Meet the Spring 2021 Coppell ISD School Board Candidates

Candidate Information:

There are two seats on the Coppell ISD School Board that are up for election in the upcoming election being held on May 1, 2021.

Place 6 has one candidate, Nichole Bentley, running.  This makes this race uncontested.

Place 7 has three candidates who are running for the position.  Tracy Fisher, Sonal Tandale and Sam Wellington are the candidates running for Place 7.

CGA posed several questions to each of  the three candidates running for the contested seat.  The questions were:

1.  Tell us a little about yourself and why you’ve decided to run for a school board position.
2. What unique qualities would you bring to the school board?
3. How have you been involved with Coppell ISD prior to running for school board?
4. What do you see as the biggest challenges for the district in the next five years?
5. How important is serving the needs of gifted kids?  Why?
6. How does Coppell ISD currently serve gifted kids and how does that compare to other districts?

So you can read the complete responses from each candidate in the contested race, we have placed responses received into their own page, and the links are below:

Tracy Fisher’s responses (Place 7)

Sonal Tandale’s responses (Place 7)

Sam Wellington’s responses (added 03/29/21) (Place 7)

Please note that Coppell Gifted Association does not support or endorse any candidate and offers these responses as a service to its members to help you make an informed decision on Election Day.  Regardless of who you support, please get out there and have your voice heard on May 1st.

Any grammatical or spelling errors within the candidate responses are their own – we’ve simply compiled their answers as submitted.

Voting Information:

Early Voting – April 19 through April 27

Election Day – May 1

For election details, including polling sites, please visit Dallas County Elections website.