L-K Superintendent makes ‘tough decision’, takes new job at Lindsay ISD

By Ben Woods
bwoods@casscountysun.com

Trevor Rogers’ last day as Linden-Kildare’s CISD superintendent will be March 31. 
Rogers has taken a job as superintendent of Lindsay ISD. 
“We have made some lifelong friends in Linden and it was a tough decision, but a really good opportunity came along and I wasn’t looking for another job,” said Rogers.
“The job opportunity kind of fell into my lap,” he continued. “I had a friend that was a friend of the people who were conducting the search for Lindsay. They gave them my name and they contacted me, but I waited until the last second before I sent my resume.”
Rogers said he has enjoyed his time working at Linden-Kildare CISD and liked being close to his hometown. 
“I grew up in Marshall, so I was close to home and got to see some people from a regional perspective that I hadn’t been around in a while, and had worked with previously,” he said. “It was nice to see familiar faces and be around people you grew up with.”
Asked if he thought he was leaving Linden-Kildare in a good a position, Rogers responded, “We in the last two years have increased the district’s fund balance around $400,000 and so that’s good. We are going to be real close on this year’s budget, even though we may have to pull from our fund balance because we continue to lose kids. 
“Overall the school district is sound financially and we have good people that work in our business office and make sure that we are maintaining rules and regulations. We have good audit reports and good accountability scores in regard to our finances.”
Rogers explained that it is not always easy improving the school district.
“There is another side to it where it’s frustrating trying to move the district forward in regard to facility improvements and that type of thing, and it’s not so much that the bond failed,” he said. “A lot of people fail bonds, but my thinking was if it doesn’t pass we will regroup and try something again.”
Voters within the Linden-Kildare CISD voters last fall rejected a proposed $8 million bond package by a 1,370 to 847 vote.
Rogers indicated he was displeased with the way information about the bond issue was presented by some. “What was really frustrating was the amount of deceit and misinformation that was given by people who you would think that would be supportive and need to be supportive of the community and the community really gravitated toward that,” Rogers said.