School board

Conroe ISD Board of Trustees

Position 3

Vote for: 1
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: School board trustees set Conroe ISD's policies, budget and tax rate and hire its superintendent.

Candidates Compare by issue

Phil Martin

No party listed

Municipal finance professional

The gist

Proposes re-bidding stale contracts and eliminating overlap.
Supports fully funding special education services.
Supports prioritizing recruitment of certified special education staff.

More about Phil

View sources (1)

Proposes re-bidding stale contracts and eliminating overlap.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“Re-bid stale contracts, eliminate overlap, protect classrooms first.”
Supports fully funding special education services.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“Fund it fully; it's a legal and moral obligation, not a line to squeeze.”
Supports prioritizing recruitment of certified special education staff.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“prioritize recruiting certified special education staff, and let parent input shape services”

Misty Odenweller

No party listedIncumbent

Conroe ISD board president; small business owner

The gist

Supports budgeting on current enrollment data, not growth projections.
Supports removing ideological material from classrooms and libraries.
Supports lobbying for transportation and special education funding.
Opposes unfunded state mandates on school districts.

More about Misty

View sources (1)

Supports budgeting on current enrollment data, not growth projections.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“Build budgets on current, honest enrollment data rather than outdated growth projections”
Supports removing ideological material from classrooms and libraries.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“I have put parents back in the driver's seat, removed woke ideology from our classrooms and libraries”
Supports lobbying for transportation and special education funding.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“I will keep advocating in Austin for adequate funding in these areas.”
Opposes unfunded state mandates on school districts.
Meet the candidates for Conroe ISD position 3
Candidate questionnaire · Community Impact · communityimpact.com
“push back on unfunded mandates that fund a rollout but not its ongoing maintenance and support”

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 2 issues covered in this race.