{"id":1992,"date":"2007-07-18T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/07\/popular-superintendent-leaving-gadsden-schools\/"},"modified":"2007-07-18T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T21:44:00","slug":"popular-superintendent-leaving-gadsden-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/07\/popular-superintendent-leaving-gadsden-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular superintendent leaving Gadsden schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The popular superintendent of the <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Gadsden<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> schools is leaving behind a tenure of turmoil and progress to take a similar job just across the state line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ron Haugen will become the superintendent of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthony.k12.tx.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony, Texas Independent School District<\/a> on Aug. 1, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/news\/ci_6404992\" target=\"_blank\">Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a> is reporting. He leaves the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gisd.k12.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gadsden Independent School District<\/a> after 26 years, including six as superintendent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Haugen was fired from the top job in 2005 by a board that was mired in scandal. Community outrage led to the overwhelming recall of the four board members who voted to fire Haugen, and a new board appointed by the state superintendent reinstated Haugen in 2006.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Even during the controversy, the number of <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Gadsden<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> schools that met state benchmarks increased. Math and reading proficiency scores improved. Haugen leaves the district in better shape than he inherited it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Haugen said he is excited about the new job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhen I arrived here in 1975, I knew no one,\u201d he said in a news release. \u201cAs I depart in 2007, I leave with a lifetime of friendships and a treasure chest full of positive memories and experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular superintendent of the Gadsden schools is leaving behind a tenure of turmoil and progress to take a similar job just across the state line. Ron Haugen will become the superintendent of the Anthony, Texas Independent School District on Aug. 1, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. He leaves the Gadsden Independent School District [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}