Mansfield ISD board president signs document stating she lives outside district
Mansfield’s school board president signed and filed a homestead document that says she lives outside the district, raising questions about her eligibility to serve as a trustee.
According to Tarrant County property records, Jandel Crutchfield signed a nonhomestead affidavit in March stating she does not live in the Mansfield home she gave as her primary mailing address when she filed to run for school board in 2024.
Tax records show Crutchfield still owns the home on Cardinal Road, but the sworn affidavit she signed says it’s an investment property. In the affidavit, Crutchfield asserted she had never resided in the home, nor does she intend to.
Instead, Crutchfield appeared to designate a property in Itasca, some 40 miles away from Mansfield, as her primary homestead residence. Crutchfield is not listed as that home’s owner, according to Hill County property tax records and other public records.
The Itasca property was sold to a couple in February. The listing agent was Crutchfield’s husband, Johnoson Crutchfield, according to Homes.com.
Jandel Crutchfield did not respond to a voice message and a text message requesting comment. Johnoson Crutchfield did not respond to a text message.
State law and Mansfield’s school board policy requires trustee candidates to live in the district for at least six months before filing to run for a board seat, and trustees must be registered to vote in the district.
In 2024, Jandel Crutchfield assumed ownership of the home on Cardinal Road in Mansfield from Grab the Map, LLC, a property management and investment company owned by her husband.
According to tax records, Grab the Map still owns five properties in Tarrant County: one in Mansfield, three in Fort Worth and one in Kennedale. Jandel Crutchfield is only listed as owning the Cardinal Road home on the Tarrant County property tax rolls.
Johnoson Crutchfield does not appear to own any property in Tarrant County in his own name, and neither show up as property owners in Johnson County or Ellis County, which portions of Mansfield are in.
Another of Johnoson Crutchfield’s companies, FamilyTime Mansfield, LLC, was forfeited for tax reasons in 2025, according to Texas Secretary of State records. That company is listed on the Tarrant County property tax roll as owning a property in Mansfield. FamilyTime Mansfield filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May.
A Tarrant County record from 2025 showed the Crutchfields had fallen behind on their property taxes for the Cardinal Road home and two of the homes owned by Grab the Map. The Crutchfields entered into a contract with a company called Home Tax Solutions to pay more than $29,000 in delinquent taxes on the three properties.
The affidavit Jandel Crutchfield signed in March said it was to “induce Prosperity Bank to not exercise its remedies for a default in the loan documents” related to the transfer of the Cardinal Road home from Grab the Map to Crutchfield. It does not mention protecting the Itasca home from foreclosure.
Under Texas law, creditors can’t force homeowners to sell their homesteads, or primary residences, to satisfy certain debts. However, that protection does not apply when it comes to delinquent taxes or delinquent mortgage or home equity loan payments, among other things. In those cases, the taxing authority or lender can foreclose.
Crutchfield was embroiled in a similar controversy when she ran for school board two years ago. Her opponent, Angel Hidalgo, was deemed ineligible for not meeting residency requirements. Some at the time also questioned Crutchfield’s eligibility based on residency records.
In a 2024 interview with the Star-Telegram, Crutchfield said she had lived in Mansfield for six years and had utility bills to prove it.
This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM.