Bryan Weston touts local roots, board experience in school trustee race

Bryan Weston is asking Del Rio voters to see his campaign for San Felipe Del Rio CISD Place 4 as a question of management, not biography. With 15 years in ownership and management of a locally owned commercial construction company, Weston is arguing that he can help the board make tougher calls on campus repairs, budgets and day-to-day conditions inside district schools.

Weston, a 1994 Del Rio High School graduate and 1999 Rice University graduate, has deep local ties that run through both his family and the district. He comes from a family of teachers, and his wife, mother and sister have all been educators in Del Rio. One daughter attends Garfield Middle School, a son attends Del Rio High School and another daughter graduated from DRHS and is now at Texas A&M University. Weston has said those ties shape the way he thinks about school governance, especially when it comes to keeping classroom programs strong while staying inside district finances.

His work history goes beyond construction. Weston has also served on the City of Del Rio Board of Adjustment, the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and the boards for Del Rio National Bank and Texas Community Bank. He filed to seek the Place IV seat currently held by Meza, and his application described him as self-employed. The filing period for the 2026 school board race ran from Jan. 14 to Feb. 13, and the election is set for Saturday, May 2.

The race comes at a sensitive time for SFDRCISD. The district’s home page says it adopted a tax rate that will raise more money for maintenance and operations than last year’s rate, a change that puts budget decisions in sharper focus for families. Texas Tribune Schools Explorer lists the district at about 9,510 students across 14 campuses, with 93.5% Hispanic enrollment and 72.2% of students classified as economically disadvantaged. Texas School Report Cards lists the district’s overall rating as a C, or 79 out of 100, and names Dr. Carlos Rios as superintendent for the 2025-26 school year.

Weston has framed the work ahead around three pressure points: a balanced budget, stronger facilities and keeping athletics, fine arts and extracurriculars inside that budget rather than treating them as extras. He has also said the board needs to retain highly qualified teachers and attract new ones to Del Rio. With the district already discussing a middle-school reorganization for the 2025-26 year and classes beginning Aug. 11, 2025, the trustee race is turning on a practical question: who can steady the district’s finances while keeping campuses, classrooms and student programs moving in the same direction.