Former MFISD super, author Hundley to present public program Saturday

Staff Reports

Former Marble Falls Independent School District Superintendent Charles Hundley will speak about Texas history before the Jane Wells Woods Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, on Saturday, Oct.11, in the meeting room of the Marble Falls Library.

The public is invited to gather with DRT members and Hundley for coffee and a social time beginning at 9:30 a.m. before the 10 a.m. program.

Hundley and his family moved here when he became the superintendent of the Marble Falls school district in 1976. He remained in the position until 1983, when he accepted a similar post in Abilene.

Hundley’s wife, Patty, taught high school English and their son, Hal, grew from a second grader to a high school student during their time here.

“Patty and I have very happy memories of those seven years,” he said. “We especially enjoyed being part of First Baptist Church.”

“My seven years were characterized by rapid growth, rapid inflation and a shift from statewide funding of public education to local districts,” Hundley said.

The superintendent's office was in the old granite school on Broadway that is now the Falls on the Colorado Museum. “It was a run-down but functional sixth-grade center,” Hundley said. “We used every inch of it because we were crowded.”

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