Copperas Cove ISD
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James OrtizNonpartisan
Emily UrquidezNonpartisan
On ballot as
James Ortiz
Emily Urquidez
Current role
Retired teacher
Federal budget analyst, Fort Hood garrison
Background
- Retired teacher, Copperas Cove ISD, 29 years (per Killeen Daily Herald)
- Former Copperas Cove ISD employee, nearly four years
- Former high school attendance secretary; then district truancy officer, two years
- Moved to Copperas Cove in 2012 when her military family was relocated to Fort Hood (per Killeen Daily Herald)
Experience
Not found
- Board of Directors, Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce
- Former chair, Military Affairs Committee, Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce
- Served on the citizens' bond advisory committee for the district's $165 million bond election
Top priorities
- "You can't manage morale, you have to lead that, and it has to be led by example"
- "The one thing you can never cut is special ed"
- "I don't think anybody up high should get a raise until it starts from the bottom up"
- "I want to look at data, I want to ask questions, and while I want to work as a team, I will also take it upon myself to find the data I'm looking for"
Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: On district spending during a budget deficit: "I don't think anybody up high should get a raise until it starts from the bottom up"
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: No public statement found
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
Not found
James Ortiz
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- James Ortiz
- Current role
- Retired teacher
- Background
- Retired teacher, Copperas Cove ISD, 29 years (per Killeen Daily Herald)
- Experience
- Not found
- Top priorities
- "You can't manage morale, you have to lead that, and it has to be led by example"
- "The one thing you can never cut is special ed"
- "I don't think anybody up high should get a raise until it starts from the bottom up"
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: On district spending during a budget deficit: "I don't think anybody up high should get a raise until it starts from the bottom up"
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Emily Urquidez
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Emily Urquidez
- Current role
- Federal budget analyst, Fort Hood garrison
- Background
- Former Copperas Cove ISD employee, nearly four years
- Former high school attendance secretary; then district truancy officer, two years
- Moved to Copperas Cove in 2012 when her military family was relocated to Fort Hood (per Killeen Daily Herald)
- Experience
- Board of Directors, Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce
- Former chair, Military Affairs Committee, Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce
- Served on the citizens' bond advisory committee for the district's $165 million bond election
- Top priorities
- "I want to look at data, I want to ask questions, and while I want to work as a team, I will also take it upon myself to find the data I'm looking for"
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: No public statement found
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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