Round Rock ISD
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On ballot as
Miriam Arora
Meghna Roy
Current role
Leads strategic technology partnerships for hiring and recruiting platforms (per campaign)
Chief Product & Technology Officer (per campaign)
Background
- MBA, Oral Roberts University (per campaign)
- Technology career since 2008 (per campaign)
- Author, Seven Hidden Strategies and Red Bird Mighty (per campaign)
- Round Rock resident since 2012
- Parent of two sons in Round Rock ISD schools
- MBA, McCombs School of Business at UT Austin (2018)
- Bachelor of engineering in electronics and communication, RGPV, India (2004)
- 25 years leading product and technology teams (per campaign)
- Round Rock ISD parent since 2015 (per campaign)
- Austin-area resident since 2007 (per campaign)
Experience
- Participant, Leadership Round Rock ISD, 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years (per campaign)
- Board member, nonprofit ministry (per campaign)
- Member for District 6, City of Austin Commission on Immigrant Affairs (per campaign)
- Former member, Round Rock ISD Student Health Advisory Committee (per campaign)
- Former member, Round Rock ISD Long Range Planning Committee (per campaign)
- Co-founder, AccessEducation RRISD (per campaign)
- Board member, AccessEducation RRISD, and founding treasurer of its PAC (August 2021 – October 2023) (per campaign)
- Board member, National Association of Counsel for Children (since January 2025) (per campaign)
Top priorities
- "My priorities are R³: Rigor, Responsibility and Readiness."
- "That means strong readers and thinkers from the start, paying teachers competitively, keeping parents meaningfully involved and spending taxpayer dollars with discipline."
- "The biggest issue is protecting classrooms while rebuilding reserves."
- "Produce unparalleled RRISD graduates through expanded Advanced Academics and CTE, preparing them for a rapidly changing workforce."
- "Retain teachers, librarians and staff as trusted, respected professionals."
- "Match spending to real enrollment, prioritizing critical needs."
- "Lead with transparency that families can act on."
Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: Campaign site lists "Early literacy and math foundations that hold through high school" under her Rigor priority
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: Community Impact Q&A: "The biggest issue is protecting classrooms while rebuilding reserves."
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Curriculum and instructional materials: Campaign site: "Trust our teachers and librarians. Their professional judgment, not political pressure, should guide what we put in front of students."
- Library books: Campaign site: "Parents will always have a say in what their own child reads; no one gets to make that call for everyone else's"
- School funding and bonds: Community Impact Q&A, on the district's most pressing issue: "The budget squeeze: flat state funding, declining enrollment and public dollars moving to private schools."
- Vouchers / school choice: Campaign site: "Focus on efficiencies while hoping the funding available for vouchers can find its way to public schools too"
Endorsements
None found in our research
- Access Education RRISD (a group she co-founded)
- Williamson County Democratic Party
- Hon. Sarah Eckhardt, Texas Senator, District 14 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. John H. Bucy III, Texas State Representative, District 136 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Krista Laine, City Council Member, Austin D6 (listed by campaign)
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- Hon. Frank Ortega, City Council Member, Round Rock, Place 4 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Hilda Montgomery, City Council Member & Mayor Pro Tem, Round Rock, Place 6 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Dr. Michael Wei, Current RRISD Board Secretary & Trustee, Place 7 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Amy Weir, Current RRISD Trustee, Place 5 (listed by campaign)
- Chuy Zárate, RRISD Trustee Place 1 (listed by campaign)
- Fabian Cuero, RRISD Trustee and Candidate Place 6 (listed by campaign)
Miriam Arora
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Miriam Arora
- Current role
- Leads strategic technology partnerships for hiring and recruiting platforms (per campaign)
- Background
- MBA, Oral Roberts University (per campaign)
- Technology career since 2008 (per campaign)
- Author, Seven Hidden Strategies and Red Bird Mighty (per campaign)
- Round Rock resident since 2012
- Parent of two sons in Round Rock ISD schools
- Experience
- Participant, Leadership Round Rock ISD, 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years (per campaign)
- Board member, nonprofit ministry (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "My priorities are R³: Rigor, Responsibility and Readiness."
- "That means strong readers and thinkers from the start, paying teachers competitively, keeping parents meaningfully involved and spending taxpayer dollars with discipline."
- "The biggest issue is protecting classrooms while rebuilding reserves."
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: Campaign site lists "Early literacy and math foundations that hold through high school" under her Rigor priority
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: Community Impact Q&A: "The biggest issue is protecting classrooms while rebuilding reserves."
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- miriamforrrisd.com
- On ballot as
- Meghna Roy
- Current role
- Chief Product & Technology Officer (per campaign)
- Background
- MBA, McCombs School of Business at UT Austin (2018)
- Bachelor of engineering in electronics and communication, RGPV, India (2004)
- 25 years leading product and technology teams (per campaign)
- Round Rock ISD parent since 2015 (per campaign)
- Austin-area resident since 2007 (per campaign)
- Experience
- Member for District 6, City of Austin Commission on Immigrant Affairs (per campaign)
- Former member, Round Rock ISD Student Health Advisory Committee (per campaign)
- Former member, Round Rock ISD Long Range Planning Committee (per campaign)
- Co-founder, AccessEducation RRISD (per campaign)
- Board member, AccessEducation RRISD, and founding treasurer of its PAC (August 2021 – October 2023) (per campaign)
- Board member, National Association of Counsel for Children (since January 2025) (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "Produce unparalleled RRISD graduates through expanded Advanced Academics and CTE, preparing them for a rapidly changing workforce."
- "Retain teachers, librarians and staff as trusted, respected professionals."
- "Match spending to real enrollment, prioritizing critical needs."
- "Lead with transparency that families can act on."
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: Campaign site: "Trust our teachers and librarians. Their professional judgment, not political pressure, should guide what we put in front of students."
- Library books: Campaign site: "Parents will always have a say in what their own child reads; no one gets to make that call for everyone else's"
- School funding and bonds: Community Impact Q&A, on the district's most pressing issue: "The budget squeeze: flat state funding, declining enrollment and public dollars moving to private schools."
- Vouchers / school choice: Campaign site: "Focus on efficiencies while hoping the funding available for vouchers can find its way to public schools too"
- Endorsements
- Access Education RRISD (a group she co-founded)
- Williamson County Democratic Party
- Hon. Sarah Eckhardt, Texas Senator, District 14 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. John H. Bucy III, Texas State Representative, District 136 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Krista Laine, City Council Member, Austin D6 (listed by campaign)
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- Hon. Frank Ortega, City Council Member, Round Rock, Place 4 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Hilda Montgomery, City Council Member & Mayor Pro Tem, Round Rock, Place 6 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Dr. Michael Wei, Current RRISD Board Secretary & Trustee, Place 7 (listed by campaign)
- Hon. Amy Weir, Current RRISD Trustee, Place 5 (listed by campaign)
- Chuy Zárate, RRISD Trustee Place 1 (listed by campaign)
- Fabian Cuero, RRISD Trustee and Candidate Place 6 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- meghnaroy.com
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