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TASA Announces Regional Nominees for 2025 Outstanding School Board
Fifteen Texas school district boards of trustees have been selected as regional nominees for the 2025 TASA School Board Awards. The regional nominees for 2025 Outstanding School Board of the Year are: Region Nominee Nominating Superintendent 1 Roma ISD Board of...
2025-26 TASA Officers Announced
At its March 26, 2025, meeting, the TASA Executive Committee ratified the election of Lamar CISD Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens as 2025-26 TASA president-elect. He currently serves as the 2024-25 TASA vice president. In January, the committee elected San Elizario ISD...
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...
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...
Educators, It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up
After 33 years in public education, I am awed and inspired by everyone who works in our public schools. Miracles happen every day in every school, and our educators, administrators and support staff deserve immense gratitude, respect and recognition for everything...
We Can’t Let Lawmakers Abandon Their Own Judgment
You know, there's something ... immoral about abandoning your own judgment ... We just can't let this get out of hand. And we're gonna do whatever we have to do to make this come out right." —John F. Kennedy in the movie "JFK" In every state that uses taxpayer money...
Press Releases
TASA/TASB Award Stars of Distinction to 2024-25 School Architecture Projects
TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have announced that 41 projects will be included in the 2024-25 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 30 school districts, two college...
TASA Names 6 Finalists for 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA has announced that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Kevin Criss, Cambridge Elementary School, Alamo Heights ISD Kevin Criss is a...
TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024
Five school boards from across Texas have been selected as Honor School Boards as part of the 2024 TASA School Board Awards. Each year, the program recognizes outstanding Texas school boards for commitment and service that has made a positive impact on Texas public...
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