The bipartisan Texas Parent PAC today announced its endorsement of Tim Tuggey in the Republican primary for District 5 State Board of Education which includes all or part of 12 counties in Central and South Texas. Texas Parent PAC is endorsing a small and select number of Republican & Democratic candidates statewide.
Tim Tuggey will be a partner with parents educators and elected school board trustees and an advocate for all schoolchildren said Texas Parent PAC chair Carolyn Boyle of Austin. He has strong leadership skills an engaging personality and a conservative and collaborative temperament that will be a real asset on the State Board of Education Boyle said.
Texas Parent PAC was created by parents in 2005 with the goal of electing more state leaders who will consistently stand up for public education. A broad base of individuals and business leaders supports the PACs bipartisan grassroots campaign efforts.
The 15-member elected State Board of Education is not well-known by voters. The board is responsible for establishing policy adopting curriculum standards and textbooks and providing leadership for the states public school system. In Texas 4.7 million students attend public schools on more than 8300 campuses.
This election has statewide implications because the State Board of Education sets policy affecting every child and every public school classroom in Texas" said
Texas Parent PAC board member Pam Meyercord of Dallas.
Tim Tuggey understands there are too many education dictates coming from Austin and Washington and more local control will help to achieve excellence in
public education for all Texas students.
Texas Parent PAC leaders said that Tuggey has a proven record of leadership in three different cities in SBOE District 5. He is well-connected in rural and urban communities and understands their unique needs for education and work force development. For example:
- In San Antonio Tuggey served as chairman of VIA Metropolitan Transit Leadership San Antonio and Free Trade Alliance San Antonio as well as a range of other civic activities.
- In Austin he is managing partner of business law firm Tuggey Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP. The firm also has offices in San Antonio and Washington D.C.
- At Fort Hood in Bell County Captain Tuggey commanded the 230 men and women in Company A 54th Signal Battalion which deployed all over the world to provide tactical communications.
Tuggey describes himself as an Army brat as he followed his parents all over the United States and the world while his father was an Army officer. He graduated from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi and then received a four-year Army ROTC scholarship to the University of Richmond in Virginia where he received a bachelors degree in English and political science. He later earned a masters degree in foreign affairs at the University of Virginia and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Tuggey has three children Katherine Chris and Nora. His wife Margaret is a teacher at Akins High School in the Austin ISD.
The PAC describes its endorsed candidates as men and women of integrity open and responsive to parents actively involved in their communities and committed to investing in public education to achieve economic prosperity in Texas."
Public school supporters are encouraged to visit
www.timtuggey.com to find a map of District 5 and persuade their friends and relatives throughout the large district to vote for Tuggey during the early voting period February 16 26 and on election day March 2.
