Spanel Reelected to State Association Board

Austin— Cindy Spanel of Highland Park ISD-Potter County has been reelected to a three-year term on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 16. The election was held during the Association’s 2025 Delegate Assembly on Sept. 13 in Houston. 

Spanel has been on the Highland Park ISD-Potter County Board of Trustees since 2004, serving as secretary for six years and vice-president for four years. She is a 2010 graduate of Leadership TASB and a Master Trustee.   

She is a member of Panhandle Area Association of School Boards and serves on the Potter/Randal Country Appraisal Board. Spanel also is a trustee on the Lone Star Investment Pool Board. In addition, she served as a board member and secretary of the Amarillo Highland Park Education Foundation.   

Spanel is a veteran of the United States Navy. She served 1974–77, with an honorable discharge, disabled veteran. She earned an associate of applied science degree from Amarillo College.    

Spanel is active in her community, teaching a fitness class at her church, doing competitive cattle sorting, and serving as a substitute teacher for Amarillo ISD, until she retired in July 2023.

About TASB

TASB is a nonprofit organization established in 1949 to serve local Texas school boards. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 5.5 million public school students.