Magnolia ISD Superintendent Todd Stephens was selected as one of 18 state finalists for the Superintendent of the Year award. Magnolia ISD Superintendent Todd Stephens was selected as one of 18 state finalists for the Superintendent of the Year award.[/caption]

The Texas Association of School Boards announced nominees July 6 for its Superintendent of the Year award. Of 1,029 Texas school districts, Magnolia ISD Superintendent Todd Stephens was selected as the Region 6 winner and one of 18 state finalists for the award.

“The application process included strong leadership, school board relations, fiscal management, facilities management and school and community relations,” MISD Communications Director Denise Meyers said.

There are 56 other school districts in Region 6, including Conroe, Montgomery, Navasota, New Caney, Brenham and College Station ISDs.

Local school boards have the ability to nominate a superintendent each year, and the nomination is submitted to a regional selection committee. The group narrows down the pool to one nominee from each region to send to the state selection committee.

Meyers said this is the first time Stephens has been nominated for the award.

The complete list of regional winners for the Superintendent of the Year award is as follows:
Region 1—Alda Benavides, La Joya ISD
Region 2—Lynn Burton, Orange Grove ISD
Region 4—Patricia Montgomery, Angleton ISD
Region 5—John Valastro, Lumberton ISD
Region 6—Todd Stephens, Magnolia ISD
Region 7—Mary Ann Whiteker, Hudson ISD
Region 8—Paul Norton, Texarkana ISD
Region 10—Blake Wesley Cooper, Commerce ISD
Region 11—Frank Molinar, White Settlement ISD
Region 12—Diane Frost, Corsicana ISD
Region 13—Douglas Killian, Hutto ISD
Region 14—Reggy Spencer, Colorado ISD
Region 15—David Walker, Christoval ISD
Region 16—Kyle Lynch, Canadian ISD
Region 17—Gilbert Trevino, Floydada ISD
Region 18—David Carr, Stanton ISD
Region 19—Sylvia Hopp, San Elizario ISD
Region 20—Kevin Brown, Alamo Heights ISD

The state selection committee will interview the regional winners in Austin from August 14-15 and select five state finalists. The award winner will be announced Oct. 3 at the 2015 Texas Association of School Administrators/TASB Convention in Austin.