REGIONAL EDUCATION Richardson ISD
FRESH FACES CHRIS POTEET Experience: < 1 year Up for election May 2024
Eron Linn is the only Richardson ISD trustee with more than one term of experience, and his seat is up for election in May. Four of the six current board members have been elected since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Interim superintendent IS SOURCE: RICHARDSON ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER Single-member district number # At-large place number #
could see further leadershipmoves
ERIC EAGER Experience: 1+ years Up for election May 2023
DEBBIE RENTERÍA Experience: 1+ years Up for election May 2023
REGINA HARRIS Experience: 2+ years Up for election May 2022
TABITHA BRANUM Appointed in December 2021
VACANT SEAT Up for election May 2022
ERON LINN Experience: 6+ years Up for election May 2022
MEGAN TIMME Experience: < 1 year Up for election May 2024
BY WILLIAM C. WADSACK
With three trustee seats up for elec- tion in May and an upcoming search for a new permanent superintendent, half of Richardson ISD’s eight-person leadership team could be made up of new faces by the end of the year. Board President Regina Harris and trustee Eron Linn are the longest tenured current board members. Both of their seats, along with the currently vacant District 5 position, will go before RISD voters May 7. Over the last four months, the district has seen the resignation of former Superintendent Jeannie Stone and former board President Karen Clardy, who represented District 5. Clardy resigned Sept. 24 in a letter to the superintendent and the other trustees, while a separation agree- ment for Stone was approved by the board Dec. 13.
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Richardson ISD has three board seats up for election in May, and it is seeking a new permanent superintendent.
WILLIAM C. WADSACK COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Clardy said seeing Stone’s resigna- tion as a possibility was the reason she left her position on the board. “I loved working on the board, and I did not want to [resign],” Clardy said. “But I also didn’t want to be on the board that got rid of [Stone].” The Texas Association of School Administrators o ers learning opportunities and advocacy e orts
for superintendents and other admin- istrators. Its Executive Director Kevin Brown said the association had seen 55 superintendent openings in Texas by December. “It is a very di cult time to nd a highly quali ed superintendent,” Brown said. Following Stone’s resignation, the RISD board appointed Tabitha
Branum as the district’s interim superintendent. Branum said she plans to apply for the district’s permanent superintendent position when it is posted. “I don’t want to go anywhere,” Branum said. “Where there may have been opportunities in the past, I’ve stayed because I love the people, [and] I love this community.”
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