Farrell seeks re-election to the Pueblo District 60 School Board

Tommy Farrell, who currently serves as president of the Pueblo District 60 School Board, has announced that he is running for another 4-year term. Farrell’s time on the board has seen unique challenges including navigating the COVID-19 pandemic only a couple months after his service began. His term has also seen the construction and opening of five new, state of the art, schools in District 60 and improvements at many other schools and Dutch Clark stadium. Since the pandemic, District 60 has also continued to make progress on the state’s school performance framework - many schools seeing significant improvements.

“My guiding priority has always been removing barriers to education for our students,” Farrell said. “Every decision I make is done so through this lens and I will continue to prioritize removing barriers to safe, quality, supportive education for each student in District 60.”

Born and raised in Pueblo County, Tommy is proud to call Pueblo home. He attended public schools in both Districts 60 and 70, graduating from Rye High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University - Pueblo. 

In 2020, Tommy and his business partner purchased the engineering company they both worked for, creating New Frontier Engineering. Most recently, he accepted a position with Pueblo County. Tommy has also worked as an instructor for El Pueblo History Museum’s Hands-on History program - teaching youth about skills that would have been needed to survive in Pueblo’s early days.

Until recently, Tommy served as chair of the Sangre de Cristo Board of Trustees and currently serves as President of the Southern Colorado Equality Alliance.