Virdie Montgomery
TX · Wylie ISD Board of Trustees, Place 5
Virdie Montgomery has served on the Wylie ISD Board of Trustees since 2022 and is the Place 5 trustee.
Where Virdie Montgomery stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
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Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Moved to adopt Wylie ISD's 2025-2026 budget, which set aside $165,000 for extra tutoring (accelerated instruction). The board passed it 7-0.
June 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Moved to raise Wylie ISD's property tax rate to $1.2102 per $100 of value for 2024-2025. The minutes call this an effective 8.04 percent increase. The board passed it 6-0.
August 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Seconded a policy change letting contracted security guards carry guns on Wylie ISD school property. The board passed it 7-0.
August 21, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Moved to adopt Wylie ISD's 2025-2026 budget, which set aside $165,000 for extra tutoring (accelerated instruction). The board passed it 7-0.
June 16, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to sell Collin County a strip of district land and a temporary work area so the county could widen Park Blvd. The board passed it 7-0.
May 20, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Was elected Wylie ISD board secretary by acclamation. The vote was 6-0, and Montgomery abstained on his own election.
November 17, 2025
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Moved to find that a teacher quit mid-contract without good cause. The motion also let the superintendent ask the state educator board to sanction him. It passed 5-0.
August 18, 2025
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Seconded hiring three law firms on a contingency fee to represent Wylie ISD in lawsuits over youth social media use. The board passed it 7-0.
March 31, 2025
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Moved to answer a new state chaplain law (Senate Bill 763) by keeping school chaplains as volunteers only. The resolution declined to hire paid chaplains. The board passed it 6-0.
January 22, 2024
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Moved to exempt Wylie ISD from part of a 2023 state vaping law (House Bill 114). The exemption let schools give a lighter penalty for a first vaping offense instead of automatic removal to an alternative school. It passed 7-0.
August 21, 2023
Source: resources.finalsite.net · researched September 13, 2026
Won the Wylie ISD Board of Trustees Place 5 seat in the November 8, 2022 general election. He got 12,709 votes to Kevin Brooks's 8,196, per the official canvass.
November 8, 2022
Source: wylieisd.net · researched September 13, 2026
Visited all 612 graduating seniors at their homes as Wylie High School principal during the 2020 COVID shutdown. The visits took 12 days and 800 miles of driving.
May 1, 2020
Source: cnn.com · researched September 13, 2026
Brought Rachel's Challenge, a student kindness and anti-bullying program, to Wylie High School as principal. NBC DFW reported in 2018 that he had started it about 12 years earlier.
February 15, 2018
Source: nbcdfw.com · researched September 13, 2026
Race Virdie Montgomery is in:
- Wylie ISD Board of Trustees, Place 5 · November 3, 2026 · Wylie Independent School District (Collin County), Texas · incumbent
Profile last researched September 13, 2026.