Craig Eichhorn
Communications Specialist, Communications Department Craig Eichhorn, APR, currently serves as communications specialist for the Beaumont Independent School District. Craig, who holds a bachelor of arts degree from Texas A&M University, began his professional career as a sports writer/editor in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. He returned to Texas in 1990, working as the editor of three weekly newspapers in north Houston. Thanks to their guidance, he quickly learned the ropes of school public relations and was named Rookie of the Year in 1992. He became Galena Park ISD’s director of communications in June 1998 and was named director of communication in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in June 2002. He returned to Galena Park ISD as director of communications in July 2006 prior to assuming the Beaumont position in February 2010. Active in the Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA) from the time that he joined, Craig has served two previous terms as a TSPRA regional vice president. He was recently installed as the 51st president of TSPRA. Eichhorn is a loyal supporter of the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) since 1991 and received his Accreditation in School Public Relations (APR) in 2000. He is currently serving on NSPRA’s Executive Board Search Committee. Craig has presented numerous sessions on APR accreditation at TSPRA conferences and also presented sessions at Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) conventions. Craig is always looking for ways to utilize social media to enhance the District’s communication efforts. An avid sports fan, Craig he also assists with the American Heart Association fund raising and awareness campaigns.
Rosalind Eyre District Lead Librarian
Rosalind Eyre has worked in Beaumont ISD’s libraries for 32 years, seventeen of those as District lead librarian. She has a bachelor of arts in French and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Lamar University, a Master of Library & Information Science degree from the University of North Texas and has done post-graduate work at the University of Utah. She serves as a graduate internship advisor for Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas, helping to certify students working toward their Master of Library Science degree in school librarianship. She is an active member of the Texas Library Association and the American Library Association. Accomplishments during her tenure of which she is most proud include pioneering the electronic reading program (the precursor to Reading Counts and Accelerated Reader) at South Park Middle School the first year of its inception. Additionally, she has led moving the library management system to a web-based version so that patrons can access resources and information at any time from any Internet-capable computer, established libraries at the Paul Brown Center, Taylor Career Center and Pathways Learning Center and introduced ebooks and ereaders (Kindle, Nook) to students. 21