November 3, 2026 Election

Pflugerville ISD School Board, Places 6 & 7 (2026)

Board of Trustees, Places 6 and 7.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees · Place 6

Nicole Toran

Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees, Place 6 · Candidate · PPP grade: C

Toran takes the strongest position on parental consent in this race, but her plan for the district's budget gap relies on reserves and a tax increase, and several of her positions are stated in general terms. She is a 24-year Pflugerville resident and Army veteran whose four children were educated in PfISD, with 29 years in healthcare and higher education.

Area	Grade	Why
Fiscal Responsibility	C-	Her plan to close the district's $15.6 million shortfall protects teachers and campus staff entirely, and includes $4.5 million from closing a campus and $2.8 million from central administration. But $3.2 million comes from drawing down reserves, which only works once. She also proposes reopening closed schools as enrichment centers with outside partners, a new commitment for a district already running deficits.
Affordability	D+	Her budget plan includes $3.5 million from asking voters for a tax increase. Her campaign commits to "responsible stewardship" of taxpayer dollars without specifics.
Parental Authority	B	Would require written parental permission before any instruction on family structure, puberty, reproduction, sexual orientation or gender identity, and would not allow sexually explicit material at any grade. Supports letting parents set lists of books their child cannot check out. But asked who decides when a parent and the district disagree, she pointed to a parent's right to leave for a private or home school, rather than saying who should decide inside the district.
Transparency & Governance	C	Campaigns on rebuilding trust through transparency, but without specific commitments. Faced with a crowd demanding a book's immediate removal, she described listening and existing library policies without saying whether she would hold to the review process.
Knowledge of the Role	B-	Knows the board oversees only the superintendent and that complaints about staff belong with the superintendent, citing board policy and state law. Her explanation of the tax bill covered the district's own rates but not the other taxing entities or who sets home values.

Based on: Written responses to PPP, her campaign site, and a published candidate Q&A.

Jean Mayer

C-

Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees, Place 6 · Incumbent, Trustee since 2021 · PPP grade: C-

Mayer, the incumbent since 2021, gave the clearest statement of parental authority in this race, but the board's record on taxes and spending during her tenure runs against it, and she declined to say how she would close this year's budget gap.

Area	Grade	Why
Fiscal Responsibility	D	The board has adopted three straight budgets projecting deficits during her tenure: $7.9 million for 2024-25, $10.3 million for 2025-26 (later reduced to $4.3 million after new state funding), and $15.6 million this year. In 2022 the board unanimously called a $367.6 million bond package. As the sitting trustee, she declined to say how she would close this year's shortfall. Her campaign frames budgeting as "equity as stewardship" without numbers.
Affordability	D	In 2022 the board unanimously set a rate 21% above the level needed to collect the same revenue as the year before and sent it to voters, the second such election in two years after voters rejected one in 2021. Voters approved another tax increase election in 2023. In 2025 the rate stayed at the maximum allowed without an election; this year it came in slightly below the prior year's revenue level.
Parental Authority	B	"When asked where authority begins, I start with the parent." Parents have primary authority over decisions about their own child, and educators inform those decisions without overriding them. But she has not stated positions on what instruction is appropriate at which grades, or whether sensitive topics should require parental consent.
Transparency & Governance	B-	On this year's school closures, she supported closing three elementary schools but voted against closing Windermere, arguing the board was moving too fast and risked losing families' trust. Her campaign emphasizes trust and plain speaking, without specific transparency commitments.
Knowledge of the Role	B	Clear that individual trustees do not direct staff or make personnel decisions. Explained the tax bill accurately, including that the appraisal district sets home values and how state school finance affects what the district keeps.

Based on: Written responses to PPP, her campaign site, a published candidate Q&A, and the board's record since 2021.

Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees · Place 7

Chevonne Lorigo-Johst

D-

Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees, Place 7 · Incumbent, Board President, unopposed · PPP grade: D-

Lorigo-Johst is running unopposed for a second term. She joined the board in 2023, now serves as board president and chairs its finance committee, and has presided over a district running back-to-back deficits. Weeks before her first election, she testified at the Texas Legislature against a bill expanding parents' rights over instructional materials and registered against a proposed constitutional amendment protecting a parent's right to direct their child's education. She did not respond to PPP.

Area	Grade	Why
Fiscal Responsibility	D	She chairs the board's finance committee, and as board president oversaw adoption of this year's budget with a $15.6 million shortfall, following deficits of $7.9 million and $10.3 million the two years before. Her public comments on the budget have focused on the district trying to do "more with less" rather than on specific reductions. Her votes on individual budgets are not recorded in public reporting.
Affordability	D	Three months after she joined the board, it called a tax ratification election to raise the rate, which voters approved in November 2023. The rate stayed at the maximum allowed without an election in 2025. Her campaign centers on securing more state funding for the district rather than on the local tax burden.
Parental Authority	F	In March 2023, weeks before her election, she testified before the Texas Senate against SB 8, which expanded parents' rights to review instructional materials and created education savings accounts, and registered against SJR 29, a proposed constitutional amendment for a parent's right to direct their child's education. She has made no public statements as a trustee on library materials or curriculum.
Transparency & Governance	C	Supported letting residents speak at the point the board takes action, saying "that is when the community shows up." During this year's school closures she said the decision should not be made "in isolation or at speed" and voted against closing Windermere. But she voted to move board elections from May to November, which extended the sitting trustees' terms, including her own, by about five months.
Knowledge of the Role	Limited information	Did not respond to PPP.

Based on: Her 2023 candidate Q&A and campaign site, public statements reported by Community Impact and other local outlets, Texas Legislature witness records, and the board's record since 2023.