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New Members to Join TASA Executive Committee in June 2025
Eight new members will join the TASA Executive Committee beginning June 1, 2025, and two members will change seats. The following six members either ran uncontested races or were elected by the TASA members in their regions to represent their region on the TASA...
2024-25 EoSA Caudill Winners Announced
Six Texas school districts have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by TASA and the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify excellence in...
2025 TASA Executive Committee Elections Underway
The election process for TASA Executive Committee positions representing odd-numbered regions is underway. Seven members who are eligible to serve another term have notified the TASA office of their intent to seek re-election. Three members will complete their second...
Executive Director’s Blog
Two Things Set TASA Apart
Two of the biggest needs that humans have are to be part of a community and to be engaged in something bigger than themselves. For those who attended the 2025 TASA Midwinter Conference, my hope is that you got to feel both in a big way. At the conference in January, a...
Where’s The Monument to Texas Teachers?
Texans should take great pride in the Texas Capitol building and grounds. It is a stunning building — 11.64 feet taller than the U.S. Capitol, and it is a monument to democracy. Any citizen can enter the building, take a tour, participate in a hearing, visit a...
(Nearly) A Century in the Making
TASA was founded in 1925, which, if my math is correct, was 99 years ago. For some perspective, in 1925 Texas Gov. Pat Neff handed over the reins to “Ma” Ferguson, the first female governor in Texas (and second in the nation) that year. Calvin Coolidge was president...
Press Releases
2024-25 EoSA Caudill Winners Announced
Six Texas school districts have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by TASA and the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for projects that exemplify excellence in...
Doug Williams to Receive 2024 Golden Deeds for Education Award
Public education advocate Doug Williams, retired Sunnyvale ISD superintendent and TASA past president, has been chosen to join a select group of Texans to receive the Golden Deeds Award, a coveted award for distinguished service to education in the state. Williams...
Nicole Poenitzsch Selected as Texas Nominee for 2025 National Superintendent of the Year
Bellville ISD Superintendent Nicole Poenitzsch, Ed.D., has been selected by TASA as Texas’ nominee for 2025 National Superintendent of the Year, an award given by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. Poenitzsch, superintendent of Bellville ISD since 2019, has...
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