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With the boundary changes approved by the board, the population di erential between the most and least populous districts is 9.86%. POPULATION BREAKDOWN
45,628
Single-Member District 1
49,734
Single-Member District 2
46,153
Single-Member District 3
48,848
Single-Member District 4
SOURCE: RICHARDSON ISD, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
50,128
Single-Member District 5
240,491
Richardson ISD
Demographic breakdown:
“For most board members, I think the normal [preparation time] is prob- ably 10 hours, but some weeks, it was double, if not more,” she said. To be a successful board mem- ber, Clardy said trustees have to be focused on the best interests of all the children in the district. “That rst year that I was on the school board, … I already knew Lake Highlands,” Clardy said. “I spent all my time up in Richardson because I needed to see the whole district.” Superintendent search Brown said the Texas Association of School Administrators had seen 55 superintendent openings throughout the state by December. He said that number is higher than years past, as the hiring cycle for superintendents usually begins in January or February. “It is a very di cult time to nd a highly quali ed superintendent,” Brown said. “If a superintendent is in a district that has a really supportive board, they are not willing to leave, even if it means higher pay, higher bene ts [and] expanded in uence.” During her tenure on the board, Caston helped hire RISD’s last two full-time superintendents. She said a realistic time frame for RISD to nd and hire a new superintendent is probably January 2023. “The district is fortunate [to be] in the really capable hands of interim Superintendent Tabitha Branum,” Caston said. Branum told Community Impact Newspaper she plans to apply for the permanent superintendent position with the district when it is posted. “I am very passionate about this district,” Branum said. “I don’t want to go anywhere. Where there may have been opportunities in the past, I’ve stayed because I love the people, [and] I love this community.”
District 1 White: 69% Asian: 6.4% Black: 4.7% Hispanic: 15.1% Other: 4.8% District 3 White: 22.7% Asian: 11.4% Black: 16.7% Hispanic: 45.8% Other: 3.4% White: 61.1% Asian: 4.8% Black: 13.3% Hispanic: 17% Other: 3.8% District 5
District 2 White: 53.7% Asian: 12.4% Black: 10.7% Hispanic: 18.4% Other: 4.8% White: 14% Asian: 7.2% Black: 51.5% Hispanic: 23.6% Other: 3.7% District 4 White: 44.1% Asian: 8.4% Black: 19.6% Hispanic: 23.8% Other: 4.1% Richardson ISD
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“Everyone knows thatwe are a pretty new, young board and interim superin- tendent, [so we are] growing together and [working on] understanding each other,” she said. Working with board members through the “team of eight” trainings she facilitates, Caston said she has found three areas that usually surprise newly elected trustees. The rst is the time required to be e ective in the position; the second is understanding the role of a trustee as a member of a governing board; and the third is the impact on their families. “Most people … just see the twice monthly school board meetings,” Caston said. “What they don’t realize is the amount of time that you spend on being prepared during the week to be a good board member.” During her time as an RISD trustee, Caston said she received hundreds of emails each week. And trustees are “elected o cials who serve uncom- pensated,” as she described the role.
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