Who’s News Bastrop ISD Sara Guerra has been named principal of Lost Pines Elementary School. An educator for 28 years, she began her career at Bastrop Primary School, going on to work as a second grade teacher and ESL teacher in Sara Guerra the district. She then moved to Del Valle ISD as a bilingual elementary school teacher. For the past 13 years, she has been a campus administrator at Hillcrest and Baty elementary schools in that district. Guerra earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Stephen F. Austin State University and her master’s degree in educational administration from Texas State University. Delores Moore will lead Emile Elementary School as principal beginning in the new school year. She had been serving as the school’s interim principal. She was a teacher with Bastrop ISD in the 1995-1996 academic Delores Moore year. She then moved to teach in Smithville and Bryan ISDs before returning to Bastrop as a high school teacher. She also has been an assistant principal for Mina and Emile elementary schools. Both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees were awarded from Texas State University. The new principal of Cedar Creek High School is Adelaida Olivares, who came to Bastrop ISD as principal of Lost Pines Elementary in 2011. Prior to that, she spent 12 years in various capacities in Del Valle ISD, most recently as dean Adelaida Olivares of instruction at Del Valle High School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from St. Edward’s University in Austin and a master’s degree in educational administration from Texas State University. Olivares is a 2009 recipient of the prestigious Milken Foundation Excellence in Education award.
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Beaumont ISD Dwaine Augustine, who previously was assistant superintendent of HamshireFannett ISD, is now the district’s assistant superintendent for research, planning and evaluation. Patricia Lambert has been named assistant superintendent for secondary schools. She had been principal of Central High School. Debra Oge is now principal of Guess Elementary School, moving up from serving as assistant principal of the school. Big Sandy ISD David Allen, formerly Big Sandy High School principal, is now wearing two hats: He is assistant principal of Big Sandy Elementary and the district’s instructional technology director. Kim Stradley has been named principal of Big Sandy High School. She comes to the district from Tyler ISD, where she was a math facilitator for all levels since 2008. Her education career also has included service as a classroom teacher and assistant principal. Birdville ISD April Chiarelli has been named the district’s elementary social studies/English language arts consultant, with emphasis in writing. She comes to her new position from serving as principal of North Ridge Elementary School. She previously was principal of Bransom Elementary in Burleson ISD and assistant principal of Mound Elementary in the same district. She taught fifth grade at Porter Elementary in Birdville ISD as well. Chiarelli holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University and a master’s degree from the University of North Texas. Allison Cobb is the new principal of North Ridge Elementary School. Principal of Serene Hills Elementary in Lake Travis ISD since 2004, she also was an assistant principal and counselor in Van Alstyne ISD and a speAllison Cobb cial education teacher in Frisco ISD. Additionally, she has worked as a private school principal, a resource special education teacher, a Head Start teacher and a department head. Her bache-
lor’s degree is from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University), and her master’s degree is from the University of Houston. Kimberly Hamilton has been appointed secondary math consultant for the district. Most recently a math coach at Richland High School, she taught math and science at Waco High School in Waco ISD and at Kimberly Brighton High School in Hamilton Brighton, Mich. Hamilton holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. Lorene Ownby is now the district’s director of elementary education and campus support. She has been an administrator in Keller ISD since 2006, serving as Chisholm Trail Intermediate Lorene Ownby School principal and Eagle Ridge Elementary School principal, and as Keller Middle School assistant principal. She also was principal of Longview ISD’s Ware Elementary and assistant principal of Forest Park Middle School in the same district. Ownby earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University and her educational specialist degree from the University of New Mexico. Ann-Marie Trammell has been appointed secondary language arts consultant for Birdville ISD. Formerly the K-12 language arts coordinator for the district, she also has been a reading technical assistance specialAnn-Marie Trammell ist with The University of Texas System, a reading specialist at Keller ISD’s Florence Elementary School and a sixth grade reading teacher at North Richland Middle School in Birdville ISD. Trammell earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas Wesleyan University and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Phoenix. Justin Glenn Vercher is the new principal of Wautauga Elementary School. He comes from Forney ISD, where