About Mr. Burton
Burton will be returning to NISD nearly seven years after leaving to fill the superintendent post at Rusk ISD in neighboring Cherokee County. Before taking over in Rusk, Burton served five years as Associate Superintendent of Administrative Services and Operations at NISD. Prior to that, Burton was superintendent at Martinsville ISD from 2007 to 2013 and was also superintendent/principal at Pineywoods Community Academy, a charter school in Lufkin.
Burton’s family has close ties with the district; two of his children are graduates of Nacogdoches High School.
Burton has a Master of Educational Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in education from SFA in 1995.
Burton will be replacing Dr. Gabriel Trujillo who left the district in March after five years with NISD. Trujillo returned to Grand Prairie ISD where he was named superintendent.
