Police officer Trenton “Trent” Hill seeks to bring anti-bullying policies and a focus on safety to the school board as General Trustee, Place 3 on the School Board. The election is on May 3rd, 2025.
Hill, a police officer, said he has experience on the ground floor of education through his time as a substitute teacher and nurse.
“Well, aside from the budget, a lot of concern is with school safety,” said Hill. “There’s a lot of incidents happening in school districts, you know. Every year, high schools have something going on.”
When considering current issues like the $10 million deficit facing the district or the partial approval of the Bluebonnet Learning Program, Hill said he supports a back-to-basics approach.
“(The Bluebonnet curriculum) brings up religion too much and it may offend certain people, you know,” Hill said. “We really need to focus on the separation of church and the state, teaching kids how to read, teaching kids how to write, teaching kids how to problem solve and how to do basic arithmetic.”
A key part of Hill’s plan to tackle bullying and school discipline is a teen court program in which students would play a part in deciding disciplinary consequences for other students, which Hill said has seen success in other schools.
“When people get in trouble for bullying or something like that, then they have to do some kind of service to the district,” Hill said. “Maybe part of that service is to serve on the teen court once they have finished their punishment, then they get to decide the punishment for the next group of people that come through. I think it just kind of gives them a sense of purpose and a sense of ‘What we’re doing has consequences.’”
With the election approaching, Hill’s campaign strategy is focused on getting the public’s opinion on what is happening in the districts.
“Give me a list of ideas to hit the ground running on day one. What does the community really want?” he said.