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Lyford CISD Board of Trustees Named 2022 Texas Outstanding School Board
ASA has named the Lyford CISD Board of Trustees the 2022 Outstanding School Board — the top honor in the TASA School Board Awards program, which has honored Texas school boards that have demonstrated commitment to their students and to their communities since 1971....
TASA/TASB Award Stars of Distinction to School Architecture Projects
TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have announced that 55 projects will be included in the 2022-23 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 36 school districts and two colleges...
Dr. Steve Flores to Join TASA Executive Superintendent Team
TASA is pleased to announce that Dr. Steve Flores, former superintendent of Round Rock ISD and Harlingen CISD, will serve TASA members in Regions 13 and 14 as a TASA executive superintendent upon the retirement of Stephanie Arterbury on September 30. TASA's team of...
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Prepare Like a Prize Fighter
Being an educator has never been easy. Educators are called to serve, so they instinctively put the needs of others ahead of their own. They spend countless hours designing lessons, grading work, coaching individual children, completing endless paperwork, dealing with...
Voting in the Primary is Primary to Our Democracy
Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, far right, far left, or somewhere in between on the political spectrum, voting in the primary elections is the most important civic responsibility we have as Texans. In our state, the most important elections occur in the...
Showing Up for Your Community
For the past 18 months, I have had a bit of survivor’s guilt. After 28 years of serving in public schools, the last 10 as a superintendent, I left school district work to serve at TASA in 2018. In the best of times, being a superintendent is barely sustainable, though...
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Lyford CISD Board of Trustees Named 2022 Texas Outstanding School Board
ASA has named the Lyford CISD Board of Trustees the 2022 Outstanding School Board — the top honor in the TASA School Board Awards program, which has honored Texas school boards that have demonstrated commitment to their students and to their communities since 1971....
TASA/TASB Award Stars of Distinction to School Architecture Projects
TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have announced that 55 projects will be included in the 2022-23 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 36 school districts and two colleges...
TASA Names Six Finalists for 2023 Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA has announced that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2023 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Lisa Mackey, Fox Elementary School, Klein ISD Lisa Mackey is an art teacher...
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