POLICIES

By Aaron Silva, Eanes Parents Unite & Texas Education Project 103 Eanes families, it is time for a serious conversation about the adults we are putting in charge of our children’s future. For years, I’ve been sounding the alarm on a board culture that has drifted away from professional standards and into what I call the "paperwork priesthood"—a group of well-meaning volunteers who have deferred every critical decision to administrators, leading us into a $5.0–$6.0 million str

By Aaron Silva, Eanes Parents Unite & Texas Education Project 103 Eanes families, I’ve been saying it for years: it’s time for some adult supervision on the Westlake dais. We are at an inflection point where our storied "Eanes Excellence" is bumping up against the cold, hard reality of a $5M–$7M structural deficit next year and a teacher turnover rate that has exploded to over 20% (yes, 1 in 5 teachers quit every year). In any multi-million dollar enterprise, when the wheels

What a 9 Year Old Carried Home from Eanes ISD This Week. A Suicide Video Shown to 4th Graders Without Notice or Consent. A Predator in the Classroom Met With Silence. A Child Punished for Racism She Didn't Commit. This Starts at the Top. By Aaron Silva, Eanes Parents Unite & Texas Education Project 103 When we were children, our parents went to work every morning with confidence. Confidence we were safe at school. Confidence that the teachers and principals in their lives wer

How Hern and Clark Funded the Deficit One Sleepy Vote at a Time — and Why They Don’t Deserve to be Re-Elected Trustee By Aaron Silva, Eanes Parents Unite & Texas Education Project 103 Ivana and I have had two children in Eanes for almost 12 years, and for the first time in memory a trustee published a CFO-level analysis  of why our beloved district is in big, big trouble. This problem affects all parents, their children, and our property values. Let me translate what the numb

Six Years. Six Deficits. Three Incumbents. Zero Accountability. One Election to Change It All. By Aaron Silva, Eanes Parents Unite & Texas Education Project 103 ——— Let me set the scene for you. It’s a warm May evening. The auditorium is packed — families, kids, supporters dabbing at misty eyes. Ellen Balthazar — 24 years of service, genuinely beloved by this community, and one of the most dedicated trustees Eanes ISD has ever had — delivers her emotional farewell. She gazed

What we lost in court, we reclaimed in public trust. After more than a year of legal battles, the appellate court has ruled in favor of...

Westlake Hills, Texas – May 21, 2025 By Aaron Silva, Concerned Dad I had to wait a couple of weeks to let the election results sink in...

Trustee Sheffield’s April 29 Facebook post singled out as the trigger for multi-million dollar lawsuit over unlawful WACC contract...

Scandal Deepens as Attorney General Tapped for Help by Eanes Parents Seeking Answers Westlake Hills, Texas – April 21, 2025   By Aaron...

Mark your calendars: April 22-29 is early voting, and May 3, 2025, is our School Board election , and it’s a big deal—whether you’ve got...

A Night of Tears and a Secret Betrayal January 14, 2025, was a gut-wrenching scene at Eanes ISD. A packed boardroom buzzed with...

What happened to me and my family during my 2024 campaign for Eanes ISD Board of Trustees should be the last time it ever happens to...

Back in April 2024, I penned " Has Eanes Peaked?  sounding the alarm on our shrinking in-district student population and the revenue...

Restoring Ethical Standards, Transparency, and Open, Responsible Elections to Texas school boards My story is not unique. The Westlake...

Eanes is at a critical juncture as we begin another Trustee election cycle. Last year I warned extensively of looming “success failures”...

While teacher pay and retention has been an ongoing problem in Eanes, our Board of Trustees is not treating it as the crisis it is. Eanes...

Legal Maneuver by Taylor designed to Protect the Westlake Smear Cartel and Prevent Discovery of Actors Kim Taylor’s recent motion to...

How our “spooks” snared the Westlake Smear Cartel By Aaron and Ivana Silva The text message from a close friend arrived at 10:00 PM on...

Closing Valley View elementary, raising taxes through copper pennies and killing Spanish Immersion may help in the near term, but is not...

In a continuing victory for transparency and accountability in our community, Eanes ISD Trustee Kelly Marwill has once again failed in...