Who’s News Sheldon ISD Shereen James is leading the new Sheldon Early Childhood Academy, the second campus of its type she has opened. She has been with Sheldon ISD for 25 years, spending 14 of those before becoming Shereen James an assistant principal. In 2002, she opened Cravens Early Childhood Academy, where she has remained until taking on her new assignment. Monahan Elementary School’s new principal is Denise Mustin, a 15-year veteran of Sheldon ISD. She began her career as a classroom teacher and then served as a librarian before taking the position of assisDenise Mustin tant principal of Sheldon Elementary in 2004. Kathy Spell has moved into the role of principal at Cravens Early Childhood Academy. She has been with the district for 11 years. She began her career with Houston ISD, coming to Cravens Academy in 2003 as the school’s Kathy Spell assistant principal. A 19-year employee of the district, Becky Zalesnik is the principal of the new Michael R. Null Middle School. She has been with Sheldon ISD for 19 years, 16 of which were spent as a classroom teacher at Becky Zalesnik King High School before accepting the position of assistant principal at King Middle School in 2007. Additionally, nine assistant principals have been appointed. They and their schools are: • Alfredo Alvarez, Royalwood Elementary • Blake Carroll, King Middle School • Chris Dickson, Cravens Early Childhood Academy • Angelica Cruz, Monahan Elementary • Carmen Maglievaz, Sheldon Early
Childhood Academy • Sheila Mixon, Sheldon Elementary • Brandon Perry, King High School • Kim Smith, Null Middle School • Tim Williams, Null Middle School Socorro ISD Rosemary Menchaca is the newly appointed principal of Socorro Middle School. Her career began in 1988 when she joined Ysleta ISD as a teacher at Riverside Middle School. She has been dean of instruction for math and science Rosemary Menchaca at El Dorado High School since 2007. Prior to that assignment, she was the school’s assistant principal for three years, earning the title of Principal of the Year in 2007 from the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals. She was a classroom teacher at Socorro and Americas high schools from 1997 through 2004, and she served as a department chair at Socorro. Menchaca received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from The University of Texas at El Paso. Socorro ISD’s board of trustees has named David Pena principal of Americas High School. He has been principal of Socorro Middle School since 2002, serving as assistant principal of Slider Middle School prior to that. He came David Pena to Socorro ISD in 1989, where he was a classroom teacher until he took on his first administrative duties in 1996 as assistant principal of Socorro Middle School, a position he held until 1998. Both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education are from The University of Texas at El Paso. Timpson ISD Mid Johnson is the superintendent. He was most recently Joaquin ISD’s high school principal. Tioga ISD The district’s new superintendent is Andy Baker, who was Prosper ISD’s middle school principal.
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