Anderson County Resident Named to State Panel

AUSTIN — An East Texas woman is one of seven persons appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education. The committee provides policy guidance with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities in Texas.

Among those appointed to the panel is Susan ‘Stormi’ Johnson of Palestine. She is a diagnostician and special education teacher in the Palestine Independent School District and Anderson County Juvenile Detention Center. She is a member of the East Texas Diagnostician Association and Texas Educational Diagnostician Association. She is also board secretary of Anderson Cherokee Community Enrichment Services. Johnson received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Tyler and a master’s degree in communication from Stephen F. Austin State University, and completed her Educational Diagnostician Certification from the University of Texas at Tyler. She is appointed for a term to expire February 1, 2015.