Lori Jo Walker
TX · Secretary and Place 2 Trustee, Calallen ISD Board of Trustees
Lori Jo Walker has served as the Place 2 trustee on the Calallen ISD Board since 2014. She is a former English teacher and a Corpus Christi-area business owner.
Where Lori Jo Walker stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted yes that Calallen ISD could not afford 13 new school buses with 3-point seat belts. The motion passed 5-1.
April 20, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded the order to issue and sell Calallen ISD school building bonds (Series 2024). The board approved it 5-0.
June 24, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Seconded the resolution creating the Calallen ISD Police Department. The board approved it 6-0.
February 12, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Seconded the order to issue and sell Calallen ISD school building bonds (Series 2024). The board approved it 5-0.
June 24, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — General
General · 16 records
Made the motion to approve a 2026-27 legal services contract with the law firm Walsh Gallegos. It passed 4-3.
July 13, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Made the motion naming Scot Hafley the lone finalist for Calallen ISD superintendent. It passed 7-0.
July 2, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Made the motion to approve the Calallen ISD policy on library materials (EFB LOCAL). It passed 6-0.
August 11, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Made the motion to approve a Calallen ISD policy on student phones and other personal electronic devices. It passed 6-0, and she backed using phone pouches.
August 11, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against a proposal for term limits on Calallen ISD board members. The proposal failed 3-4.
February 10, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against removing a Del Mar College dual-credit sociology course from Calallen High School classes. The removal failed 2-5.
January 6, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted yes on a 1.5% permanent staff raise paid for by 7% budget cuts to campuses and departments. The roll call vote was 7-0.
July 24, 2024
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Made the motion to pick Curative as the employee health insurance provider for 2024-25. It passed 4-0, with one trustee abstaining.
June 24, 2024
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded a one-year extension of Superintendent Emily Lorenz's contract, to January 31, 2027. It passed 4-2.
January 8, 2024
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Cast the only no vote as the Calallen ISD board adopted the Guardian and Marshal school safety programs. The motion passed 5-1.
September 11, 2023
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Won re-election to the Calallen ISD board, Place 2, in the November 8, 2022 election. She got 3,671 votes (70.61%) to Triston Crossland's 1,528 (29.39%).
November 8, 2022
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded the motion naming Emily Lorenz the lone finalist for Calallen ISD superintendent. It passed 7-0.
December 13, 2021
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Made the motion to give Calallen ISD staff a COVID-19 retention stipend and extend local emergency paid sick leave. It passed 7-0.
December 7, 2020
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted no on starting the 2020-21 school year online for all Calallen ISD students on August 19, 2020. The motion passed 5-2.
July 20, 2020
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted yes on an 8% property tax rate increase for Calallen ISD, setting the total rate at $1.4030. The motion passed 6-0.
August 27, 2018
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Won her first election to the Calallen ISD board, Place 2, in the November 4, 2014 election. The board declared her the winner on November 17, 2014.
November 4, 2014
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Past race Lori Jo Walker ran in:
- Calallen ISD Board of Trustees, Place 2 · November 3, 2026 · Calallen Independent School District, Texas · incumbent