I am running to represent Austin ISD District 4 on the board of trustees because:

I'm from here! I have a fifty year history with this district and attended Hill Elementary, Lucy Reed 6th Grade Center (now the Rosedale School), Murchison Middle School, and L C Anderson High School.

Tricia4AISD — Home

Education

B.A., American History, Biology Minor. The University of Texas at Austin, 1996.
-I love my undergraduate degree: lots of reading and writing, plus every class you need to go to medical school (Physics, Calculus, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Cell Biology, and more).

Tricia4AISD — Meet Tricia

M.B.A., Rice University, 2001.
-President and founding member of the National Association of Women MBA Rice chapter.
-Creator, coordinator and fundraiser for 1st annual Rice Women in Leadership Conference (2026 was the 25th annual).
-Admissions Counselor.

Associate's degree, Musical Theatre, Austin Community College, 2025. This was my 'empty nest' project when my kids left for college. All I wanted was more singing, more dancing! I also completed 1/2 of a Music Composition associate's degree (to be continued...)

I am a mom of two IB Diploma graduates of L C Anderson High School.

I attended (new) Anderson High School during "the busing years," 1980-84. I am familiar with the way that changes in our neighborhood schools bring both concerns and potential for growth.

Tricia Mitchell Kim is from the Austin Independent School District community. She earned an associate's degree in musical theatre from Austin Community College, a bachelor's degree in American history with a minor in biology from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Business Administration from Rice University. She is the mother of two L C Anderson High School graduates who earned International Baccalaureate diplomas.

2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas General Runoff

Nonpartisan

What do you see as the biggest challenge facing Austin ISD right now, and how would you address it? Austin ISD’s biggest challenge is a potential TEA intervention, coupled with our failing school campuses. I would demand transparency about student progress, seek teacher and guardian input, ensure effective support between district headquarters and campuses, and look for ways to replicate and reinforce successful learning strategies. We can do this!

Q&A: Meet the candidates for Austin ISD District 4 ahead of Nov. 3 election

What would your top priorities be if elected? My top priorities are to retain local control of our district, scale back our operating budget to match our current constraints and continue to improve campus ratings so AISD is not the statewide leader in failing schools. I will work toward a baseline academic standard on every single campus.

Austin ISD is in crisis and needs decisive leadership. I will protect local control, honor Austin's history, and advocate for a baseline academic standard on all campuses. Local school board trustee races are nonpartisan.

Plans to require transparency about student progress and replicate successful learning strategies across campuses.

Advocates for a minimum academic standard across every Austin Independent School District campus.

- Plans to require transparency about student progress and replicate successful learning strategies across campuses.
- Advocates for a minimum academic standard across every Austin Independent School District campus.

School Curriculum

Plans to scale back the district operating budget to align with current constraints.

Plans to ensure effective support for school campuses from district headquarters.

- Plans to scale back the district operating budget to align with current constraints.
- Plans to ensure effective support for school campuses from district headquarters.

School Facilities & Resources

As of September 19, 2026, Tricia Mitchell Kim’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Student Wellbeing

Plans to seek teacher input on how to address district challenges and improve learning strategies.

- Plans to seek teacher input on how to address district challenges and improve learning strategies.

Teachers

Access to Education

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Tricia Mitchell Kim

- Advocates for a minimum academic standard across every Austin Independent School District campus.

Alejandra Gracias

Mauricio Mendez

Edward M. Bradfield

Jessica Neufeld

- A trustee is an elected member of a local school board who helps govern a public school district.

- Trustees represent community interests and are responsible for setting policies that guide how the school district operates.

- The board of trustees hires and evaluates the superintendent, who manages the day-to-day operations of the district.

- Trustees approve the district’s budget, monitor spending, and may set the local tax rate or call for bond elections to fund schools.

- The board also oversees educational programs, district goals, and overall performance.

- In Texas, trustees are elected to four-year terms, often on a rotating basis, so not all seats are elected at the same time.

- Trustees serve without financial compensation.

An official who sets policy for a local school district. 