{"id":135585,"date":"2026-01-23T21:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/135585\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:30:09","slug":"allen-isd-begins-search-process-for-next-district-superintendent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/135585\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen ISD begins search process for next district superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenisd.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen ISD<\/a>\u2019s search for a new superintendent will actually start with finding a search firm, according to district documents.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n<p>The board of trustees approved a motion <a href=\"https:\/\/allenisd.new.swagit.com\/videos\/372631?ts=4218\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 20<\/a> enabling district officials to solicit proposals for superintendent search firms. The action comes more than a week after current Superintendent <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/allen\/education\/2026\/01\/19\/allen-isd-superintendent-to-retire-at-the-end-of-2025-26-school-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Bullock announced she would retire<\/a> at the end of the 2025-26 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed timeline, board members could select a search firm by Feb. 9 though that could change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a draft timeline, and this is certainly subject to change based on how things move,\u201d board President Polly Montgomery said.<\/p>\n<p>At a glance<\/p>\n<p>The timeline listed on the board meeting agenda includes the following dates:<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 20: Direct staff to solicit a request for proposals from superintendent search firmsJan. 21-Jan. 30: Staff will advertise and receive proposalsFeb. 2: Board members will review proposals and select firms to interviewFeb. 9: Board members will conduct interviews and select a superintendent search firmIn case you missed it<\/p>\n<p>The board also formally accepted Bullock\u2019s retirement during the meeting. Her retirement will be effective Aug. 31, 2026, according to the board meeting agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Bullock first joined Allen ISD as an assistant superintendent in 2013. She was later named superintendent in January 2020. During her tenure, the district has received multiple recognitions and an \u201cA\u201d accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency.<\/p>\n<p>She also oversaw two successful bond elections in 2020 and 2024 when voters approved more than $656 million.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of note<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Bullock said she was \u201cblessed\u201d to have served the school district for the past 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I reflect on my time in Allen ISD, I\u2019ll always cherish the moments celebrating our wonderful students, the relationships built with teachers and staff, the collaboration with our community, and the work of our committed school board and cabinet leadership team,\u201d she said. \u201cAllen ISD is a wonderful school district because of our collective commitment to excellence shared by every Allen Eagle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen ISD\u2019s search for a new superintendent will actually start with finding a search firm, according to district&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55674,55681,55671,55672,55675,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-135585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-education-news","tag-allen-isd-education-news","tag-allen-isd-news","tag-allen-isd-superintendent-robin-bullock","tag-education-news-in-allen","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}