes
December 11 2025
Board Meeting
8:00 pm
Minutes
January 15, 2026
Board Meeting
7:00 pm
February 12, 2026
Board Meeting
7:00 pm.
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District Map
School Board:
Tiffany Reed, President
[email protected]
Place 3
May 2023-May 2026
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Martin Sanchez, Vice President
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Place 4
May 2023-2026
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Adri Evans
[email protected]
Place 5
May 2025-2028
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Jessica Finck
[email protected]
At-Large 1
May 2024-May 2027
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Omar Valdez
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Place 2
May 2024-May 2027
Josh Lovvorn
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At-Large 2
May 2025-2028
Danny Galvan
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Place 1
May 2025-2028
Internet Posting of Election 2026
Board Meetings
Board Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room at 200 E. 5th Street, Kress, Texas 79052 unless stated otherwise.
Qualifications to Board Trustees
EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Board Training & Requirements
New Board Members ~25 hrs.
Experienced Board Members ~9-16 hrs*.
For specific topics linked to the training hours please click here.
* required hours after the 1st year will vary depending on how the Post-Legislative Updates, Child Abuse, and Student Achievement and Accountability hours fall for an individual trustee.
**Required "team building" hours are scheduled to coincide with board elections with on boarding new board members.
Application Requirements (Forms, Filing Fee, Petition Requirements)
An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the district’s filing authority (often the superintendent’s secretary or another designated district employee); and contain specified information about the candidate:
• the candidate’s name, date of birth, and occupation;
• the candidate’s residence address or the address at which the candidate receives mail with a description of the location of the candidate’s residence;
• the candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single member district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
• if available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate’s campaign;
• the office sought, including any place or other distinguishing number and an indication of whether the office sought is for a full or unexpired term;
• statements that the candidate is a U.S. citizen; has not been determined by a court to be mentally incapacitated; has not been convicted of a felony; is aware of the nepotism law; and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws.
Eligibility:
An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual:
• is a United States citizen;
• is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;
• has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
• has not been finally convicted of a felony;
• has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
- for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a
candidate’s application for a place on the ballot;
- for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate’s name is written in; or
- for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
• is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and
• satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.
Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001; Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.
The Texas Education Code imposes additional requirements:
• To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a U.S citizen, a Texas resident, a registered voter, not determined to be totally or partially mentally incapacitated by an appropriate court, and not finally convicted of a felony. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.061; Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002.
• A person is ineligible to serve on a school board if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Texas Penal Code section 43.02(b) regarding prostitution. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.
• Deadlines for Filing for Candidacy: Feb 13., 2026
• Important Election Dates 2026
• Election Law Calendars
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Administration
Superintendent
District Technology Coordinator
Leah Zeigler
[email protected]
806.684.2652
High School Principal
Shawn Langston
Shawn Langston@kressonline.net
806.684.2651
Elementary Principal
April Robel
[email protected]
806.684.2326
Business Manager
Melissa Wendling
[email protected]
806.684.2652
District Counselor
Kimberely Couch
kimberely.couch@kressonline.net
806.684.2652
Elementary Counselor
Ashton Clark
[email protected]
806.684.2326
Athletic Director
Jacob Bentley
[email protected]
806.684.2653