Gasaway hired as new assistant superintendent for MFISD

By Lew K. Cohn

Managing Editor

The Highlander

The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees took no action on naming a new Place 7 trustee on Thursday night, Aug. 4, but wasted no time in hiring a new assistant superintendent.

Jeff Gasaway was hired during a special called meeting to be the new assistant superintendent of administrative operations. He succeeds Wade Stanford, who became the new superintendent at Westwood ISD in Palestine last month.

Gasaway comes to Marble Falls from Waco Midway ISD, where he was principal at Midway High School and worked closely with current Marble Falls ISD Superintendent Dr. Chris Allen, who was a principal, assistant superintendent and interim superintendent at Midway ISD from 2008 to 2012.

Gasaway said he is excited to be taking on a new position in MFISD.

“I am extremely excited to be joining a great district like Marble Falls ISD,” Gasaway said. “This district is full of great leaders. I believe I have a lot of experience to offer that can be an asset to this district.

“As an administrator at Midway ISD, I built a strong relationship with students, parents, teachers and the community and I am ready to get to know this community. I was blessed to work with Dr. Allen at Midway, so I am looking forward to working with him again.”

Gasaway said the Texas Hill Country, which he called “a beautiful part of Texas,” was also a factor which helped influence his decision to accept the assistant superintendent position.

Joining Gasaway in Marble Falls will be his wife, Kara, who was hired as a new reading specialist at Marble Falls Elementary, and their two sons: Hunter, who will be a freshman at Marble Falls High School, and Hayden, who will be a fifth grader. Kara and Hayden Gasaway were present at Thursday night's meeting, while Hunter Gasaway is away on a mission trip with the family's church.