Paul Lanham
Paul Lanham is a former Position 6 seat on the Klein Independent School Board of Education. Lanham was first elected to the board in 2010. He won re-election against challenger Dustin Qualls on November 5, 2013. Lanham did not file for re-election in 2016.
Biography
Lanham is a business sales consultant in the green industry and the Managing Director of CCD Rentals. Lanham has a bachelor's degree in science from Tarleton State University and a master's degree from the University of Houston.[1]
Elections
2013
Results
| Klein Independent School District, Position 6, 3-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Paul Lanham Incumbent |
53.5% | 4,272 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dustin Qualls | 46.5% | 3,716 | |
| Total Votes | 7,988 | |||
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013 | ||||
Endorsements
Lanham was not endorsed in this campaign.
Funding
Lanham reported no contributions or expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission.[2]
2010
| Klein Independent School District, Position 6, 3-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Lanham |
32.9% | 9,809 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark D. Taylor | 21.6% | 6,442 | |
| Nonpartisan | Larry Allen | 26% | 7,752 | |
| Nonpartisan | Johanna Ramos Dawson | 19.4% | 5,789 | |
| Total Votes | 29,792 | |||
| Source: Cumulative Report, 2010 General and Special Elections Live," accessed October 8, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2013
Lanham is against excessive testing and believes in the importance of preparing teachers and students for STAAR testing. His goal is to work with legislatures to refine the test.
During his time on the board, Lanham has voted to reduce the tax rate by a penny while giving employee salary increases. He also voted in favor of hiring new teachers and adding eight new police officers to patrol the elementary schools.[3]
2010
Lanham described his reasons for running on his campaign website in 2010:[4]
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I believe that by becoming a member of the school board that I can make a positive difference for all the students in the Klein ISD system. When the issue came up concerning a possible move at Klein High to Spring Cypress and demolishing the existing KHS, I became very active in the effort to keep Klein High School in its existing location. I participated in gathering a contingency of neighbors and community members to attend board meetings to help influence the existing school board to keep KHS in its original location. This effort started in October of 2009 and I have attended almost all workshops and board meetings since then. I feel that our school board during that time made some critical errors in communicating to the community. They did not make readily available their intentions and their priorities. The community at large was very frustrated and concerned that KHS would move and not ever be moved back to its existing location. Unfortunately, no one knew our school board's thoughts until the last vote was taken to demolish and rebuild KHS on the same site. In my opinion, I think that the Klein community lost a lot of trust in the school board during the decision making process to build a new campus or rebuild Klein High School. If I am elected, I will work diligently to help reestablish community trust for the Klein school board. |
Note: The above quote is from the candidate's website, which may include some typographical or spelling errors.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Paul + Lanham + Klein + Independent + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Klein Independent School District, "Paul Lanham," accessed September 13, 2013
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission Search Campaign Finance Reports, accessed December 26, 2013
- ↑ Crystal Simmons, Cypress Creek Mirror, "Klein ISD trustee candidates address the public," published October 21, 2013
- ↑ About Paul accessed September 13, 2013
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