Houston County Post 2 candidate: Tim Riley

Tim received his bachelor's degree from Mercer University, a master’s degree from Georgia State University, and his doctorate from Clark Atlanta University. He is President of the Genesis Joy House in Warner Robins, the only homeless shelter that serves exclusively female veterans. 

Tim has experience as a substitute teacher and in the state prison system as a Mental Health Counselor. He has also worked with children in the hospital system.

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Riley ran for Houston County Commission in 2022 but did not win. Previously, he served as Assistant Commissioner to Post 6 in DeKalb County and as Vice Mayor for the city of Waianae in Hawaii.

Wants to create "an open door" for constituents to talk with him.

- Wants to create "an open door" for constituents to talk with him.

Access to Education

As of April 23, 2024, Tim Riley did not have a website or any information online.

School Curriculum

Wants to find proper safe land and carry out environmental studies prior to school expansion and construction.

- Wants to find proper safe land and carry out environmental studies prior to school expansion and construction.

School Facilities & Resources

Wants to implement resource officers in every school and on every school bus.

- Wants to implement resource officers in every school and on every school bus.

Student Wellbeing

Said, "Our teachers are getting overworked and underpaid...We’ve got to work diligently to make sure that they are taken care of."

Said, “We have got to become the place where people are trying to get to...We want this to be the job that everybody wants by working in the Houston County school system.”

- Said, "Our teachers are getting overworked and underpaid...We’ve got to work diligently to make sure that they are taken care of."
- Said, “We have got to become the place where people are trying to get to...We want this to be the job that everybody wants by working in the Houston County school system.”

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Rick received a Master of Education from Georgia College and State University and a Doctor of Strategic Leadership from Regent University. He is a worship pastor at Trinity Church of the Nazarene and is married with two daughters.

Unruh named Houston County BOE representative of District 1

Rick was a media specialist and choral teacher for Northside High School.

Rick Unruh

Rick Unruh is the County Board of Education Member in Houston County School Board representing District 1. He was appointed in 2013 and has been re-elected for 2 more terms since then.

As of April 23, 2024, Rick Unruh did not have a website or any information online.

Advocated for the creation of a choral program.

- Advocated for the creation of a choral program.

Said, "We’ve done well with our metrics—our graduation rate, and particularly with the achievement gap. It has closed considerably, and I think that’s very, very important."

- Said, "We’ve done well with our metrics—our graduation rate, and particularly with the achievement gap. It has closed considerably, and I think that’s very, very important."

Said, "I know what the teachers face, and I have an idea of what the kids need."

- Said, "I know what the teachers face, and I have an idea of what the kids need."

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.