Dr. Pedro Galaviz
TX
Dr. Pedro Galaviz retired in 2025 after about 13 years as Canutillo ISD superintendent. He wants every student to have access to life-changing opportunities and the district to deliver its bond projects as promised to voters.
Where Dr. Pedro Galaviz stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Education Quality (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
As Canutillo ISD superintendent, announced the district had referred a critical internal audit of its police department, including $77,056 in unbudgeted overtime, to law enforcement.
July 22, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: elpasomatters.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Eliminated 13 administrative positions as Canutillo ISD faced a $6 million budget deficit, saying the district would avoid classroom cuts.
January 25, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: elpasomatters.org
Asked Canutillo ISD trustees to send voters a larger school bond for growth, safety and building repairs after a 2021 bond failed.
August 31, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: elpasomatters.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Opened Canutillo ISD's first public Montessori pre-K program as superintendent.
August 31, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: elpasomatters.org
Asked Canutillo ISD trustees to send voters a larger school bond for growth, safety and building repairs after a 2021 bond failed.
August 31, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: elpasomatters.org
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Spoke during public comment at a Canutillo ISD board meeting, telling trustees to govern rather than manage and warning of poor district performance.
August 25, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Announced his retirement as Canutillo ISD superintendent, citing the political climate around education and how the school board was managing the district.
May 14, 2025
Source: elpasomatters.org
The Texas Education Agency closed its investigation of a complaint about the district's $6.6 million horse-farm purchase, which he had signed without final board approval. On March 28, 2025, it told the district the concerns were addressed and it took no further action.
March 28, 2025
Source: elpasomatters.org
Signed a contract to buy a 51-acre horse farm for a new middle school without the board's final approval, which district policy required; the board later ratified it 5-2.
November 6, 2024
Source: elpasomatters.org
Declined to publicly release Canutillo ISD's 2024 state rating details and test results, calling the state grading system flawed.
August 19, 2024
Source: elpasomatters.org
Publicly criticized the state's changed school rating rules as unfair while Canutillo ISD joined other districts suing the Texas Education Agency over them.
November 13, 2023
Source: elpasomatters.org
Filed Texas Ethics Commission complaints as a private citizen against five people, including three school board candidates, over anti-bond signs that lacked required funding disclosures.
October 30, 2022
Source: elpasomatters.org
Past race Dr. Pedro Galaviz ran in:
- Canutillo Independent School District Board of Trustees, District at Large · November 3, 2026 · Canutillo Independent School District, Texas