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TSPRA offices closed Friday, April 18
The TSPRA state office will be closed Friday, April 18. The office will reopen Monday, April 21 for normal business hours.
Save the Dates for the 2015 TSPRA Annual Conference
The 2015 Annual Conference will be held February 23-26 at the Omni Colonnade Hotel in San Antonio. For more information, check our Annual Conference page.
TSPRA is gathering information on how districts throughout the state are responding to House Bill 5's community engagement requirements. Click here to take the survey. 
Thank you for a fantastic 2014 Annual Conference!
♦ Click here to see the winner's bookFrancisco Vara-Orta of the San Antonio Express-News wins the TSPRA Media Award
♦ Click here to read the press release
♦ Photo of Francisco Vara-Orta
Judges have announced the statewide winners in the 2014 Celebrate Texas Public Schools Video Contest, sponsored by Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union. Click here to see the list of winners. Coppell superintendent named TSPRA's 2013 Key Communicator
On Sept. 27 at the TASA/TASB Convention in Dallas, TSPRA President Patti Pawlik-Perales and SchoolMessenger's Nate Brogan honored Coppell ISD superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Turner as the 2013 TSPRA Key Communicator. Learn more about Turner here.
PR tips for Principals
Positive publications - Turn report cards into positive publications by ensuring at least one positive comment about each student is included when it's sent home.
Another one rides the bus - Putting in occasional appearances on school buses teaches students and parents that administrators see support workers, such as bus drivers, as important members of the school team.
Freshen up the lobby - What's the first thing visitors see when they walk in through the school's doors? Are there welcome signs? Up-to-date bulletin boards? Student work?
-NSPRA's Principal Communicator
Issue 157, April 16, 2014
In this issue...
Feature Story
Meet your 2014 Committees
Other Stories
♦ Honoring retiring TSPRA members
♦ Sign up for the Texas Tribune's education newsletter
♦ Ammerman training in Navasota
Congratulations,
Upcoming Events
and MORE!
Happy Easter! TSPRA offices will be closed on Friday, April 18th. Regular business will resume Monday morning.
RT @texasisd: Joe Smith: A Step In The Right Direction - April 14, 2014 http://t.co/MloZOAUSXM
George W. Bush: Education in America ‘not effectively equal’ http://t.co/smnE0URCLG
Texas moves closer to boosting ethnic-studies electives in high schools http://t.co/zmPXKbxEwF
Link to the 2011 Accountability Ratings Talking Points 2011AccountabilityRatingsTP.pdf
