The new director of food services is Lynn Pritchard, who comes to HPISD with more than 25 years of experience in food service management in the private sector and both public and private schools. She most recently spent six years as the Aramark Food Service director at Gainesville ISD. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Cincinnati.
Cox Elementary School as principal. He comes to Leander from Castleberry ISD, where he was a principal, and previously worked in Keller ISD as a teacher, summer school principal and assistant principal.
Keller ISD
Lockhart ISD
The Keller ISD Education Foundation announces the appointment of Cameka Crawford as executive director. She has more than 15 years of experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors and holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Texas Tech University and a master’s degree in administrative sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Matthew Altman has been promoted from assistant principal to associate principal of Lockhart High School. He joined the district in 2016 after working as a math teacher and department chair in Del Valle ISD. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Tyler and a master’s degree in educational administration from Concordia University.
Kemp ISD Newly appointed superintendent Lisa Gonzales most recently held the top position in Odem-Edroy ISD.
Kilgore ISD Former Gladewater ISD superintendent Mike Morrison has been named Kilgore ISD’s interim superintendent. A graduate of East Texas Baptist University, he began his career in Marshall ISD, going on to serve in Garrison and Jefferson ISDs before joining Gladewater.
Killeen ISD Kara Trevino, former assistant principal and principal of Patterson Middle School, now leads Killeen High School as principal. She also worked as a teacher, coach, AVID specialist and instructional specialist at Killeen High School.
both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M University at Kingsville).
Leander ISD Charlie Rodriguez has been tapped to lead
The new principal of Pride High School and the Lockhart Discipline Management Center is Barry Bacom, coming to the district from Manor ISD, where he was director of career and technical education and innovative programs. An educator for 20 years, he has also worked in Hays CISD and Round Rock and Austin ISDs and in the public schools of Holyoke, Mass. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Texas. Christina Courson came to LISD in 2016 as public information officer and has now been promoted to executive director of communications and community services. She earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies from The American University in Washington, D.C., and a master’s degree in leadership and change from St. Edward’s University.
Kingsville ISD
Now serving as assistant principal of Lockhart High School is Terence Gahan, who most recently was coordinator of the Lockhart Discipline Management Center. A graduate of Texas State University with a master’s degree in educational administration from Lamar University, he previously was a teacher, coordinator and principal with the Conservation Corps.
Former district administrator Rudy Calderon has accepted the position of interim superintendent. The 45-year educator earned
Victor Hernandez, new assistant principal of Lockhart Junior High, received his bachelor’s degree from Texas State University and
Shoemaker High School now has Micah Wells as principal. He led Rancier Middle School since 2015 and served as co-director of summer school at Eastern Hills and Manor Middle School.
master’s degree in educational administration from Lamar University. An educator for more than a decade, he comes to Lockhart from Hays CISD. Newly appointed Strawn Elementary School principal Analeasa Holmes was most recently assistant principal of Navarro Elementary School. She received a bachelor’s degree in music education and two master’s degrees, in teaching and school leadership, from Trinity University. Clear Fork Elementary School welcomed Rebecca Leonard as its new principal in August. She has been an educator for 23 years, previously serving in Del Valle and Dickinson ISDs and, most recently, as an assistant principal in Hays CISD. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and her master’s degree in early childhood education from the University of Houston Clear Lake. Plum Creek Elementary School announces the appointment of Sheila Parker as assistant principal. Most recently a high school pre-AP and AP English teacher in Wimberley ISD, she has also worked in Hutto, Paris and Del Rio ISDs. Her bachelor’s degree was awarded from Texas State University and her master’s degree in educational leadership from Sul Ross State University. Amelie Sanchez has been chosen to serve as director of secondary education after spending the past five years as associate principal of North Shore Senior High School in Galena Park ISD. She previously worked in Austin and Weslaco ISDs. A graduate of the University of TexasPan American (now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) with a master’s degree in educational administration from Concordia University, she is a doctoral student at the University of Houston.
Former district bilingual programs coordinator Cristina Vasquez is now director of bilingual/ESL/ federal programs. She received both her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in elementary education from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). Michelle Wylie, who had been serving as an accountant for the district, is now director of finance. She began her career in LISD in 1990 and has a > See Who’s News, page 24 Texas School Business NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018
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