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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...
TASA President Martha Salazar-Zamora Named Finalist for 2025 AASA Women in School Leadership Award
Tomball ISD Superintendent and TASA President Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora has been named one of two finalists for the 2025 Women in School Leadership Award presented by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. The award recognizes outstanding female leaders who...
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...
Executive Director’s Blog
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...
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...
Press Releases
Corsicana ISD Board of Trustees Named 2023 Texas Outstanding School Board
TASA has named the Corsicana ISD Board of Trustees the 2023 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 2023-24 School Architecture Projects
TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have announced that 46 projects will be included in the 2023-24 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 38 school districts and three colleges...
TASA Names Six Finalists for 2024 Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA has announced that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2024 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Isela Russell, Wellington Elementary School, Lewisville ISD Isela Russell,...
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