Aldine ISD was named the winner of the prestigious Texas Award for Performance Excellence (TAPE).

TAPE is an annual recognition of Texas organizations that excel in performance and the application of quality and customer satisfaction principles. The TAPE award is heralded by the Foundation as the state’s highest honor for quality and organizational performance. Public or private businesses, government agencies, public and private educational organizations, and non-profit organizations located in Texas are eligible to apply for the award.

A group of TAPE examiners visited the district April 10-12 and conducted extensive interviews with Superintendent Nadine Kujawa and her administrative team, as well as site visits to various campuses in the district. Aldine ISD qualified for an official site visit after the Quality Texas Foundation judged its application worthy of a site visit.

In naming Aldine ISD as one of four winners of this year’s award, Quality Texas Board Chairman David Branch praised AISD for its commitment to excellence. “I am pleased to announce the selection of Aldine ISD as one of the four recipients of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence. The men and women associated with this school district have set a new standard for excellence through their diligent effort in the pursuit of performance excellence.”

Patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality criteria and process, TAPE was established in 1994 as an annual recognition of Texas organizations that have achieved performance excellence and applied outstanding quality principles in their day-to-day operations. Aldine and the other three recipients were selected from among 13 applicants. AISD was evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; human resource focus; process management; and results.

“This is an outstanding accomplishment and one that all of us should take great pride in,” said Aldine ISD Superintendent Nadine Kujawa. “This award validates the district as a quality organization that focuses on meeting the educational needs of our students. I want to thank our Board for providing the leadership and guidance and the hard-working and dedicated administrators, teachers, and support staff that worked tirelessly preparing our students. We are all about providing a quality education, and it is great to be recognized for all of the wonderful things we are accomplishing as a team.”

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