We have asked candidates running for various offices to answer questions for our Voter Guide. While full responses are available here, we are offering you an excerpt in “Candidate Comparisons” ahead of the May 1, 2021 general election.
Each response below came directly from the candidate’s questionnaire and is unedited.
FROM LEFT: Zack Smith, Randy Darnell
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Canyon ISD Board of Trustees, Place 3
Zack Smith
Age: 31 | Occupation: Sales Manager - Rabern
Why are you the best candidate for voters to support for this position in 2020?
I feel that I am the best candidate to earn your support for many reasons. I grew up surrounded by a family full of educators and administrators in a public school. I went to WT to become an ag teacher and worked at CISD during that time to look deeper into that profession before graduation. I have a young family that will add to the dynamic of CISD for years to come. I have been in and around this community, helping build it into what it has become for almost the past 10 years. This has resulted in positive relationships with business owners who have expressed multiple times that they need great employees out of high school to grow their businesses. I have a proven record of putting my entire attention and effort into projects in which I am involved, always focusing on the end goal and achieving that goal with the help of others on a team or board. I have a unique way of looking at things and I am rarely satisfied or complacent. Once a goal is achieved, I immediately look to do more for the greater cause. I am young, full of energy, have a unique mindset for my age, and will always do what is right for the students of CISD. I do not feel that it is in anyone's best interest for one individual to stay on the Board of Trustees for 20+ years. For this reason, it is important to me that CISD builds up the next generation of excellent young adults to take ownership in this community. We need individuals to whom we can pass on these leadership roles, allowing for a new set of eyes and a fresh mind full of helpful ideas take the position. Please follow Zack Smith for Canyon ISD Board Of Trustees Seat #3 and allow me the opportunity to expand on many of these reasons in greater detail.
Randy Darnell (Incumbent)
Why are you the best candidate for voters to support for this position in 2020?
I have 16 years of agenda free, proven service to Canyon ISD. I believe that fresh ideas are a result of experienced critical and strategic thinking.