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Nacogdoches ISD The new principal of McMichael Middle School, Kevan Webb, returns to the district where he began his career as a teacher at Rusk Middle School in 1993. He comes to Nacogdoches ISD from Fredericksburg ISD, where he was dean of instruction. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, Webb has been an educator for 19 years, nine of those as a middle school principal. Navasota ISD Deanna Beauchamp is now principal of Navasota High School. She comes to Navasota ISD after spending two years as an associate principal at Tomball High School in Tomball ISD. She has been an educator for 17 years, working as academic dean and assistant principal at Boerne High School in Boerne ISD and as assistant principal at Lewisville High School and McKamy Middle School, both in Lewisville ISD. She also taught English for eight years. Beauchamp earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Tarleton State University and her master’s degree in educational administration from Texas Woman’s University.
New Diana ISD The new superintendent is Carl Key, who comes to New Diana ISD from serving as an assistant superintendent in Greenville ISD. Carl Kay replaces Joyce Sloan, who has been an educator for 45 years, serving as the district’s superintendent since 2009. She retired at the end of the 20112012 school year. The East Texas native worked in education in New York, Chicago, Dallas and other cities, returning to Texas to teach and hold administrative jobs in Gilmer ISD. She came to New Diana in 2006 as the district’s curriculum director, holding that position until becoming interim superintendent and, ultimately, superintendent. Northside ISD Fourteen new campus administrators are in place for the 2012-2013 school year. They are: Russell Barber, assistant principal, Northside Alternative High School; Mirella Campbell, vice principal, Locke Hill Elementary School; Yvonne Correa, principal, Neff Middle School; Jennifer Escamilla, vice principal, Hull Elementary School;
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Norma Farrell, vice principal, Los Reyes Elementary School; Robin Fields, principal, the Reddix Center; Natalie Gray, academic dean, Neff Middle School; Richard Halle, assistant principal, Taft High School; Talia Hernandez, vice principal, Mireles Elementary School; Nathan Koudouris, assistant principal, Stinson Middle School; Lisa Richard, vice principal, Zachry Middle School; Nicole Salazar, assistant principal, Taft High School; Audrey Sifuentes, vice principal, Howsman Elementary School; and Mary Usrey, principal, Steubing Elementary School. Patty Hill has been appointed assistant superintendent for human resources. She taught for 15 years and has 22 years of administrative experience, having spent her entire career with Northside ISD. She was a math Patty Hill and business teacher and cheer and pep squad sponsor at Holmes High School, a math teacher at Ross Middle School, and a math and business teacher and pep and cheer squad sponsor at Marshall High School. She took on administrative responsibilities as a summer school principal and as an assistant principal at Marshall High. She then opened O’Connor High School as a vice principal and was the first principal of Warren High when it opened in 2002. Hill has a bachelor’s degree from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) and a master’s degree from Trinity University. Sylvia Wade, principal of Neff Middle School for the past 10 years, has retired after 50 years as an educator. A graduate of San Antonio’s Wheatley High School, she left Texas to attend Fisk University in Tennessee, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a minor in French. She then taught those languages in Chattanooga, later earning a master’s degree in educational administration from the