Nominees Announced for 2009 Superintendent of the Year Award
For Immediate Release: June 30, 2009
Contact: Barbara Williams, 800.580.8272, ext. 6418
(AUSTIN) - Superintendents from 16 public school districts have been nominated for the annual Superintendent of the Year (SOTY) award sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). Since 1984, the SOTY program has recognized exemplary superintendents for excellence and achievement in educational leadership.
Regional superintendents of the year and nominating education services centers (ESCs) are Oscar Rodriguez, Jr., Mission CISD, ESC 1; Charley McMath, London ISD, ESC 2; Michael Lanier, Rice CISD, ESC 3; Mark Henry, Galena Park ISD, ESC 4; Clay Webb, New Waverly ISD, ESC 6; James Wilcox, Longview ISD, ESC 7; Linda Henrie, Mesquite ISD, ESC 10; Ray Braswell, Denton ISD, ESC 11; Rose Cameron, Copperas Cove ISD, ESC 12; Jesús Chávez, Round Rock ISD, ESC 13; Guy Nelson, Highland ISD, ESC 14; Robert Gibson, Miles ISD, ESC 15; Bill Mayfield, Highland Park ISD, ESC 16; Larry McClenny, Patton Springs ISD, ESC 17; Paul Vranish, Tornillo ISD, ESC 19; and Thomas Harvey, Jr., La Vernia ISD, ESC 20.
Candidates are chosen for their strong leadership skills, dedication to improving educational quality, ability to build effective employee relations, student performance, and commitment to public involvement in education. Superintendents from any of Texas’ 1,036 local school districts are eligible for nomination by their school boards. Local nominees are submitted to a regional selection committee, which chooses one nominee to send to the state selection committee.
The state committee will interview regional winners in August in Austin and select five state finalists. The Superintendent of the Year will be announced October 3 at the TASA/TASB Convention in Houston. The winning superintendent also receives an award from Balfour.
TASB is a nonprofit association established in 1949 to serve local public school districts. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 4.7 million students.