David DeLeon
David DeLeon ran for election to the Grand Prairie Independent School District school board to represent At-large Place 7 in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 4, 2019.
DeLeon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: Grand Prairie Independent School District, Texas, elections (2019)
General election
General election for Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 7, At large
Incumbent Burke Hall defeated Patty Harris, Mike Riley, and David DeLeon in the general election for Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 7, At large on May 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Burke Hall (Nonpartisan) | 36.5 | 1,355 |
 | Patty Harris (Nonpartisan) | 30.0 | 1,112 | |
 | Mike Riley (Nonpartisan) | 18.9 | 701 | |
David DeLeon (Nonpartisan)  | 14.6 | 541 | ||
| Total votes: 3,709 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David DeLeon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by DeLeon's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
1.Better Checks and Balances for District spending. We as a district over the past three years have spent more money on things that haven't benefitted students nor staff. We are not in a healthy debt no debt is healthy especially when we keep adding more and more every year and expect the citizens of Grand Prairie to raise their taxes. The board also seems to have no clue what the superintendent is spending money on. 2.Students prepared for college. We live in a community where over 73% is at a economical disadvantage. When they go off to college they need to get straight to classes where it will go towards their hours. We do a fantastic job for introducing pre-k to a vast majority of students but after that? what do we do to help students after Graduation so they can go finish college and come back and make the community better. We are ranked below 40% in english and math according to the TEA. We need to do better 3. Parental involvement on the north side of grand prairie. The district boost that parental involvement has increased. Go to the schools and decide for yourself. Being Senior Class President i was able to see first hand the lack of parental involvement and it gets worst and worst each year. We can increase it by doing simple things like making it easier to communicate with the district helping parents understand what is going on. inviting more parents to come out to board meetings, hosting more events such as GPISD Experience.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Early Education- I have seen first hand how Pre-K can help students have a advantage when they start school. With my nephew being in speech it has helped him improve his speech drastically. My nephew is also about to start School soon so i am very passionate about the youth. Students preparing for college- As a senior i remember helping over 40 people sign up for community college Private Schools Schools out of state. Helping them get scholarships. Seeing students who didn't believe that college was possible finally got hope and being there with them was a life changing experience and helped shape my decision that i want to enter school board to help students be successful while with GPISD and after GPISD.
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See also
2019 Elections
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