SMCISD Superintendent Featured In Huffington Post
San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District’s Superintendent, Michael Cardona, was featured in an article in the Huffington Post earlier this month.
San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District’s Superintendent, Michael Cardona, was featured in an article in the Huffington Post earlier this month.
On Oct. 16, Dr. Rod Berger interviewed Cardona on his views regarding the accountability in the Texas Education system.
Cardona says accountability should be controlled locally and not by a standardized assessment method.
Cardona is part of a group of teachers and administration who are speaking out in the debate of the use of standardized assessment scores to measure progress.
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Cardona was the lone finalist in San Marcos CISD’s search for a new superintendent to replace Mark Eads and was officially hired in May of 2016.
He is a rising star who has been serving as the Chief School Officer with Houston ISD since 2012, where he oversaw 36 schools (grades 6-8 and 9-12) and 15 charter schools (PK-12) with over 42,000 students and represented the superintendent as the District official in the community.
Prior to joining Houston ISD, Cardona was a principal and assistant principal in the North East Independent School District in San Antonio and an assistant principal, teacher, and administrative intern in San Antonio ISD. During this period, he earned numerous awards, including being a state semi-finalist in both 2011 and 2012 in the Secondary Principal’s Category for the H.E.B. Excellence in Education Award.
Cardona is a graduate of Antonian College Preparatory in San Antonio, and he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas A&M University-College Station in Political Science.
He was instrumental in the SMCISD school $107.3 million bond, which was approved by voters in the May 2017 election.
He is also the so called “superintendent” who refused to meet with me when my special needs daughter was abused by her teacher and teacher’s aide.