Ryan Tsamouris
Nonpartisan Race
Ryan Tsamouris
Nonpartisan Race
Candidate for Conroe ISD Trustee, Position 1
About
President of Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 88, elected director in 2018 and appointed president in 2024. Served as president of the Legends Trace and Bristol Lakes HOAs. Parent Co-chair of the Conroe ISD School Health Advisory Council and has served on district committees and as a Watch DOGS volunteer. Has worked in information technology for 20 years.
Conservative Endorsements
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Candidate Videos
Survey Responses
Notable Quotes
“I am running for the Conroe ISD Board because our community expects schools to be led with transparency, fiscal responsibility, and a clear focus on student success.”
“A school board trustee has no authority to define gender, and no vote I cast will settle that question for anyone.”
“A financial audit tells you the money was recorded correctly. It does not tell you whether the money was well spent.”
“As a Trustee, I will focus on restoring trust by returning the board to its proper role of oversight, accountability, and public transparency.”
“I am not part of any political party.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Priorities
Education Issues
- TOP EDUCATION PRIORITY: "I am running to restore transparency, support teachers, and refocus the board on student outcomes and responsible budgets."[1]
- CHALLENGES FACING THE DISTRICT: "Major decisions happen with little teacher or community input. The board rarely reviews student outcome data publicly. Meanwhile, flat enrollment, an underfunded state formula, and staff retention problems are colliding. Rebuilding confidence has to come first; the rest follows."[1]
- SUPPORTING TEACHERS: "Give teachers a real voice before decisions are made, not after. Protect planning time, cut busywork, and take student discipline seriously, since it drives many out. Outside the classroom: competitive pay, including a VATRE where the math works, and honest communication from district leadership."[1][2]
- PREVENTING BUDGET SHORTFALLS: "Forecast enrollment conservatively and report variances publicly. Stop funding recurring costs with one-time money. Review legal spend and major contracts against stated outcomes. Capture every dollar HB-2 provides through clean coding. Long-term, rebuilding enrollment through trust and academic quality is the real fix."[1]
- CAMPAIGN PRIORITY TO REQUIRE COMMITTEE REVIEW and public input for major curriculum adoptions.[1]
- CAMPAIGN PRIORITY TO REMOVE "political and ideological language" from board policies.[1]
- ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY: "I would not support instruction that teaches students they are inherently superior or inferior by race, and I would also not support policing normal history instruction under the CRT label."[1]
Protect Childhood Innocence
- CREATED AN APP TO TRACK LIBRARY BOOKS BEING REMOVED FROM CONROE ISD due to the "ongoing censorship of ideas happening in our libraries."[1][2]
- ON PARENT ACCESS: "Parents should have real access to curriculum, instructional materials, classroom content, and online platforms their children use, and they should not have to file a records request to get it."[1]
Gender Issues
- EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENDER POLICIES before it was mandated by Texas law, stating "Implementing a policy on gender identity does not improve student outcomes. Telling teachers they can’t use pronouns or have “unpatriotic sentiments” isn’t going to elevate test scores."[1]
- ON SOCIAL TRANSITIONING OF STUDENTS: "Senate Bill 12 is state law, took effect September 1, 2025, and Conroe ISD is subject to it. A trustee's oath is to follow the law, and I will. That obligation does not depend on whether a given trustee likes a given statute, which is the standard I would apply to every law equally."[1]
- ON REMOVING GENDER SUBJECT-MATTER BOOKS: "If the question is whether I support Conroe ISD adopting a policy that promotes gender fluidity: no. State law prohibits instruction, guidance, activities, or programming regarding gender identity in K-12, and I will follow that law. If the question is whether I would support a blanket removal of every book or material that touches on gender or sex from district libraries: also no. Blanket removals by category do not survive legal challenge, sweep in health, biology, and history materials the district is required to teach, and hand the district an expensive lawsuit."[1]
Property Tax Relief
- COMMITTED TO FISCAL CONSERVATISM and "consistently adopting a parity or lower tax rate whenever possible, so taxpayers do not pay more than necessary to operate our schools effectively."[1]