Tim Fails, a geography teacher at Flower Mound High School’s 9th grade campus, was awarded the Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year Award on Friday by the Texas Association of School Administrators.

“Tim is excited about life,” said Flower Mound High School 9th grade campus principal Jeff Brown in a TASA video. “He really enjoys what he does day in and day out here at FM9.”

The 18-year classroom veteran was part of the inaugural staff that transitioned from Flower Mound High School to the 9th grade campus in 2014 and has served as the school’s social studies department chair since.

Fails said understanding the relationship between people and the planet is essential, and his classrooms serves as a space to “shrink the world” for 90 minutes a day.

He is always trying to form great relatio

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