Fitts is named Region 8 Education Service Center Executive Director

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Dr. David Wayne Fitts has been named Region 8 Education Service Center Executive Director. Dr. Fitts was approved as the executive director by the Region 8 ESC Board of Director with approval from Commissioner of Education Michael Williams, at a special meeting on July 14. The Region 8 ESC encompasses 47 school districts and 11 counties. Dr. Fitts was the superintendent of Lake Worth Independent School District
 “My family and I are very excited about coming back to East Texas and joining the Region 8 team,” said Dr. Fitts. “I believe the school districts of Region 8 are focused on one main objective - the excellent education of every one of their students. We will work hard to have strong achievement levels in all aspects of the service center. We will be a service center that places the students of East Texas first.”
Dr. Fitts obtained a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University-College Station in 1991, his master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Texas at Tyler in 1997 and his doctorate degree in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University- Commerce in 2004. 
At Lake Worth ISD he led a school district with 3,250 students and nearly 500 employees. Before Lake Worth, he was superintendent of the Pewitt Consolidated Independent SchoolDistrict in Naples-Omaha for nine years. He was named Region 8 ESC Superintendent- of-the-Year in 2008. Before going to Pewitt CISD, he was the high school principal for Ore City ISD, leading an exemplary-rated campus. In 1995, he was named the Winona ISD Teacher-ofthe-Year. 
“This honor is really a reflection of the incredible faculties and staffs that I have had the honor of working with throughout my career,” Dr. Fitts said. “I am truly indebted to all of them. Also, I am eager to work with the great staff members of the service center. I am very privileged to be able to serve with them.” Dr. Fitts’ wife, Stacy, is a speech pathologist, and his sons, Jackson and Duke, will be in the ninth and seventh grades respectively. “We are extremely proud of our past at Region 8 and, at the same time, very excited about our future,” he said. “It is truly a great time to be a part of the service center team.”
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