Twenty-one Texas school district boards of trustees have been selected as regional nominees for the 2018 TASA School Board Awards. The regional nominees for 2018 Outstanding School Board of the Year are:
| Region | School District | Nominating Superintendent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valley View ISD | Rolando Ramirez |
| 2 | Banquete ISD | Max Thompson |
| 2 | Corpus Christi ISD | Roland Hernandez |
| 3 | Rice Consolidated ISD | Bill Hefner |
| 4 | Lamar Consolidated ISD | Thomas Randle |
| 5 | Burkeville ISD | Brant Graham |
| 5 | Port Arthur ISD | Mark Porterie |
| 6 | Brenham ISD | Walter Jackson |
| 7 | Lindale ISD | Stan Surratt |
| 8 | Mount Pleasant ISD | Judd Marshall |
| 9 | Burkburnett ISD | Tylor Chaplin |
| 10 | Community ISD | Roosevelt Nivens |
| 11 | Grapevine-Colleyville ISD | Robin Ryan |
| 12 | West ISD | David Truitt |
| 13 | Dripping Springs ISD | Bruce Gearing |
| 15 | Olfen ISD | Gabriel Zamora |
| 15 | Brownwood ISD | Joe Young |
| 16 | Dimmitt ISD | Bryan Davis |
| 18 | Kermit ISD | Denise Shetter |
| 19 | Ysleta ISD | Xavier De La Torre |
| 20 | Medina Valley ISD | Kenneth Rohrbach |
Texas school superintendents who belong to TASA and meet other criteria may nominate their boards of trustees for the TASA School Board Awards. Committees of TASA members organized by Texas’ regional education service centers review the nominations and select up to two school boards for consideration for the state-level awards: one with fewer than 1,000 students and one with 1,000 or more students.
TASA’s School Board Awards Committee will meet in early August to select up to five of the nominated boards to be recognized as Honor Boards. Those finalists will be interviewed at the TASA/TASB Convention in Austin September 28-30, and one will be named Outstanding School Board of the Year during that event.
