Why are you running for school board? I’m the father of four Keller ISD students and I want all kids to have access to great public schools. I feel a moral responsibility to help rebuild our school district and I believe that I have the analytical and leadership skills to do it as a trustee.

Q&A: Meet the candidates running for Keller ISD Place 5

Andrew Walsh is the father of four Keller Independent School District students.

Q&A: Meet the candidates running for Keller ISD, Place 5

As an engineer and program manager, I’ve led large teams, managed millions of dollars and solved a lot of tough problems. I’m ready to use my leadership and analytical skills to give back to the entire Keller ISD community.

About — Andrew Walsh For Keller ISD Trustee Place 5

Andrew Walsh works as an engineer and program manager.

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Nonpartisan

Our schools exist to prepare the next generation for bright futures. To do this effectively, we must keep our focus squarely on academic achievement and the well-being of our students without getting caught up in partisan politics. Our community needs a school board that prioritizes educational outcomes over outside distractions.

Student-Focused Success — Andrew Walsh For Keller ISD Trustee Place 5

As an engineer and program manager, I’ve led large teams, managed millions of dollars and solved a lot of tough problems. I’m ready to use my leadership and analytical skills to give back to the entire Keller ISD community. I am committed to restoring the public trust through transparency and accountability, keeping politics out of our classrooms, supporting our outstanding KISD teachers, and using bond funds responsibly. Strong schools make a strong community. Let’s rebuild our district together!

Calls for schools to focus on academic achievement and student well-being rather than partisan politics.

- Calls for schools to focus on academic achievement and student well-being rather than partisan politics.

School Curriculum

* Smart Financial Planning: Supporting the 2026 bond package formulated by our neighbors on the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee. It addresses our backlog of projects while keeping our tax rate steady, balancing costs for taxpayers.

Responsible spending — Andrew Walsh For Keller ISD Trustee Place 5

* Addressing Urgent Needs: Prioritizing critical repairs that directly impact the daily learning environment, ensuring that schools are safe, functional, and comfortable for everyone.

* Protecting Investments: Treating preventative maintenance as a priority to avoid more costly emergency repairs down the road. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Working with other trustees, I will maintain strict oversight of these funds, ensuring that every dollar spent is an investment in Keller ISD’s future.

My approach to transparent governance includes:

* Community-Led Committees: Continuing to empower groups like the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee and the Long-Range Planning Committee. When parents, neighbors and teachers help chart the course, the outcomes are stronger.

* Proactive Adjustments: Using data-driven planning to navigate enrollment shifts, right-sizing our facilities gracefully to address community needs, and balancing costs for taxpayers without sacrificing educational quality.

Transparency & Accountability — Andrew Walsh For Keller ISD Trustee Place 5

My vision for Keller ISD includes:

* Student-Centered Policies: Ensuring that every policy we pass is evaluated purely on how it benefits our children's learning and growth.

* Fiscal Responsibility: Directing our financial resources straight into the classroom, and avoiding unnecessary partisan legal or consulting expenditures.

* A Unified Community: Keeping our district whole and united, ensuring that every neighborhood in Keller ISD benefits from our shared resources and dedication.

Supports the 2026 bond package developed by the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee to address backlogged projects while keeping the tax rate steady.

Prioritizes critical repairs that make schools safe, functional, and comfortable for students and staff.

Prioritizes preventative maintenance to avoid more costly emergency repairs.

Pledges strict oversight of bond funds to ensure spending invests in Keller Independent School District's future.

Proposes data-driven facilities planning to respond to enrollment shifts while balancing taxpayer costs and educational quality.

Advocates directing financial resources to classrooms and avoiding unnecessary partisan legal or consulting spending.

- Supports the 2026 bond package developed by the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee to address backlogged projects while keeping the tax rate steady.
- Prioritizes critical repairs that make schools safe, functional, and comfortable for students and staff.
- Prioritizes preventative maintenance to avoid more costly emergency repairs.
- Pledges strict oversight of bond funds to ensure spending invests in Keller Independent School District's future.
- Proposes data-driven facilities planning to respond to enrollment shifts while balancing taxpayer costs and educational quality.
- Advocates directing financial resources to classrooms and avoiding unnecessary partisan legal or consulting spending.

School Facilities & Resources

To achieve this, I am committed to:

* Competitive Compensation: We must offer salaries and benefits that respect the professionalism of our educators, while carefully balancing costs for taxpayers.

* Supportive Environments: Ensuring classrooms have reliable infrastructure—such as working air conditioning—so teachers can teach comfortably and effectively.

* Vital Campus Resources: Maintaining essential support roles, like librarians, special education aides, and counselors, who are critical to a holistic educational experience.

Supporting Our Teachers — Andrew Walsh For Keller ISD Trustee Place 5

Supports maintaining librarians, special education aides, and counselors as essential campus support roles.

- Supports maintaining librarians, special education aides, and counselors as essential campus support roles.

Student Wellbeing

How do you plan to address these issues? Declining student population—utilize community-led committees to help chart a path forward as one unified KISD. Teacher retention—address pay and culture issues. Listen, work together and defend educators. Crumbling facilities—support the bond and make sure that projects are prioritized and on budget.

As your Place 5 Trustee, I will prioritize consulting with teachers to understand their day-to-day challenges. By remaining relentlessly focused on students, we can cultivate a culture of respect and professional trust.

Supports competitive teacher salaries and benefits while addressing pay and workplace culture issues to improve retention.

Supports reliable classroom infrastructure, including working air conditioning, so teachers can work comfortably and effectively.

Plans to consult teachers about their day-to-day challenges.

- Supports competitive teacher salaries and benefits while addressing pay and workplace culture issues to improve retention.
- Supports reliable classroom infrastructure, including working air conditioning, so teachers can work comfortably and effectively.
- Plans to consult teachers about their day-to-day challenges.

Teachers

As of September 29, 2026, Andrew Walsh’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- 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. 