Lynn Torres
Lufkin ISD Superintendent

Superintendent’s Corner

Recent columns by the Lufkin ISD Superintendent:

• Board of Trustees selects Lynn Torres as lone finalist for Lufkin ISD Superintendent post

  The Lufkin ISD Board of Trustees in a special called meeting Tuesday evening named Deputy Superintendent Lynn Torres as the lone finalist for Superintendent of Schools.

  by Sheila Adams
• Message from Dr. Goffney: Thank you for the opportunity to serve

  People ask what I am most proud of about my time in Lufkin, and there’s no one single thing I can point to, because there are so many.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney
• Why it's important to vote

  I’ll never forget the first time I voted. It was 1995, my senior year in high school. My government teacher, Mr. Cyr, instilled in me the importance of voting and being an educated voter.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney
• Lufkin High School curriculum offers many choices

  When I went to school, our choices were very limited. I didn’t have the options afforded to students today.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney
• Gifts that will last a lifetime

  It’s the holiday season, and through the hustle and bustle of buying presents and all of the festivities, I take the time to reflect on the gifts that really matter, the gifts that are lifelong, the gifts that years from now students will talk about and retell to their children and grandchildren.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney
• Education has, in fact, made all the difference

  I was told that education would make all the difference, and when I stood onstage with the four men who were chosen among the more than a thousand superintendents statewide, I believed it.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney
• Making the trek to Williamsport, Pa. — 'Because I Said I Would'

  Alex Sheen began an international movement called “Because I Said I Would” based on the premises of simply keeping your word. My promise was that if the Thundering 13 make it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, I’ll be there to support them.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney
• Lufkin schools do their best to help Hurricane Harvey victims

  Some of the toughest decisions a school superintendent has to make usually involve issues that are completely out of his or her control — the weather, for instance.

  by Dr. LaTonya Goffney