84R14532 BPG-D
By: Leach H.R. No. 1549
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Brian T. Binggeli has been selected to serve as
the new superintendent of the Plano Independent School District,
and he is scheduled to assume that post in July 2015; and
WHEREAS, A skilled administrator with more than 30 years of
experience in education, Dr. Binggeli has served since 2009 as
superintendent of Brevard Public Schools, a district in Florida
consisting of more than 73,000 students at over 90 campuses and 20
special centers; he was previously a member of the leadership team
of one of the nation's largest school districts, Fairfax County
Public Schools in Falls Church, Virginia, where he served as
Cluster IV assistant superintendent, with programmatic
responsibility for 29 schools and 22,000 students; and
WHEREAS, Brian Binggeli graduated from Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio, and went on to complete his master's degree at
Virginia State University and his doctorate in educational
leadership and policy studies at Virginia Tech University; he began
teaching in Ohio in 1981 and later served as a teacher, coach, and
principal in Virginia before becoming director of middle education
and then executive director of curriculum and instruction for
Spotsylvania County Schools; in addition, he has been an adjunct
professor in the Virginia Tech Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies doctoral program and in the University of Virginia
administrative licensure program; and
WHEREAS, The recipient of numerous accolades, Dr. Binggeli
was recognized with the 2011 Florida Star Superintendent Award by
the Consortium of Florida Education Foundation, and he was named
the 2002 Outstanding Middle School Principal of Virginia by the
Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals; moreover, he
was selected as the Henrico County Public Schools Instructional
Leader of the Year for 2000; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of his long and distinguished career
in education, Brian Binggeli has demonstrated an exceptional
commitment to improving student achievement, and Plano ISD is
indeed fortunate to have the benefit of his vision and expertise;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Brian Binggeli on his
selection as superintendent of the Plano Independent School
District and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
success in his new post; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Binggeli as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.