Who’s News San Antonio ISD Pedro Martinez has accepted the role of superintendent. He was most recently superintendent in residence for the Nevada Department of Education, responsible for advising the governor and state superintendent of instruction. He was superintendent of Washoe County School District and, in Illinois, served as chief financial officer for Chicago Public Schools. Martinez has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree from DePaul University. San Marcos CISD Mark De Leon has returned as an assistant principal at Goodnight Middle School, where he served in the same capacity in the 2009-2010 school year. Since leaving that post, he worked in Comal ISD as an assistant principal. De Mark De Leon Leon also served as a criminal justice teacher in North East ISD and as Hays CISD’s drug prevention/ school safety coordinator. Prior to becoming an educator, he was program director of Texas State University’s Center for Safe Communities and Schools and a police officer. He earned his bachelor’s degree in occupational education from Wayland Baptist University and his master’s degree in education from Texas State University. Kimberly Giesenschlag is the associate principal at Miller Middle School. Previ-
ously, she was the assistant principal at Goodnight Elementary. She took that job in 2013 after joining the district in 2010 as a teacher. Giesenschlag holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies Kimberly from Texas A&M UniverGiesenschlag sity and two master’s degrees — one in curriculum and instruction from the University of Washington and one in educational leadership from Texas State University. Rose Pearson, who served as an assistant principal at Goodnight Middle School since 2014, is now that school’s associate principal. She came to the district in 2000 and has been a third grade team leader, a summer school district lead teachRose Pearson er, a K-5 math and science coach, and an instructional coach working with new teachers. She also has worked in New Braunfels ISD and Hays CISD. Pearson, who earned her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University), received her master’s degree in educational administration from Texas A&M University at Commerce. Elizabeth Ross is the assistant principal of Goodnight Middle School, a campus she has served since 2013 as a classroom teacher and team leader. Prior to that, she was a lan-
guage arts and history teacher and reading intervention teacher at Miller Middle School. Ross received her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Texas A&M University and her master’s degree in educational administration from Concordia University. Seguin ISD Hector Esquivel is the new principal of Seguin High School. Seminole ISD New Superintendent Gary Laramore comes to Seminole ISD from Texline ISD, where he held the top job for nine years. An educator for 18 years, six as a high school math teacher and 12 as an administrator, he was a teacher in Borger and Panhandle ISDs and a principal in Canadian ISD. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from West Texas A&M University. Sharyland ISD Former Marble Falls ISD Superintendent Rob O’Connor is now superintendent of Sharyland ISD. He was with Marble Falls ISD since 2011 and previously served as superintendent of Celina and Whitewright ISDs. Shepherd ISD Jody Cronin, who once was superintendent of Shepherd ISD, has returned to the district as the career and technology coordinator. See WHO’S NEWS on page 28
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