Press release from Fred Head
Athens ISD Superintendent Blake Stiles met with Henderson County State Representatives Lance Gooden and Jim Pitts in Austin on April 12 to thank them for their support of public school education and encourage them to continue their effective work in behalf of all the school children of Texas.
Stiles, shown above with Pitts, who is the chairman of the Texas House of Representatives Appropriations Committee and former State Representative Fred Head of Athens, was introduced in the Texas House Chamber during Texas House Speaker Joe Strauss’ Speaker’s Reunion Day Activities and attended a breakfast and a barbeque luncheon, as the guest of Head. Below,Also, Stiles is shown with Gooden (center) and Head.
In commenting on his Austin meetings, Stiles said, “I am very thankful for the excellent work being done by Representative Gooden and by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Pitts, both of whom represent Henderson County. We are very fortunate to have these men as our legislators looking after and supporting our interests at the State Capital.”
