in Everman ISD, gaining national recognition for some of the programs he initiated in the school. He most recently was a member of the administration of Tarrant County College, serving as program director for the mentor-mentee program. Price’s master of education degree is from Texas Woman’s University. Texas City ISD Joseph Figarelli is director of visual and performing arts. He will oversee all visual arts, band, choir, theater and dance programs for the district. He was previously director of bands at Harlingen ISD’s Coakley Joseph Figarelli Middle School. Leading Levi Fry Intermediate School as its principal is Holly LaRoe. She has been the school’s interim principal since January. Prior to that, she was the assistant principal since 2006. Holly LaRoe She also has served as Blocker Middle School’s special education facilitator. Bobby Martinez comes to Fry Intermediate as the school’s assistant principal, where he has served as interim assistant principal since January. He began his work at Fry in 2005 as a bilingual resource class Bobby Martinez teacher. Terri Watkins is the new assistant superintendent for support services, taking charge of policy and handbook updates, student disciplinary appeals, employee grievances and student data. She returns to Texas Terri Watkins City from Galveston ISD, where she was assistant superintendent for administration; prior to that role, she served the district as principal of Scott and San Jacinto elementary schools, executive director of human resources and executive director of elementary education. Previously in Texas City ISD, she was a special education director/teacher at Heights Elementary and the assistant principal at Northside and Kohfeldt elementary schools.
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Ysleta ISD Frank Burton, interim principal of Ysleta High School, is now the principal. He has been with the district since 1972, when he became a health teacher at Eastwood Junior High. Five years later, he was promoted to assistant Frank Burton principal of the school. In 1979, he became assistant principal of
J.M. Hanks High School. Burton subsequently filled the same role at Eastwood High School and Hillcrest Middle School. He was named principal of Eastwood High in 1987, and then he served as assistant principal of Edgemere Elementary School. He was named principal of Hillcrest Middle School in 1994 and of Eastwood High in 2004. Burton earned a bachelor of science degree in physical education and speech and a master of education degree in administration from Sul Ross State University. TSB
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