Ginger Carrabine, superintendent of the Bryan Independent School District, received the state's 2026 Superintendent of the Year award on Saturday morning, KBTX reported.
The award, given by the Texas Association of School Boards, was announced at txEDCON, the yearly conference TASB holds with the Texas Association of School Administrators. TASB had said in August that the winner would be revealed Oct. 10 in Houston.
Carrabine was one of five state finalists. The others were Roland Hernandez of Corpus Christi ISD, Tory Hill of Channelview ISD, Casey Adams of Woodson ISD and Michelle Rinehart of Alpine ISD. According to KBTX, the field she came out of included more than 1,200 superintendents of public school districts across Texas.
How the winner is picked
The program dates to 1984. Nominations come from local school boards, and committees at each of the state's regional education service centers choose regional winners. This year a committee of school board members from around Texas interviewed 16 regional nominees on Aug. 21 and 22 and narrowed the list to five.
Fort Worth ISD trustee Quinton "Q" Phillips chaired that state committee. The award is sponsored by Balfour.
TASB says the judges look at leadership, efforts to raise student achievement, relationships with trustees and the public, money management, advocacy for public schools, and a drive to keep improving.
