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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Board of Trustees, Place 5

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

Round Rock ISD
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Miriam AroraNonpartisan
Meghna RoyMeghna RoyNonpartisan
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
Meghna Roy

Meghna Roy

Nonpartisan
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