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Board of Education

EMS ISD Board members serve a three-year term of office. Two or three places are filled on a rotating basis during annual elections held the first Saturday in May. Board members provide this public service to our community without financial compensation.

In EMS ISD, the school board has been responsible for raising beginning teacher salaries 71% since 1992. They have provided new facilities and renovated existing facilities to ensure that each student has a quality learning environment. They have listened to issues raised by parents, teachers, students, and administrators, and they have used their best judgment to resolve these issues in what they believed to be the best interest of the district. They learn from the past and look toward the future of our fast-growing school district, allowing us the opportunity and the ability to give the students of EMS ISD the best possible education.

2025-26 Board of Trustees

portrait of Marilyn Tolbert, Place 1
Marilyn Tolbert, Ed.D.

Place 1, President

  • Term began May 24, 2024
  • Term expires May 2027
  • Member since 2018 
Paige Ring, EMS ISD Board Trustee
Paige Ring
Place 2, Board Secretary
 
  • Term began May 24, 2024
  • Term expires May 2027
  • Member since 2009
Craig Morgan, 25-26 EMS ISD Board Trustee
T. Craig Morgan
Place 3 
 
  • Term began May 19, 2025
  • Term expires May 2028
  • Member since 2025
William Boaz, 25-25 EMS ISD Board Trustee
William Boaz
Place 4
 
  • Term began May 19, 2025
  • Term expires May 2028
  • Member since 2019
Steven Newcom, 25-26 EMS ISD Board Trustee
Steven G. Newcom
Place 5, Board Vice President
 
  • Term began May 19, 2025
  • Term expires May 2028
  • Member since 1995
Ron Franklin board member
Ron Franklin
Place 6
 
  • Term began May 22, 2023
  • Term expires May 2026
  • Member since 2023
Blake Mabry, Board member
Blake Mabry
Place 7
 
  • Term began May 22, 2023
  • Term expires May 2026
  • Member since 2023