Re-Elect Steve Keenum for Wylie ISD Board of Trustees Place 5
STEVE KEENUM, current President of the Wylie ISD Board of Trustees, is running for re-election. After 24 years of coaching young men and women in basketball, track and football, he became Area Director for FCA in 2005. He joined the Wylie ISD Board in 2008. Join the campaign to help Steve Keenum continue his efforts to keep Wylie ISD excellent.
" Steve Keenum is a servant with a big heart! He’s a great leader with years of experience serving on the Wylie ISD board. He has such a heart for his Wylie community, and he wants the very best for the students and staff of Wylie ISD. Let’s all unite and re-elect Steve Keenum to the Wylie ISD school board! "
Stacey Rhiddlehoover Oekerman
" A man of character, wisdom, and passion for the kids, teachers, and administrators of WISD. "
Ray Templeton
" Steve is a man of character with a heart for others - one of the best people I know. We are so blessed to have someone with Steve’s experience - a lifelong educator: teacher, coach, administrator, leader - parent, grandparent serving our Wylie community. "
Jennifer Murphy
Excellence will always be our name
Wylie ISD received the Texas Education Agency Academic Accountability A rating for the second year in a row
Built the middle school and Early childhood campus with cash by managing district funds
Lowered school property tax in 2019
Led in School Security - Assistant Superintendent Craig Bessett appointed by Governer Abbott to the Texas Safety Center Board
Outstanding Performing arts, athletics, ag mechanics, DI, and UIL
Outstanding classroom technology - smartboards in all classrooms.
Capacity = Education + Experience
Bachelor of Science Degree with Physical Education and Mathematics teaching certificates - McMurry University
Master of Education - Tarleton State University
8 years of highschool classroom teaching of mathematics
5.5 years of college classroom instruction of future teachers
3 years seving at the athletics director of McMurry University
Attended over 130 Board meetings during the 12 year tenure on the Wylie board of Trustees
Completed over 120 hours of school board continuing education
25 years in education of working with students to achieve goals, grow in leadership, and prepare for their future
Married to Susan, an elementary school teacher, for 37 years