Eagle Mountain- Saginaw school board

Trustees oversee the school district by setting policies, hiring a superintendent to conduct day-to-day business, and adopting annual budgets and tax rates. They serve three-year terms and are unpaid.

Place 6

Incumbent Tim Dennis is unopposed and will keep his seat until 2011.

Place 7

Name: Paul R. Jacobs (incumbent)

Age: 47

City: Fort Worth

Occupation: Insurance

Online: none

Background: Jacobs graduated from Boswell High school and attended Tarrant County College and the University of North Texas. He has been in the insurance business for 24 years

About the candidate: Jacobs has been a school trustee for 12 years. He said his upfront approach with his insurance customers carries over to his relationships with teachers, administrators and the public. Involvement in his children's school helps him understand student needs. He supports keeping high schools small so that more students can participate in extracurricular activities. He said it's important that trustees complete bond projects promised to the public.

Name: Donna K. Webb

Age: 51

City: Saginaw

Occupation: Attorney for federal government

Online: www.donnawebb.net

Background: Webb graduated from the Texas Tech Law School. She has been an attorney since 1982 -- mostly with federal agencies but also some private practice.

About the candidate: As president of the Pure Gold Booster Club at Boswell High School, where her daughter will graduate this year, Webb said she will be impartial even though she criticized administrators at a February board meeting. She said her law career has prepared her to gather facts before deciding an issue. She wants students to get a balanced education that includes academic and extracurricular activities.

School bond

Amount sought: $394 million

Proposed projects: A third high school, a sixth middle school and two more elementary schools to serve student enrollment that has doubled in five years.

Tax rate effect: 11-cent tax rate increase. New rate would be $1.44 per $100 assessed value.

Online: www.emsisd.com