Josh Barber

Josh Barber

Education

High school

Boswell High School

Bachelor's

University of North Texas

Graduate

Angelo State University

Personal

Profession

Land manager and adjunct faculty

Contact

Personal website

Josh Barber was a candidate for the Place 6 seat on the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Board of Trustees in Texas. He lost election against fellow challenger Liz Hatley in the general election on May 10, 2014.

Biography

Barber graduated from Boswell High School. He received a B.A. in sociology from the University of North Texas and a master's degree in Global Security Studies from Angelo State University. Barber's professional experience includes working as a right-of-way agent for a Texas electric cooperative, instructor in federal and Texas government at Tarrant County College, and land records assistant. He has been a member of the Eagle Mountain Saginaw Education Foundation and the Waco Transit Advisory Board.

Elections

2014

See also: Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District elections (2014)

Josh Barber ran against Liz Hatley for the Place 6 seat in the general election on May 10, 2014. Place 6 incumbent Tim Dennis did not file for re-election.

Results

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, Place 6 General Election, 3-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Liz Hatley	74.1%	894
	Nonpartisan	Josh Barber	25.9%	312
Total Votes				1,206
Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Cumulative Results-Official," May 21, 2014

Funding

Barber did not report any contributions or expenditures to the district office prior to the election.

Endorsements

Barber did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.

Campaign themes

2014

Barber's campaign website listed his themes for 2014:

“	Education of our posterity Josh has a fundamental and simple view of public education: The primary duty and function of the school district entity is to educate ALL our youth to receive sufficient knowledge to make the most well-informed decision as they become legal adults. Whether college, trade school, apprenticeship, or the general workforce - Our intention should be that EM-S students are given a great advantage over that of a school district who simply prefers pictures of students in graduation robes without post-graduation results. While state-standards become more arbitrary and further stringent, our own standards should focus on the needs of the future-graduate rather than the test-taker. I want Eagle Mountain-Saginaw's purpose and goals to out-shine the Texas Education Agency. In doing so, we will meet and exceed the misguided targets of those in Austin. Economic Sustainability Eagle Mountain-Saginaw is growing. That almost goes without saying. Whether you have lived here since Boswell opened in 1961 or you've recently moved here from another state, you see construction moving with a fever-pitch. As a district, we're about 50% grown from our full potential given the amount of land we tax. That means we will double in size. Given this, the plans executed in the next 10 years will have a huge multiplier effect, positive or negative on what we look like 50 years from now. Part of what we need that we don't have now is a commercial component to easier support the building of schools that we will need in the near and distant future. Should you elect Josh as your next trustee, he will aggressively network with business enterprises, corporations, and entrepreneurial efforts to translate those tax revenues into schools to sustain our continued growth.	”
—Josh Barber's campaign website, (2014)

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See also

• Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, Texas
• Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District elections (2014)

External links

Suggest a link

• Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District
• Campaign website
• Campaign Facebook page
• LinkedIn profile