My family has been in Fort Bend since 2015. I coached my daughter's soccer team last year, and we are the parents at the class parties and the school events.

Rob Dominguez for Fort Bend ISD, Position 4

I have a child in first grade and another starting kindergarten next year, so I am not watching these decisions from a distance. I am raising my kids inside the results.

Rob Dominguez is a parent of two children and coached his daughter's soccer team.

I started out in restaurant operations, long hours and thin margins, where you learn fast that good intentions do not count for much if the numbers do not work. Over time I moved into finance, and eventually into leading a company whose whole job is taking scattered information and turning it into one clear picture people can act on.

Rob Dominguez works in finance and leads a company that turns scattered information into a clear picture people can act on. He previously worked in restaurant operations.

Rob Dominguez works in finance. He previously worked in restaurant operations.

2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas General Runoff

Nonpartisan

With the expansion of alternatives to public schools, what offerings should Fort Bend prioritize for its students?Fort Bend has to earn each family's choice. Get the fundamentals right first. Strong early reading and core academics. Safe, well-run campuses. Real support for students with different needs. And listen to what our own families actually want. Be genuinely good at what matters, and you do not fear alternatives.

Q&A: Meet the candidates running for Fort Bend ISD board of trustees, Position 4

Prioritizes strong early reading and core academics.

- Prioritizes strong early reading and core academics.

School Curriculum

### Honest, forward-looking budgets

Plan for the challenges we can already see coming, instead of patching recurring gaps with one-time money. Families should be able to trust that their schools are on stable ground, not bracing for the next surprise.

What do you think is the most pressing issue for Fort Bend ISD, and what will you do to address it? Declining enrollment is shrinking the budget, and FBISD has met it with one-time money and last-minute decisions. I’ll insist on conservative projections and clear criteria shared with families before voting. Before cutting the classroom, I’ll go through the rest of the budget and separate what’s essential from what's simply habit.

Plans to use forward-looking budgets, reduce reliance on one-time money, and review other spending before classroom cuts.

- Plans to use forward-looking budgets, reduce reliance on one-time money, and review other spending before classroom cuts.

School Facilities & Resources

Student Wellbeing

How do you plan to involve residents in the decision-making process?I will build listening in before decisions, not after. Regular chances for parents and staff to be heard, an easy way to submit input that is actually reviewed and the real options put in front of families before a vote. Too often families learn only after it is final.

Plans to give parents and staff regular opportunities to provide input before board votes.

- Plans to give parents and staff regular opportunities to provide input before board votes.

Teachers

### Keeping families in our schools

Every family that leaves makes the next year harder for the ones who stay. We keep them here by being a district they choose, not one they leave. That means schools worth choosing in every neighborhood, not just some.

Supports making schools worth choosing in every neighborhood to retain families in the district.

Supports providing meaningful support to students with different needs.

- Supports making schools worth choosing in every neighborhood to retain families in the district.
- Supports providing meaningful support to students with different needs.

Access to Education

Rob Dominguez

- Supports providing meaningful support to students with different needs.

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Edward Krutsch

Dan Mathews

Eric Pursley

Robert Dombrowski

Shirisha Mudhireddy

Shirley Rose-Gilliam

- 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. 