- Allen Independent School District
- May 2022 Election

Board Elections
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Elections for the Allen ISD Board of Trustees Places 2, 4, and 5 were held on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Board President Amy Gnadt was re-elected as Place 4 Trustee. Sam Abiog was elected for Place 2 and Elle Holland was elected for Place 5.
Board members are elected at large to three-year terms representing the entire AISD community. Early voting and Election Day polling places are established by the Collin County Elections Administrator. Elections for Places 6 and 7 will take place in May 2023. Please check back here for updates as the filing deadlines approach.
Allen ISD Board Academy
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The annual Allen ISD Board Academy is designed for anyone considering public service on the Board of Trustees as well as those that would like to learn more about local school district governance.
School Board members will explain the roles and responsibilities of serving on the Board, review the state-required training requirements, and discuss the difference between Board oversight and day-to-day operations of the district. Information will also be shared on the guidelines, logistics, and timelines for running for a Board seat.
Dates, times, and registration information for the 2022 AISD Board Academy will be announced in the fall.
Election Information
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General Information
The Board of Trustees consists of seven board members elected to serve, without compensation, for overlapping terms of three years each. Elections are conducted annually in May. While candidates run for specific places, they do not represent specific geographical areas; rather, each represents Allen ISD at large. Following the annual election, the Board elects a president, vice-president, and secretary to serve for one-year terms.
Duties of the Board
Operating within the legal parameters of the state and federal constitutions, statutes, courts, and administrative agencies, the Board is charged with the responsibility of providing the finest educational program possible for the students in the district. School trustees make all final decisions regarding school district priorities, policies, personnel, textbooks, expenditures, and growth management. Trustees adopt a budget that is necessary to maintain and operate the schools, levy taxes to support the budget, and submit bond issues to the citizens of the district to finance construction projects.
Allen Independent School District operates under a seven-member School Board of Trustees elected at large. Elections of Trustees are held annually for three-year terms in cycles keyed off the years below:
Positions 1, 2, & 3 -- 2024, 2027, 2030 and in three-year intervals thereafter.
Positions 4 & 5 -- 2025, 2028, 2031 and in three-year intervals thereafter.
Positions 6 & 7 -- 2023, 2026, 2029 and in three-year intervals thereafter.
Terms for the Board of Trustees expire as follows:
Place Nos. 1, 2, and 3 May 2024
Place Nos. 4 and 5 May 2025
Place Nos. 6 and 7 May 2023
Filing Period
If an individual is interested in serving on the Allen ISD Board of Trustees, the first day to file an application for a place on the ballot in a school district’s general election is the 30th day before the filing deadline. The filing deadline for a general election is 5 p.m. on the 78th day before election day. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.055(a); Tex. Elec. Code § 144.005. The deadline to file a declaration of write-in candidacy is 5 p.m. on the 74th day before election day.
Candidate application packets will be available in the Allen Administration Building Lobby as well as online.
Texas School Board Member Qualifications
To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of a school board member, a person must:
- Be a United States citizen.
- Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable.
- Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
- Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities [but see Ineligibility below].
- Have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
- For an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot.
- For a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in.
- For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made.
- Be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above.
Election Code 1.020, 141.001(a); Education Code 11.066; Gov’t Code 601.009; Tex. Const. Art. XVI, Sec. 14
Related Links
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Required Postings for the May 22 Election
Candidate Applications
Place 2
Bill Parker
Samatra Abiog
Christina CabralPlace 4
Place 5
Elle Holland
Snober Lakhani
Kelley Rowley
Campaign Treasurer Appointment (Form CTA)Place 2
Bill Parker
Samatra Abiog: 11/3/21
Samatra Abiog: 4/7/22
Christina CabralPlace 4
Place 5
Elle Holland: 11/29/21
Elle Holland: 4/6/22
Snober Lakhani
Kelley RowleyCampaign Finance Report (Form C-OH)
Place 2
Bill Parker
Bill Parker: 4/29/22
Samatra Abiog: 1/18/22
Samatra Abiog: 4/7/22
Samatra Abiog: 4/29/22
Samatra Abiog: 06/27/22
Christina CabralPlace 4
Amy Gnadt
Amy Gnadt: 4/28/22
Amy Gnadt: 05/17/22
Joe Boylan
Joe Boylan: 4/28/22Place 5
Elle Holland: 1/18/22
Elle Holland: 4/6/22
Elle Holland: 4/29/22
Snober Lakhani: 2/2/22
Snober Lakhani: 4/8/22
Snober Lakhani: 4/29/22
Kelley Rowley
Kelley Rowley: 4/29/22Code of Fair Campaign Practices (Form CFCP)
Place 2
Place 4
Place 5
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Candidate Packet