Misty Odenweller
TX · President, Conroe Independent School District Board of Trustees, Position 3
Misty Odenweller is president of the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees, a former elementary educator, and a Texas A&M graduate. She emphasizes parental involvement, academic standards, and support for teachers.
Where Misty Odenweller stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Education Quality (4 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records), Civil Rights (6 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Led the board as it hired David Vinson as superintendent, praising his academic, fiscal, and educator-focused record.
September 18, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: conroeisd.net
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Joined unanimous adoption of a $0.9496 per $100 property-tax rate described in the motion as an effective 5.86 percent increase.
August 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: conroeisd.net
Joined unanimous approval of Conroe ISD's $711,969,241 budget for the 2024-25 school year.
August 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: conroeisd.net
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 4 support
Led the board as it hired David Vinson as superintendent, praising his academic, fiscal, and educator-focused record.
September 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: conroeisd.net
Joined unanimous approval of Conroe ISD's $711,969,241 budget for the 2024-25 school year.
August 20, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: conroeisd.net
Moved to adopt revised high-school biology materials after omitting specified investigations; the amendment passed 4-3.
May 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: conroeisd.net
Seconded an amendment allowing campuses to hire or accept volunteer chaplains and then seconded a resolution allowing volunteer chaplains; both motions failed.
January 16, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: conroeisd.net
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 6 oppose
Joined unanimous approval of a resolution opposing gender transition of minors and transgender participation in girls' athletics.
February 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: houstonchronicle.com
Opposed proposed book-policy revisions that would allow formally challenged books removed through informal review to be reconsidered for return.
September 17, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: houstonchronicle.com
Voted to uphold decisions not to reinstate 19 challenged books as instructional materials, including The Color Purple, Beloved, and The Kite Runner.
June 18, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: houstonpress.com
Asked the board to develop a policy assigning bathrooms and locker rooms by biological sex, setting trip-housing and pronoun rules, notifying parents of pronoun changes, and regulating gender-fluidity instruction.
May 14, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: houstonchronicle.com
Voted to remove Lily and Dunkin from all district libraries, then moved to remove it from junior-high libraries while retaining it in high schools; both motions failed.
April 16, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Moved to keep The Perks of Being a Wallflower only in high-school libraries and require parents to opt students in to access it.
January 17, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: conroeisd.net
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Was selected president of the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees after four new trustees were sworn in.
November 18, 2024
Source: communityimpact.com
Voted against barring trustees from serving on district library-book reconsideration committees.
February 21, 2023
Source: yourconroenews.com
Was sworn in as the newly elected Conroe ISD Position 3 trustee after winning the November election.
November 18, 2022
Source: communityimpact.com
Past race Misty Odenweller ran in:
- Conroe ISD Board of Trustees Position 3 · November 3, 2026 · Conroe Independent School District, Texas · incumbent