(Texas Scorecard) – Despite concerns raised by grassroots conservatives, trustees in Southlake have officially hired Granbury’s Jeremy Glenn as Carroll Independent School District’s new superintendent.
Trustees voted unanimously to hire the Granbury ISD superintendent at Monday night’s school board meeting—exactly 21 days after naming Glenn as their lone finalist for the position.
State law requires a 21-day waiting period from the time a candidate is publicly announced until a prospective superintendent is finally approved by the board.
Glenn has worked as superintendent of Granbury ISD for the past six years. Before that, he was the top administrator in Waxahachie ISD.
His selection came as a surprise to conservatives who are familiar with past controversies involving Glenn.
Carroll ISD trustees chose to conduct their own candidate search after Superintendent Lane Ledbetter announced in April that he was retiring at the end of the year.
Grassroots activists who helped elect the current school board members were disappointed trustees did not ask for community input before announcing their pick.
In an unusual move, Granbury City Manager Chris Coffman traveled to Southlake to speak at Monday night’s meeting on Glenn’s behalf, even though trustees had already decided to hire Glenn.
Coffman praised Glenn as a “fantastic leader” and called Granbury “a mecca of the rabid red.” He said there’s a “great amount of strife among the community” in Granbury, but Glenn was “able to face all the hate.”
“He’s high quality, top shelf, first class,” Coffman concluded.
Earlier this year, Coffman ordered the removal of campaign signs opposing Granbury ISD’s May school bond election—the third one proposed by Glenn during his time in the district. All three failed.
Several Granbury ISD residents posted on social media that they were glad to see Glenn go.
“He’s their problem now,” one commented.
As soon as Glenn was confirmed as Carroll ISD’s choice, Granbury ISD announced education consultant Ann Dixon would act as interim superintendent while trustees search for a permanent replacement for Glenn.
Dixon has served as interim superintendent for more than 20 Texas school districts.