The Fort Worth ISD board has five 5 seats up for election. Here’s who’s running.
Five Fort Worth school board seats are in the running for the May 1 election.
Board members serve a four-year unpaid term. The places in contention are Districts 1, 4, 7, 8 and 9. Here’s who’s running:
DISTRICT 1
District 1 northwest Fort Worth.
Incumbent Jacinto “Cinto” Ramos, Jr., 46, is seeking another four-year term after first being elected in 2013.
Ramos is the chief of board governance and leadership at Leadership ISD, a non-profit organization that works with public school districts, according to the Fort Worth ISD website.
DISTRICT 4
District 4 covers a section of south Fort Worth.
Incumbent Daphne Brookins will seek re-election after being elected in 2019 after former trustee T.A. Sims resigned during his term. Brookins was a former Forest Hill Mayor Pro Tem and councilwoman and recently worked for Tarrant County as a youth administrator.
Wallace Bridges is challenging Brookins .
DISTRICT 7
District 7 covers a section of east Fort Worth.
Incumbent Norman Robbins will seek re-election. He was first elected in 2004. He is a real estate agent with Williams Trew Real Estate.
Michael Ryan is challenging Robbins. Ryan previously worked for Fort Worth ISD as the executive director of Fine Arts.
DISTRICT 8
District 8 covers schools in southeast Fort Worth.
Incumbent Anael Luebanos, an accountant, of Fort Worth will seek re-election. He was first elected in 2017.
Brianna C. Guerrero is challenging Luebanos.
DISTRICT 9
District 9 covers schools in a section of southeast.
Incumbent Ashley Paz will not seek re-election.
Challenging for the seat are Roxanne Martinez, Cade Lovelace and Michael A. Shedd. Martinez is a marketing consultant, Lovelace is an attorney and Shedd is a Fort Worth police officer and an adjunct instructor at Tarleton State University, according to the campaign filings.
