Today, Ira ISD is posting the position of Head Boys Basketball Coach for applicants. The Bulldog basketball team will return two starters and five other contributing lettermen from a 12-0 district champion team that went 26-6 in the 2024-25 season.
We are appreciative of Todd Wall, who has served nine years working with our young men as head boys basketball coach. In every season under his leadership, the Bulldogs reached the playoffs.
Coach Wall will continue his work with Ira ISD as our elementary PE teacher and remain a vital part of our coaching staff through all Bulldog athletic seasons as an assistant coach and head tennis coach. Thank you, Coach Wall, for all you have done and will continue to do!
Ira ISD continues to accept applications for the following positions:
Secondary English Teacher
Secondary Science Teacher
Secondary Spanish Teacher
At the regularly scheduled Board Meeting on February 12th, Ira Trustees approved the hiring of Mrs. Katie Spence as the Ira ISD Fine Arts Director for the 2025-2026 school year. Ira ISD is thrilled to have Mrs. Spence on board! She will direct our One Act Play program in addition to overseeing all elementary and secondary fine arts instruction. She brings great experience in this field and will impact every student from PK-12th grade.
Katie Spence is a Snyder native, she attended college at The University of Texas at Austin and finished her BA in Theatre from Oklahoma City University. She received her MA in Theatre from the National University of Ireland in Galway. Mrs Spence has held roles as an Academic Counselor at Western Texas College, and as Theatre Director at Snyder High School leading multiple companies to every level of the UIL One Act Play Contest. has taught Business and Entrepreneurship, and most recently served as an Assistant Principal at Snyder ISD.
Mrs Spence has been happily married to Brian Spence for 15 years. They have two wonderful children—Scout, who is 10 and in 5th grade, and Sam, who is 3.
In her free time, Katie enjoys cooking, walking, Tik-Tok-ing, and spending quality time with family.