The Blue Ridge ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Dr. Darrell Floyd as Lone Finalist for superintendent at a special school board meeting on June 20. Texas state law requires the superintendent candidate to be named as the lone finalist for 21 days. The BRISD Board of Trustees will take action to finalize the Superintendent's contract on July 11th.
Dr. Darrell Floyd has a total of 26 years of experience as Superintendent of Schools. For the past 9 years, he has served as 6A Superintendent of Enid Public Schools in Enid, Oklahoma. But prior to that he served for 14 years as Superintendent of Stephenville ISD in Stephenville, Texas (2000-2014) and Superintendent of Linden-Kildare CISD for 3 years prior to that in Linden, Texas (1997-2000).
He has been elected by his peers as a regional Superintendent of the Year in both Oklahoma and in Texas. He has been a part of helping pass numerous bond elections over the years, and his students have achieved national recognition academically and earned national awards in a number of different extracurricular activities – including two Blue Ribbon School awards.
Dr. Floyd holds an earned doctorate degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce, a master’s degree from the University of Texas-Permian Basin, and a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University.
In addition to his Superintendent experience, Dr. Floyd also has experience as a high school principal (Castleberry High School and Queen City High School), jr. high principal (Paul Pewitt CISD), middle school assistant principal (Waco ISD), 9th-grade history teacher/coach (Ector County ISD in Odessa, Texas), and an elementary P.E. teacher/coach/administrative intern (Odessa, Texas).
He has received a number of regional and statewide awards over the years, and he has also held several statewide leadership roles. He previously served as president of TASA - the Texas Association of School Administrators (2013-2014), as well as president of TAMS - the Texas Association of Mid-size Schools (2008-2010). He received the Texas A&M University-Commerce Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014. He was selected by his peers here in Oklahoma as the District 3 Superintendent of the Year in 2016-2017 and again in 2022-2023. And in 2019 he was appointed by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt as the State Compact Commissioner for the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MiC3).
Dr. Floyd has given freely of his time to volunteer on a number of nonprofit boards in the past that have included: United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Optimist Club, Lions Club, American Business Club, and several hospital boards (among others).
He has two grown children. His son Tyler and wife Andi live in Plano, Texas and have a 3-month-old son named Cal. Tyler played baseball at Texas Tech, helped the Red Raiders to the College World Series twice (2014 and 2016), and was named the Big XII Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2016. He is now a Certified Financial Planner and works for a Wealth Management Firm in Plano (Strategic Financial Management Group – SFMG). Andi is originally from Sunnyvale, Texas. She ran track at Texas Tech and is a Speech Pathologist. Dr. Floyd’s daughter Brittany and her boyfriend Alex are currently in Olympia, Washington. They also both graduated from Texas Tech University. Brittany is a Traveling Occupational Therapist, and Alex works remotely in Cyber Security.
Welcome to Blue Ridge ISD Dr. Floyd!