Lacey Derrington
Nonpartisan Race
Lacey Derrington
Nonpartisan Race
Candidate for Tomball ISD Trustee, Position 1
About
Served as an Environmental, Health, and Safety Specialist at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Master of Public Health in Environmental and Occupational Health from the Texas A&M University Health Science Center. Formerly worked in early childhood education and taught a graduate-level class at Texas A&M’s Health Science Center.
Conservative Endorsements
Candidate Videos
Survey Responses
Notable Quotes
“Tomball ISD families deserve to know what their students are learning and have confidence that their tax dollars are spent on traditional learning initiatives.”
“Great schools start with great teachers.”
“I believe every decision should be measured against one question: is this good for kids? Add to that a faith-driven commitment to integrity and transparency, and I believe I’ll bring the independent judgment, work ethic, and everyday parent perspective this Board needs.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Priorities
Education Issues
- CHALLENGES FACING THE DISTRICT: "Sustaining academic excellence and fiscal discipline through rapid growth, while keeping every campus safe. That means protecting classroom funding from administrative overhead, recruiting and retaining great teachers amid rising costs, and ensuring strong law-enforcement partnerships and clear emergency plans on every campus."[1][2]
- PARENT INVOLVEMENT: "I'll push for proactive transparency — posting budget, curriculum, and safety information before parents must ask — and strengthen the Districtwide Educational Improvement Council so parent input shapes decisions before they're finalized. As trustee, I'll make sure every concerned parent's voice reaches the Board directly."[1][2]
- SUPPORTING TEACHERS: "The district should cut burdensome non-instructional paperwork, back consistent discipline policies so teachers have real administrative support in the classroom, and offer competitive pay and retention incentives funded by trimming bureaucracy, not new taxes — plus give teachers a genuine voice in curriculum and policy decisions."[1][2][3]
- CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE: "Teachers need clear, consistently enforced consequences and real administrative backup when a student disrupts the classroom or is disrespectful or unsafe toward a teacher — discipline policy shouldn’t shift responsibility away from students and onto already-stretched teachers."[1]
- SCREEN TIME: "I’d support the Board taking a hard look at how much instructional time is screen-based versus teacher-led, tightening personal-device policies during the school day, and leaning further into the traditional, phonics-first, evidence-based instruction the District has already prioritized for literacy — rather than assuming more technology automatically means better learning."[1]
Notes from Local Researchers
- Derrington's 13-year-old daughter, Skyler, survived last year's floods at Camp Mystic. Since that tragedy, Derrington has devoted much of her time supporting the recovery effort in the Hill Country.[1][2]
- Campaign Facebook page