AASA executive director retires.PAUL D. HOUSTON Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; , EXECUTIVE director of the American Association of School Administrators The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders across the United States. , recently announced his plans to retire in June June: see month. 2008. Houston has served as AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators AASA Asian American Student Association AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army executive director since 1994. "I am retiring from my job but not my passions," said Houston. "I hope to continue to stir up as much dust as I can about the issues that I care strongly about--public education and its critics, the welfare of children ... and the need for accountability from our leaders." The AASA Executive Committee has named a search committee to find his successor, which will begin the search process this month and conclude in March 2008 with the selection of a new executive director. |
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