Dr. Tony Thurman - 2015 Superintendent of the Year

Dr. Tony Thurman, Superintendent of Cabot School District, was presented with the 2015 Arkansas Superintendent of the Year Award. 

Dr. Richard Abernathy, Executive Director of the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators (AAEA), surprised Dr. Thurman, presenting him with the award during a school board meeting on the Cabot School District on September 16.
 

This award is given to pay tribute to the talent and vision of the men and women who lead the nation's public schools.  Candidates are judged on the following criteria: leadership for learning, communication, professionalism, and community involvement. Each state association of school administrators select a State Superintendent of the Year. These superintendents are then in the running for National Superintendent of the Year and will be recognized and honored at the AASA National Conference on Education in February in San Diego, California.

Dr. Thurman has worked in the field of public education for the past 25 years, beginning in 1988 as a school bus driver and substitute teacher for the Monticello School District. He taught in Crossett Public Schools and then moved into school administration as the principal of McGehee Elementary School in McGehee, Arkansas. Dr. Thurman moved to Cabot in 2000 and served as principal of Cabot Middle School South for three years and principal of Cabot High School for four years.

Dr. Thurman was named Superintendent of Cabot Public Schools in May of 2007, where he oversees a student population of over 10,300 students and approximately 1,450 employees.

FOX 16 news story and video on Dr. Thurman - Click HERE

KARK 4 news story and video on Dr. Thurman - Click HERE