I Will Be Your ADVOCATE To Ensure:

• • • • • EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS
        • FOCUS ON STUDENT SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED)
        • CAMPUS SUCCESS
        • STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & INCENTIVES
        • STAFF EMPOWERMENT
        • TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY
        • RESPONSIBLE FISCAL STEWARDSHIP
        • CLEAR CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION
        • COMMITTED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS AND DISTRICT
        • KILLEEN ISD SUCCESS

My name is Joseph Baez and I am running for Killeen ISD School Board Trustee, Place 5.

Within the past year the Killeen ISD community has gone through many trials and tribulations that has affected our KISD community. However, no matter how much lives were affected, our KISD community stayed KISD Strong.

Let's be clear, the difficult experiences our KISD community has faced did not just surface within the past year. These experiences have been issues and concerns for years prior to this past year and addressed by many within the KISD community to the KISD administration and the KISD Board of Trustees.

When addressed by many within the KISD community did the administration and trustees listen to the KISD community and take the appropriate actions to remedy these issues and concerns or did the administration and trustees hear the KISD community and set the issues and concerns aside until it was too late? Remember, there is a difference between listening and hearing.

For me the latter because Killeen ISD still had problems that needed to be remedied and KISD was still plagued with failures in safety within our district, was still plagued with failures in education within our district, was still plagued with retaining quality educators within our district and was still plagued with taxpayer’s dollars not being spent efficiently within our district. This is just to name a few which is resulting in school closings, rezoning of students and moving towards charter school partnership happening within Killeen ISD.

The top four problems and/or issues plaguing Killeen ISD right now is inefficient governance, ineffective management, lack of transparency and no accountability within Killeen ISD.

Efficient governance is with the school board and effective management starts at the top of the school district administration. Let's remember, the responsibility of the governance of a school district is with the school board of trustees and the responsibility of the management of a school district is with the superintendent and their administration. If the governance and management of a school district is falling short of required standards and expectations, then the outcome will yield unacceptable results that are detrimental to the success of the school district as a whole.

Transparency is important to a school district's success. Being open and honest with the district's stakeholders builds trust and promotes efficiency that only strengthens what is a partnership between the school district's board of trustees, administration and stakeholders (educators, teachers, families, parents, students and outside community). Transparency must ensure that information is disseminated quickly and timely, is easily accessible and understandable to all, and is clearly communicated without leaving doubt to all recipients.

Accountability is paramount to the success of a school district. The willingness to accept responsibility for individual and collective actions, taking and accepting ownership for the results and outcomes, both successes and failures, due to the actions taken, and being able to move forward with solutions and remedies to be successful defines a commitment and dedication to desired goals, accomplishments and positive growth.

Due to these continuous problems and failures within our district, one thing that I have heard about and read about throughout the past year from the KISD community was that change was needed both within district administration and the school board. Killeen ISD community, on May 2, 2026, the opportunity for change on the school board will be in your hands. Once that change takes place within the school board, positive change within the district will follow.

Killeen ISD Community, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to speak with you either one-on-one or if you like as a group. Also, please look out for dates and times of upcoming community and candidate events that will take place prior to the general election in which I will be participating in. In addition, please feel free to read my comments regarding KISD matters in the Killeen Daily Herald Facebook site and also under various KISD related Facebook Groups in which I post under my personal Facebook profile, 'Jos Bz' and/or under my newly created Facebook profile, 'Joseph B for Killeen ISD'.

Follow me at 'Joseph B for Killeen ISD' (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575456604913) where I will be posting on Killeen ISD matters, to include insight and comments, and in addition where I will also be posting on other educational information of interest.

Killeen ISD Community, thank you and I look forward to your consideration and support in the May 2, 2026 general election.

Sincerely and V/R,

Joseph Baez

Candidate for Killeen ISD School Board Trustee, Place 5

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