{"id":7949,"date":"2021-02-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=7949"},"modified":"2021-02-02T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:55:41","slug":"bisd-superintendent-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/bisd-superintendent-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"BISD Superintendent Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Darrell G. Brown, Superintendent of Schools\" class=\"wp-image-7950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-1156x1536.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-760x1009.jpg 760w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-301x400.jpg 301w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-82x109.jpg 82w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-600x797.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882-550x730.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_1609-scaled-e1612281190882.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After leading the Birdville Independent School District for\u00a0almost\u00a010 years, Superintendent Dr. Darrell Brown announced today his plans to retire effective June 30, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Let me begin by saying how honored I am to serve as the superintendent in Birdville ISD,\u201d Brown said in a video&nbsp;message&nbsp;to staff. \u201cAs I reflect on this being the 10th&nbsp;year in this special school district, I can only smile and say thank you so much for your support&nbsp;and for your commitment to the education of our students throughout these years.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Birdville School Board will discuss the Superintendent\u2019s intent to retire at their February 25 meeting and are expected to share their plans to hire a search firm to assist with finding a replacement. Dr. Brown will remain in his leadership role through the search and transition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under&nbsp;Dr. Brown\u2019s&nbsp;leadership,&nbsp;Birdville ISD:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Had \u2026&nbsp;<\/li><li>23 National Merit Finalists,&nbsp;<\/li><li>103 National Merit Commended Scholars,&nbsp;<\/li><li>39 National Hispanic Scholars,&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Five National Merit&nbsp;Achievement&nbsp;Scholars, and&nbsp;<\/li><li>Two National&nbsp;Merit Special Scholarship&nbsp;recipients;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Implemented additional safety and security measures on every&nbsp;campus;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Moved to one-to-one technology for&nbsp;students;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Rebuilt seven of the District\u2019s oldest facilities&nbsp;with&nbsp;voter-approved&nbsp;bonds;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increased&nbsp;overall&nbsp;student&nbsp;academic performance&nbsp;on standardized tests&nbsp;which are&nbsp;consistently above state and national&nbsp;averages;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Received the highest rating from the state, \u201cSuperior&nbsp;Achievement,\u201d for management of taxpayer&nbsp;dollars;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Opened&nbsp;the Collegiate Academy of Birdville&nbsp;(CAB),&nbsp;where students can earn&nbsp;an&nbsp;Associate degree while in high&nbsp;school;&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;Went from being ranked 77th&nbsp;(out of the top 200 largest school districts across Texas)&nbsp;in productivity to being ranked&nbsp;third&nbsp;by Education Resource Group (ERG);&nbsp;<\/li><li>Received recognition from&nbsp;ERG&nbsp;as one of the top ten school districts in Texas for achieving high&nbsp;academic performance while maintaining efficient&nbsp;operations;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Received recognition from the Texas&nbsp;Comptroller\u2019s Office&nbsp;for&nbsp;transparency&nbsp;for&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;finances and debt obligation;&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/li><li>Much, much&nbsp;more.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon retirement, Dr.&nbsp;Brown&nbsp;will have completed 37&nbsp;years of service&nbsp;in&nbsp;public education.&nbsp;He said,&nbsp;\u201cI am so proud that I am ending my tenure here in such a special place in Birdville ISD. I can\u2019t thank you enough for your commitment to our students, our staff&nbsp;and our community.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Board&nbsp;wishes&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Brown&nbsp;the best in his well-deserved&nbsp;retirement. He is leaving the District on solid ground as we look to the future,\u201d said Jack McCarty, Board president. \u201cDr. Brown, thank you for your leadership. You&nbsp;will be missed.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leading the Birdville Independent School District for\u00a0almost\u00a010 years, Superintendent Dr. Darrell Brown announced today his plans to retire effective June 30, 2021.\u00a0 &#8220;Let me begin by saying how honored I am to serve as the superintendent in Birdville ISD,\u201d Brown said in a video&nbsp;message&nbsp;to staff. \u201cAs I reflect on this being the 10th&nbsp;year in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[222,110,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-2021-school-year","category-dr-brown-notes","category-superintendent"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p76FL9-24d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7951,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7949\/revisions\/7951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}