Marty Bell

Asked the board to vote on each of seven school closures one at a time. That motion failed, and the board approved closing all seven schools 4-3.

January 12, 2026

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Voted against delaying a decision on closing Kostoryz and Schanen Estates elementary schools. The board delayed it anyway, 4-3.

April 28, 2025

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Moved to delay a $2,282,000 contract to tear down the old Carroll High School. The delay failed 4-3.

December 16, 2024

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Voted with a unanimous board to call a Corpus Christi ISD bond election.

August 12, 2024

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Voted no on a $691,800 contract extension with Capturing Kids' Hearts for the 2023-24 school year. It passed 5-2.

February 13, 2023

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Seconded a motion to delay a vote on prevailing wage rates for district construction projects. The delay failed 3-4, and the rates then passed 4-3.

January 23, 2023

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Cast the only no vote on the Corpus Christi ISD school calendars for 2023-24 and 2024-25. They passed 6-1.

December 12, 2022

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Won the Corpus Christi ISD District 3 trustee seat in the November 8, 2022 election. He got 7,229 votes to Tony Elizondo's 6,250.

November 8, 2022

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Cast the only vote against the 2020-21 Corpus Christi ISD Student Code of Conduct. It passed 6-1.

July 27, 2020

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Voted against making Corpus Christi ISD a "District of Innovation." The plan got 4 yes votes but needed a supermajority, so it did not pass.

February 12, 2018

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Stepped down as board vice president and left the curriculum committee. A district review found he voted on contracts with his sister-in-law's flooring company without filing required conflict forms.

April 13, 2026

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