Sam Nevarez — Princeton ISD Board of Trustees - TX 3rd ...

Samuel Nevarez lives with his wife and their two children in Princeton. 

Supports strengthening the core curriculum and expanding career and technical education to prepare students for college and careers.

Supports stronger early literacy programs to help struggling students and wants to advance the curriculum to challenge students ready to excel.

Supports stronger early literacy programs to help struggling students.

- Supports strengthening the core curriculum and expanding career and technical education to prepare students for college and careers.
- Supports stronger early literacy programs to help struggling students.

School Curriculum

Believes in planning ahead with responsible growth strategies to meet enrollment needs, including building schools faster, ensuring facilities are ready before overcrowding, and exploring community and business partnerships to expand resources.

Believes in directing funds to classrooms first and managing rapid growth and cash flow carefully to prioritize teachers, programs, and students.

Believes in exploring public-private partnerships to help finance new schools and expand innovative programs without overburdening taxpayers.

- Believes in planning ahead with responsible growth strategies to meet enrollment needs, including building schools faster, ensuring facilities are ready before overcrowding, and exploring community and business partnerships to expand resources.
- Believes in directing funds to classrooms first and managing rapid growth and cash flow carefully to prioritize teachers, programs, and students.
- Believes in exploring public-private partnerships to help finance new schools and expand innovative programs without overburdening taxpayers.

School Facilities & Resources

Supports upgrading school safety protocols, including controlled access points, dedicated officers, and regular safety drills with local emergency services.

- Supports upgrading school safety protocols, including controlled access points, dedicated officers, and regular safety drills with local emergency services.

Student Wellbeing

Believes competitive pay and strong benefits are essential for retaining teachers.

Supports providing teachers with training in technology and classroom management, as well as special education support.

- Believes competitive pay and strong benefits are essential for retaining teachers.
- Supports providing teachers with training in technology and classroom management, as well as special education support.

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As of September 19, 2025, Samuel Nevarez’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Samuel Nevarez

Samuel Nevarez is from Princeton, Texas. He attended Princeton High School, Collin College, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He lives with his wife and their two children in Princeton. He attends St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church.

Supports exploring partnerships to help finance new schools and expand innovative programs without overburdening taxpayers.

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Believes the law was not followed when Princeton ISD sent parents a supplemental book list, saying, "Students lost safe, age-appropriate books and teachers lost the tools they rely on every day."

Opposes book bans saying, "Students lost safe, age-appropriate books and teachers lost the tools they rely on every day."

- Opposes book bans saying, "Students lost safe, age-appropriate books and teachers lost the tools they rely on every day."

As of September 19, 2025, Charlotte Wilson did not have a website or any information online.

Opposes school voucher programs, which are initiatives that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools.

- Opposes school voucher programs, which are initiatives that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools.

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John Campbell is currently a member of the Princeton ISD School Board. He has been a member since 2022.

As of September 19, 2025, John Campbell did not have a website or any information online.

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Believes in aligning curriculum with assessment tools to evaluate student learning.

Julia Schmoker is from Dallas, Texas. She attended Richardson High School. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University, a graduate artist diploma from McGill University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. She lives with her husband, Anthony, and their son, Sawyer, in Princeton.

Julia is a design consultant and client advisor. She previously worked as a public affairs specialist in the U.S. Army. She also taught choir at Bowman Middle School, voice at Wilson Middle School in Plano, and voice at the University of Minnesota. She is also an international opera singer.

Julia is currently a member of the Princeton ISD School Board. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

Believes a "sound, effective education system" requires parental input.

- Believes a "sound, effective education system" requires parental input.

Promises to ensure tax dollars are spent in the most effective and efficient manner.

Promises to ensure tax dollars are spent in "the most effective and efficient manner."

Believes in being "upfront and honest with parents and teachers on issues."

- Promises to ensure tax dollars are spent in "the most effective and efficient manner."
- Believes in being "upfront and honest with parents and teachers on issues."

As of September 19, 2025, Julia Schmoker’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Julia Schmoker

Julia is from Dallas, Texas. She attended Richardson High School. She has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Southern Methodist University, a graduate artist diploma from McGill University, and a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Minnesota. She lives with her husband, Anthony, and their son, Sawyer, in Princeton.

Julia is a design consultant and client advisor. She previously worked as a public affairs specialist in the U.S. Army, where she achieved many accomplishments, including receiving the Keith L. Ware journalism award and the Army Achievement Medal. She also taught choir at Bowman Middle School, voice at Wilson Middle School in Plano, and voice at the University of Minnesota. As an international opera singer, she developed relationships and collaborated with people of diverse cultures. 

Julia Schmoker is currently a member of the Princeton ISD School Board. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

As of September 19, 2025, Julia Schmoker did not have a website or any information online.

Melissa Ait Belaid lives with her two daughters in Princeton. 

Supports emergent bilinguals with targeted strategies to enhance reading and language skills.

Supports target bilingual students with strategies to enhance reading and language skills.

