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Argyle ISD superintendent announces retirement
Alkhatib, Barker elected to LISD school board LEWISVILLE ISD Two new faces will be joining the LISD board of trustees after votes were officially tallied. Michelle Alkhatib and Staci Barker have been elected to three- year terms serving on the LISD board, according to results from the May 6 general election. BY COLBY FARR
BY DON MUNSCH
These bond programs also included renovations to two campuses and the new administration building. “Students in Argyle are wonderful, talented young people with sup- portive families encouraging and supporting them, and believing in the investment in their educational journey,” Wright said in the release. “The carefully chosen teachers and staff are dedicated beyond measure to the support and success of each individual student.” AISD Board President Sam Slaton lauded Wright during the meeting. “It is impossible for me to express how much Dr. Wright means to me and the impact that she has made on this district and the field of educa- tion,” he said. “Dr. Wright’s passion to serve this district, her knowledge of the education field, her wisdom, ethics, approachability and care for the well-being of all are just a short list of the numerous qualities that speak to how special Dr. Wright is.”
TELENA’S TENURE Argyle ISD had several noteable developments during Telena Wright’s tenure as superintendent from 2009-23.
ARGYLE ISD The district will have a new superintendent in the fall. Telena Wright, who has served as the district’s superintendent since 2009, will retire at the end of this school year after the AISD board approved her retirement agreement on May 1. Wright’s last day will be June 30. A native of Ballinger, Texas, Wright joined AISD as the Argyle High School principal in 2000 after serving at Marcus High School in Lewisville ISD, according to a press release from AISD. She became the AISD assistant superintendent in 2003, interim superintendent in 2008 and superin- tendent in January 2009. Some of Wright’s accomplishments, as noted in the release, include overseeing three bond programs—in 2014, 2017 and 2022—during her tenure that included the addition of three new campuses and three more that are in the planning stages.
Creation of Argyle ISD Police Department
Creation of multicultural committees at all Argyle ISD campuses
ELECTION RESULTS
Began an independent Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
PLACE 6
44.73% Mindy Bumgarner 55.27% Michelle Alkhatib
Three different bond programs passed
PLACE 7
44.35% Staci L. Barker 30.01% Jacob Anderson
Highest Texas Education Agency score in district history in 2022
25.64% Ashley Jones
SOURCE: ARGYLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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