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Pittman is lone finalist to be superintendent |
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Written by Ron Howell
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
After meeting in closed session for over three hours, the Sweetwater Independent School District board of trustees on Tuesday named Terry Pittman as the lone finalist for superintendent.
Under state law, the board has to wait at least 21 days before hiring any finalist for the position. Pittman, who has served as assistant superintendent of the Sweetwater ISD for the past five years, was the only applicant for the job.
If Pittman is hired, he would replace Dr. Ronny Beard, who submitted his resignation to the board on May 8 and was hired Monday as the new superintendent of the Cleburne ISD. Beard's contract with Cleburne will start July 1. He has been at Sweetwater since April of 2004.
The earliest Pittman could assume his new job as superintendent would be June 10, when the Sweetwater board is scheduled to hold its next meeting.
Pittman is in his 16th year at Sweetwater and has served the school district in a number of capacities. He was originally a coach and teacher at Sweetwater High School, and was later named principal at SHS before becoming assistant superintendent five years ago. Prior to coming here, Pittman was a coach in Odessa, Midland Greenwood, Stinnett and Hart. He received his bachelor's degree from New Mexico State University, and got his masters degree as well as principal and superintendent certification at Sul Ross State University in Alpine.
His wife, LaJeana, teaches at Sweetwater Intermediate School and they have two sons who are in college. Brendan will graduate in December from the University of Texas at Austin and Brittan is a junior at Texas State University in San Marcos.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 May 2008 )
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