- Supports target bilingual students with strategies to enhance reading and language skills.

Supports adequate staffing for special education.

Supports community engagement by allowing families to explore campuses, programs, and student services.

Plans to hold the Special Education Department accountable by "ensuring correct staffing ratios, meeting federal mandates, and providing resources that match student needs."

- Supports adequate staffing for special education.
- Supports community engagement by allowing families to explore campuses, programs, and student services.
- Plans to hold the Special Education Department accountable by "ensuring correct staffing ratios, meeting federal mandates, and providing resources that match student needs."

Supports requiring safety checklists in school and neighborhood plans to ensure safe infrastructure.

Prioritizes vulnerable areas for safety feature funding, advocates for partnerships to ensure school zone safety, and supports expanding infrastructure for safe travel to school.

Prioritizes vulnerable areas for safety funding, advocates for partnerships to ensure school zone safety, and supports expanding infrastructure for safe travel to school.

Supports community engagement by inviting families to explore schools and establishing feedback channels for students, parents, and community members.

Supports increasing transparency by publishing detailed agendas in advance and reporting on public comments afterward.

- Supports requiring safety checklists in school and neighborhood plans to ensure safe infrastructure.
- Prioritizes vulnerable areas for safety funding, advocates for partnerships to ensure school zone safety, and supports expanding infrastructure for safe travel to school.
- Supports community engagement by inviting families to explore schools and establishing feedback channels for students, parents, and community members.
- Supports increasing transparency by publishing detailed agendas in advance and reporting on public comments afterward.

Supports trusting and empowering teachers by reducing bureaucratic obstacles.

Believes in recruiting and retaining teachers through partnerships and pipelines that bring in high-quality teachers from diverse professional backgrounds.

- Supports trusting and empowering teachers by reducing bureaucratic obstacles.
- Believes in recruiting and retaining teachers through partnerships and pipelines that bring in high-quality teachers from diverse professional backgrounds.

As of September 19, 2025, Melissa Ait Belaid’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Melissa Ait Belaid

Melissa Ait Belaid is from Princeton, Texas. She has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and a master’s degree in foreign language education from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Princeton.

Melissa Ait Belaid is from Princeton, Texas. She has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and a master’s degree in foreign language education from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives with her husband and their two daughters in Princeton. 

As of September 19, 2025, Melissa Ait Belaid did not have a website or any information online.

Supports tying infrastructure to building approvals by requiring safety checklists for school and neighborhood plans.

As of September 19, 2025, Patricia McLaughlin did not have a website or any information online.

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Sonia Ledezma earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from East Texas A&M University and a master’s in counseling from the University of North Texas. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Princeton.

Sonia previously worked as a bilingual teacher. She is now a homeschool teacher to her children.

Sonia Ledezma — Princeton ISD Board of Trustees - TX 3rd ...

Supports using "research-backed systems" in education.

Said, "I do not support the removal of classroom libraries altogether. Classrooms need books. Period."

Said, "I do not support the removal of classroom libraries altogether. Classrooms need books."

- Supports using "research-backed systems" in education.
- Said, "I do not support the removal of classroom libraries altogether. Classrooms need books."

Believes in using resources wisely, keeping decisions student-centered, and communicating clearly with the community.

Believes all students, including ESL, special populations, and those with diverse abilities, "deserve to be supported, valued, and challenged."

- Believes in using resources wisely, keeping decisions student-centered, and communicating clearly with the community.
- Believes all students, including ESL, special populations, and those with diverse abilities, "deserve to be supported, valued, and challenged."

Believes every student should "feel safe, seen, and supported every single day."

Believes school safety requires "strong protocols, secure campuses, and clear communication," as well as mental health support, anti-bullying practices, and trusting relationships.

- Believes every student should "feel safe, seen, and supported every single day."
- Believes school safety requires "strong protocols, secure campuses, and clear communication," as well as mental health support, anti-bullying practices, and trusting relationships.

Believes families should be treated as partners in education and teachers as "irreplaceable leaders of student success."

Believes teachers "deserve to be heard, respected, and equipped to do their best work."

- Believes families should be treated as partners in education and teachers as "irreplaceable leaders of student success."
- Believes teachers "deserve to be heard, respected, and equipped to do their best work."

As of September 19, 2025, Sonia Ledezma’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Sonia Ledezma

Sonia Ledezma earned a B.S. in interdisciplinary studies from East Texas A&M University and a master’s in counseling from the University of North Texas. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Princeton.

Sonia Ledezma's campaign for Princeton ISD Board of Trustees is her first entry into politics.

Sonia earned a B.S. in interdisciplinary studies from East Texas A&M University and a master’s in counseling with a focus on student affairs. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Princeton.

Sonia earned a B.S. in interdisciplinary studies from East Texas A&M University and a master’s in counseling from the University of North Texas. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Princeton.

Sonia is an educator. She taught in Princeton ISD classrooms as a certified bilingual Texas educator.