2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas General Runoff

Nonpartisan

Charlotte Wilson

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Charlotte Wilson is the mother of two students in Princeton ISD.

Charlotte Wilson works as a special education department chair and pre-K team lead. She previously worked as a classroom teacher for Princeton ISD.

Charlotte was a candidate in 2025 and received 559 votes.

Supports honoring bilingual students' first languages while helping them learn English.

School Curriculum

“A Princeton address should mean access to a great Princeton school.”

“Don’t just move the boundary. Move the resources. Move the outcomes.”

KEY CAMPAIGN CARDS
Six Focus Pillars for Princeton ISD

Charlotte’s core priorities for accountable leadership and measurable results.

Charlotte Wilson for Princeton ISD School Board

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SPECIAL EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY

Move beyond compliance toward meaningful student progress.

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Calls for resources and student outcomes to move with changes to school attendance boundaries.

Calls for special education accountability focused on meaningful student progress, not only compliance.

- Calls for resources and student outcomes to move with changes to school attendance boundaries.
- Calls for special education accountability focused on meaningful student progress, not only compliance.

School Facilities & Resources

As of October 22, 2026, Charlotte Wilson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Student Wellbeing

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TEACHER SUPPORT

Protect instructional time and give educators the tools to succeed.

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To Princeton Teachers & Staff

I know what it feels like to walk into a classroom with an enormous list of expectations and a finite number of hours in the day. Teachers deserve high expectations. They also deserve leadership that listens. I will bring both to the board table.

Plans to protect instructional time, provide educators with tools to succeed, and bring teachers' feedback to the board.

- Plans to protect instructional time, provide educators with tools to succeed, and bring teachers' feedback to the board.

Teachers

KEY CAMPAIGN CARDS
Six Focus Pillars for Princeton ISD

Charlotte’s core priorities for accountable leadership and measurable results.

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STRONG SCHOOLS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD

Growth and rezoning should never determine a child’s access to a strong school.

Opposes school vouchers that shift resources away from public-school students.

Opposes allowing growth and rezoning to determine a student's access to a strong school.

- Opposes allowing growth and rezoning to determine a student's access to a strong school.

Access to Education

Cyndi Darland

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Cyndi Darland earned an associate degree from Texarkana Junior College and a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University in College Station.

Cyndi Darland - Princeton ISD School Board, At-Large - iVoterGuide

Cyndi Darland is a retired teacher. She taught science and biology and coached soccer, tennis and basketball at Trent Middle School, Plano Senior High School and Allen High School.

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Cyndi serves as a trustee for Princeton Independent School District; the district lists her term as 2020 to 2026.

Board of Trustees - Princeton Independent School District

Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?

The School Board and the Administration as given direction by the School Board.

Voter Guide Profile for TX Princeton ISD School Board, At-Large candidate - Cyndi Darland

Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

Strongly Agree

Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?

No

Absolutely NO!!!!!!!

All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.

Strongly Agree

Transparency!

Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

Parents are responsible and should step up and accept responsibility for their own children. Different ages for different information.

Supports school boards directing curriculum and instructional resources through district administration.

Supports requiring written parental opt-in consent before students receive comprehensive sex education or social-emotional learning instruction.

Opposes student access to materials that graphically depict or describe sexual acts.

Supports making all print and digital materials that are available or presented to students accessible for public review.

Said parents are responsible for teaching sexual education, with information varying by age.

- Supports school boards directing curriculum and instructional resources through district administration.
- Supports requiring written parental opt-in consent before students receive comprehensive sex education or social-emotional learning instruction.
- Opposes student access to materials that graphically depict or describe sexual acts.
- Supports making all print and digital materials that are available or presented to students accessible for public review.
- Said parents are responsible for teaching sexual education, with information varying by age.

All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.

Agree

All except just routine votes, like approving minutes…

Supports recording nonroutine school board votes as roll call votes in meeting minutes.

- Supports recording nonroutine school board votes as roll call votes in meeting minutes.

Classical education!

No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.

Strongly Agree

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree

I teach Biology. Science has shown masks don’t work.

Opposes school officials participating in a student's sexual transition, including use of alternative names and pronouns.

Opposes allowing all licensed teachers to carry guns at school; supports restricting it to personnel selected, tested, and trained through the Marshal program.

Supports requiring written parental consent before a child receives healthcare diagnosis or treatment.

Opposes school mask mandates, saying, "Science has shown masks don’t work."

- Supports requiring written parental consent before a child receives healthcare diagnosis or treatment.
- Opposes school mask mandates, saying, "Science has shown masks don’t work."

As of October 22, 2026, Cyndi Darland’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wilson, Darland and Sharpe all expressed opposition to Texas’ school voucher program, although they differed on its potential effect on Princeton ISD.

“The school voucher program was a bad idea,” Darland said. She predicted its impact on district enrollment and funding would be limited but said the district must continue advocating for special needs students.

What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?

I am in favor.

Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.

Strongly Agree

School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.

Agree

Supports government funding for public education from prekindergarten through college.

Said parents should be able to pursue the educational options they consider best for their children.

- Opposes Texas’ school voucher program.
- Supports government funding for public education from prekindergarten through college.
- Said parents should be able to pursue the educational options they consider best for their children.

Ricky Gillespie

As of October 22, 2026, Ricky Gillespie’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Starla Sharpe

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Starla Sharpe is from a small town in Arkansas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Harding University and a master's degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Starla currently works as Head of Talent Development at Oncor Electric.

Starla currently serves as a Princeton Independent School District trustee. She was elected to the school board in 2023 for a term running through 2026. She was previously appointed to fill a trustee vacancy after a board member’s resignation.

Princeton ISD Board Candidate Starla Sharpe

Opposes including political activism, gender identity, critical race theory, sexuality, and political topics in the core K–12 curriculum.

Supports making all print and digital materials available to students or presented to them in a way that makes them easily accessible for public review.

Said school administrators and the school board should jointly set curriculum and determine curriculum resources.

Supports requiring written parental opt-in consent before students receive comprehensive sex education or social-emotional learning courses.

Opposes student access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts.

As of October 22, 2026, Starla Sharpe’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports requiring written parental consent before a child receives a health care diagnosis or treatment, including mental or reproductive care.

Sharpe said vouchers take resources away from public schools and said Princeton ISD has a responsibility to help meet the needs of special education students.
“If we’ve got vouchers that are being taken away from our kids, that’s stuff that’s being taken away from our public schools,” Sharpe said. “I’m not for the vouchers.”

Wilson also opposed vouchers, arguing that public schools are required to serve all students and that shifting state money toward private education creates an additional burden for public districts.

The candidates also identified academic achievement and special education as major district needs.
Wilson called special education the district’s greatest need and said stronger curriculum, instructional materials, trained teachers and sufficient classroom time are necessary to improve student outcomes.

Darland emphasized reading proficiency and classroom discipline.

“They can’t learn if they can’t read,” Darland said.

Sharpe also highlighted special education, growth and academic performance.
“Compliance is the minimum. Serving our kids effectively is our goal,” Sharpe said, adding that parents should not have to become experts in education law to obtain services already identified for their children.

Supports government funding for public education from prekindergarten through 12th grade.

Supports equitable access to educational resources, support, and opportunities regardless of students' backgrounds or characteristics.

Opposes school vouchers, saying they take resources from public schools.

Said special education services should go beyond minimum legal compliance and be accessible without parents becoming experts in education law.

- Opposes school vouchers, saying they take resources from public schools.
- Said special education services should go beyond minimum legal compliance and be accessible without parents becoming experts in education law.

- 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. 

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