Doug Brown, Lawton Public Schools assistant superintendent of educational services, has been named District 13 Assistant Superintendent/Central Office Administrator of the Year.
The award was announced by the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA). Brown, who has been LPS assistant superintendent since 2023, will be formally recognized May 28 at the OASA banquet during the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administrators (CCOSA) annual conference in Oklahoma City.
CCOSA/OASA Executive Director Pam Deering said the award also qualifies Brown to submit an application for the 2026 State Assistant Superintendent/Central Office Administrator of the Year. That winner also will be announced during the conference.
Deering said Brown’s award recognized administrative achievement in promoting the best practices that lead to the highest standards of student achievement.
Brown said he is proud to accept the award, which reflects the work of his entire team.
“It’s great when you work with a great team. Lawton Public Schools has a great leadership group that works really hard, and I’m grateful that I get to take the credit for it,” he said, crediting everyone who works on the educational services side of LPS. “I’m excited to be recognized in the area, especially being fairly new. It’s nice that people see what’s going on in Lawton. I’m honored to work with such a great team.”
As assistant superintendent of educational services, Brown spearheaded LPS’ district-wide Life Ready Conference and Career Fair for more than 900 students and involving 50 community partners; collaborated with the City of Lawton’s STEM Consortium to promote STEM education; developed the Superintendent’s Teachers Advisory Committee to emphasize teacher voices in district decisions by using the Oklahoma Teacher Empowerment Program to identify and reward the district’s best teachers; and supervised implementation of the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Committee to emphasize student voices in district decisions.
Brown served as superintendent of Idabel Public Schools from 2013 to 2023, and also had been assistant principal in that district and led its Warrior Academy. He holds a master of arts of educational leadership degree from Southern Nazarene University, a bachelor of science degree in business education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
He and his wife Debbie, operations assistant and coordinator for LPS’ 21st Century After School Program, have three children.
OASA has 20 districts that include multiple counties. Eligible OASA members are nominated and selected by peers within their district for the administrative awards.