Former DISD District 1 Trustee Edwin Flores Files Campaign Treasurer to Run for School Board

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Former DISD District 1 Trustee Edwin Flores Files Campaign Treasurer to Run for School Board

(Dallas, TX) - Former DISD District 1 Trustee Edwin Flores has filed a Campaign Treasurer Appointment (CTA) form naming community leader and businessman Ron Steinhart as his treasurer.

“I believe it is critical to return strong leadership from District 1 to the DISD Board of Trustees.” said Flores, “After talking with community leaders, friends and my family, I have decided to take this first important step to running in the May 9th election.

Edwin Flores was District 1 DISD Trustee from 2005-2012 and ran on a platform of strong leadership, strict accountability and real progress in our schools. During his tenure, he was known as one of the reform leaders on the board.

“I am running to return strong leadership, greater community access, better accountability, and the ability to work with the board and administration on behalf of District 1 students, taxpayers and DISD employees."

Edwin Flores was elected to the DISD Board of Trustees in 2005, and re-elected in 2009. He holds a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, a Ph.D. in Molecular Immunology from Washington University, St. Louis, and a B.S. in Microbiology from UT Austin Edwin is a self-employed Biotechnology Patent Attorney. He is a former Dallas County Assistant District attorney. Flores served on two National Boards of the National Institutes of Health: the National Advisory Council General Medical Sciences and the Council of Councils. He and his wife have two children that attend DISD schools.