Mesquite ISD announces three administrative hires and selects TASB delegate
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The board introduced three new administrators—Amanda Korner (CTE coordinator), Shauna Hawkins (special education coordinator) and Candace Jackson (assistant principal, Woolly Middle)—and appointed Trustee Tia Collier as the district’s TASB delegate with Trustee Eddie Rose as alternate.
The Mesquite Independent School District Board of Trustees introduced three administrative hires and approved a delegate to the 2025 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Delegate Assembly.
Communications chief Sabrina Smith introduced Amanda Korner as the district’s new career and technical education (CTE) coordinator; Korner’s background includes over a decade in CTE leadership, roles in Forney and Dallas ISDs and graduate work in school counseling. Smith also introduced Shauna Hawkins as the new coordinator for special education; Hawkins is a speech-language pathologist with more than 20 years of public-education experience and a master’s degree in speech-language pathology. The board welcomed Candace Jackson as assistant principal at Woolly Middle School; Smith said Jackson brings two decades of Texas public-school experience and administrative credentials.
The board also selected Trustee Tia Collier as the district’s delegate to the 2025 TASB Delegate Assembly and Trustee Eddie Rose as the alternate. Trustee T. Bingham moved to nominate the pair; Trustee M. Everett seconded, and the motion carried by voice vote.
No personnel contract details beyond elementary and administrative assignments were discussed on the record during the introductions.