SPRINGTOWN — The election for Springtown ISD board of trustees 2025 is set for May 3, and Places 1, 2 and 3 are up for grabs. The final day to file for a place on the ballot was Feb. 14.
Incumbents Rick Beall, Place 1, and Jay Grubis, Place 3, have decided not to defend their seats.
Running for Place 1 are Derek Miles and Elizabeth “Tootie” Hall. Miles is a Springtown graduate who owns HDM, a local home building company. Miles is a youth coach for softball, baseball, football and basketball within the Springtown Lions Club. He is also a sponsor for both middle school girls’ basketball and high school baseball, as well as volleyball and baseball at SLC. Hall is retired and previously held Place 7 for 16 years before Cody Bryant won that seat in 2024. Hall is active within the Springtown Chamber of Commerce, is a Golf Tournament Chairman for the Springtown Education Foundation and helps the Springtown Area Senior Citizen Center.
Matthew Jones is challenging incumbent Damon Liles for Place 2. Jones went to Azle High School and graduated from Midwestern State University with a master’s in business administration. Jones currently works as a financial and technology services manager at the Tarrant County Auditor’s office. Liles was elected to the board of trustees in May 2016. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Texas and is currently the president of Damon Liles Insurance Agency Inc.
Two people have filed to run in Place 3: Wendy Kennedy and Teresa Kelley. Kelley’s husband, Mike Kelley, is running for the office of mayor in Springtown. Kelley graduated from Springtown High School, studied at Tarleton State University and is a College, Career and Military Readiness Coordinator. Kennedy is retired from SISD, where she taught at Springtown Intermediate School and is a member of the SISD Citizen’s Facilities Advisory Committee.
