M. J. Larrison, Place 6

I have been active in Cleburne schools for many years, including PTA Site Base Board committees as well as children’s extracurricular activities in sports, FFA, cheerleading and booster clubs. I am a 1972 graduate of CHS and attended 3 years at Sam Houston State University. I have served on the CISD Alumni as Past President and most recently served on the Facilities Review Committee.

My family and I are members of First Baptist Church in Cleburne, and I am an active member of King’s Daughters. I am married to Larry Larrison, Senior Vice President of Business Development for WNC First in Dallas. We have four children, three have each received their college degrees and one is presently a junior in college.

Throughout my career I owned and operated two businesses, Comet Cleaners 1980-1987, and a wholesale gift business at World Trade Center in Dallas from 1989-1995. I am currently the manager of The Castle Collection in Cleburne, and have been there since 1998.

As a CISD Board member my goals will be:
1.) To achieve sound financial management of the budget.
2.) To instill accountability throughout the district at all levels.
3.) To use tax dollars wisely in the district to promote growth and education for CISD.
4.) To make CISD’s primary focus the children’s educational achievements from K-12.

Brad Allen, Place 1

Brad Allen did nor return two calls requesting his platform and a picture to post on this site. This picture was taken the night of May 10 as Allen waited for the vote tally.

Allen was School Board President during much of the misspending documented in the TEA report. He was elected last year, but resigned two days after being sworn in so his brother could be hired by CISD. He ran again this year for a different Place (other than the one he resigned from).

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram published this comment by Allen on May 8, two days before the election, regarding the TEA audit. "It's very serious. ... But when the documentation gets there, a lot of it is going to be definitely explained in six to eight binders to TEA. I honestly believe that there has been no intentional issues of fraud, theft or embezzlements ... ."

Since Allen implied knowledge of the contents of CISD's response to the TEA report, we asked Interim Superintendent Dr. James Warlick why Allen seemed to know the contents and nobody else did. Dr. Warlick said there was no way Allen could know the contents, but that he had come into the office and asked how thick the response was.