Communications :: Announcement

School Board Update

[January 29, 2009]

The MISD School Board took action on the Superintendent position, school names, and the 2009-2010 Calendar.

Superintendent Position

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At the January 28, 2009 Regular Board Meeting, school trustees unanimously voted in favor of naming Dr. Bob Morrison, Deputy Superintendent, the lone finalist for the district's Superintendent position.

Prior to being Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Morrison (pictured right) was the MISD Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education and Director of Student Services. He also served as a high school principal, teacher and coach in Oklahoma.

Superintendent Vernon Newsom announced his retirement on July 9, 2008 to give the school board the opportunity to find a replacement in time for the 2009-2010 academic year. This naming comes after a three month process that included Superintendent profile development activities, an internal job posting, as well as interview.

Under state law, a school board must wait 21 days after giving public notice of its lone finalist before offering a contract.

School Names

The board also took action on approving the following school names for campus opening in the coming years:

Linda Jobe - Middle (2009)
Linda Jobe taught math at Mansfield High School for 34 years. She attended Mansfield schools and graduated from Mansfield High School. Ms. Jobe was well known as an encouraging and inspiring teacher. She retired from Mansfield ISD in 2004.

Asa E. Low Jr. - Intermediate (2009)
Asa Low is best known as the choir director from Mansfield High School for many years. He taught for 29 years in Mansfield ISD, and 41 years total. He was instrumental in making arrangements for the first Mansfield High School Choir and Band concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas in 2001. Mr. Low retired in 2008.

Annette Perry - Elementary (2009)
Annette Perry taught for a total of 32 years in Mansfield ISD, and 34 total. She taught elementary school and mainly worked in special education. The committee received over 30 heartfelt nominations for Mrs. Perry, which says a lot about how our community feels about her. She retired from Mansfield ISD in 2008. Also of interest, she graduated from Mansfield High School in 1970.

Nancy Neal - Elementary (2011)
Nancy Neal taught for over 30 years at Alice Ponder Elementary. She retired from Mansfield ISD in 2003. Ms. Neal is remembered as one of the kindest, most giving teacher by many of her former students. She also graduated from Mansfield High School.

Judy Miller - Elementary (2012)
Judy Miller will have served the Mansfield ISD school community for over 37 years when she retires in June 2009. She currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Personnel. She has also been an elementary principal and teacher in her career with MISD.

2009-2010 Calendar Approval

The board approved the school calendar for 2009-2010: