About Keith
Keith Guillory is running for re-election to the Waco Independent School District School Board. Keith’s involvement in WISD began in 2012 and throughout the years, he has worked with many different teachers, principals, students and upper administrative staff to improve the district. He has developed and nourished many relationships with the families of Waco ISD to ensure that the students have a successful transition into a productive life with long lasting self-sufficiency.
Keith has accomplished this through giving support, hope and the confidence students need, helping them set goals and encouraging them to work hard to achieve those goals. Keith has worked at every level of education within Waco ISD starting with the elementary schools from JH Hines and Bells Hill, to Carver Middle School, Waco High School and University High School. He has assisted in coordinating various programs to help students thrive to reach their goals from reading and comprehension, to career planning and development and athletics.
Keith has worked as a leadership, education and development mentor and is a LEAD mentor with the Waco Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Waco ISD Career and Technical Education board and is an Adopt-a-School partner. He and his wife Tracy founded LITWaco, a faith-based non-profit organization to help students improve their reading skills. Consequently, he has mentored at Giddings State School, McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility and is a volunteer with the Waco Center for Youth. Keith serves the community of Waco as a Lieutenant, Deputy Fire Marshal with the City of Waco Fire Department. He received his training at Val Janke Training Facility in Houston, Texas where he became nationally certified through the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and is an Emergency Medical Technician. He is also a Licensed Peace Officer through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. Keith has dedicated eighteen years to the life, education, and safety of Wacoans.
All four of the Guillory children attend or have attended Waco ISD schools. Their oldest, Monique, graduated from University High School, two graduated from Waco High School and their youngest, Summer Ann, attends Hillcrest PDS. Tracy serves on the Parent Teacher Student Association at Hillcrest PDS and has served at Waco High School as the Campus Decision-Making Committee at Waco High. Keith graduated from James Madison High School for Meteorology and Space Science in Houston, Texas where he participated in the debate team, German Club and the Madison Marlin Varsity Football team. He attended Houston Community College and graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2008. In 2017, he attended McLennan Community College’s Police Academy. He is currently attending Tarleton State University completing a degree in Criminal Justice. Keith and Tracy are high school sweethearts and have been married for over twenty three years.
