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in San Antonio from 2008 to 2010. She earned her bachelor’s degree from HardinSimmons University, her master’s degree from Texas Woman’s University and her juris doctor from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. Bullard ISD Jan Hill is a deputy superintendent. An educator for 32 years, she was with Jacksonville ISD for 26 years before spending the past six with Bullard ISD as curriculum director. She is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and The University of Texas. Joe Dan Lee has been named interim superintendent. An educator for more than 30 years, he spent 27 of those as superintendent of Redwater, Pine Tree and Georgetown ISDs. He was ESC Region 13’s Superintendent of the Year in 1988 and a finalist for the 2002 award in ESC Region 12. He worked for the Texas Association of School Boards from 2007 to 2010. Lee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University at Commerce. Burleson ISD The new principal of Centennial High School is Jimmy Neal, most recently principal of Summit High in Mansfield ISD, a position he held since 2010. Prior to that, he was principal of Howard Middle School, associJimmy Neal ate principal of Summit High and assistant principal of Worley Middle School. Bynum ISD Larry Mynarcik, an educator for 18 years, is superintendent. He began his career as a special education teacher for the Rio Brazos Educational Cooperative and his alma mater, West High School in West ISD. He spent two years as an agriculture teacher in Alvarado ISD before returning to West ISD to teach agriculture and vocational technology. He then taught in Itasca ISD, where he later moved into administration. In 2009, he became principal of Meridian High School in Meridian ISD, where he remained until accepting this job in Bynum. Mynarcik earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture education from Sam Houston State University. His master’s degree in educational administration is from Tarleton State University. 16
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Who’s News Carroll ISD Now serving as K-6 curriculum coordinator for English/language arts and social studies is Meredith Davis. She has been an educator for nine years, beginning in the district as a fourth grade writing tutor at Old Union Elementary School and going on to serve as a third grade teacher at Carroll Elementary. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas Christian University. Amy Ellis has been named Carroll High School’s assistant principal. She joined the district in 2012 as coordinator of accountability, assessment and PEIMS. She began her career as a Spanish teacher and was assistant principal for curriculum and instruction at Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie ISD. Rene Moses has joined Johnson Elementary School as assistant principal. An educator for 21 years, she most recently spent 10 years as the secondary curriculum coordinator. She has been with Carroll ISD since 1994. The district’s new executive director of curriculum and instruction is Gina Peddy. An educator for 28 years, she spent four years as the coordinator for gifted and talented and advanced academics, as well as seventh through 12th grade English language arts and social studies. She also has worked in Irving and Coppell ISDs. She earned her bachelor’s degree in secondary instruction from The University of Texas at Arlington and her master’s degree in educational leadership from Sam Houston State University. The new principal of Durham Intermediate School is Mike Wyrick, who was assistant principal of Dawson Middle School for the past five years. He has been an educator for 15 years, the first nine as a high school history and economics teacher and coach for districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He then spent a year as an assistant principal in White Settlement ISD before joining Carroll ISD. He has a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in education from The University of Texas at Arlington. Cedar Hill ISD Newly appointed Chief Financial Officer Leon Fisher comes to Cedar Hill ISD from Missouri, where he was CFO and treasurer of St. Louis Public Schools since 2013. Prior to that, he was in the Normandy School District, also in St. Louis. He spent the first 15 years of his career with Dallas ISD, working as a facilities specialist and then as director of the Transforma-
tion Management Office. Fisher earned his bachelor’s degree in humanities from the University of Missouri at Columbia and his master’s degree in business management from Amberton University. Now serving as principal of Waterford Oaks Elementary School is Nicole Holland. She began her career as an English teacher in Dallas ISD, where she also served as a department chairperson, team leader, after-school program site coordinator and grant writer. She was an assistant principal in Dallas and Mansfield ISDs and spent a year as principal of the ComptonDrew Investigative Learning Center in St. Louis Public Schools. A graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in English, Holland holds a master’s degree in educational administration from Texas A&M University at Commerce. Kimberly Sherfield is the new principal of High Pointe Elementary School. She comes from the Wichita (Kan.) Public School District, where she served for 15 years. She has worked as a first grade teacher, instructional reading coach and principal. Sherfield earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Langstone University and her master’s degree in building leadership from Newman University. The new principal of Plummer Elementary School is Sherese Walker, who began her career in 2004, teaching at Arlington ISD’s Carter Junior High. She joined Cedar Hill ISD as assistant principal of the Cedar Hill Ninth Grade Center. Walker has a master’s degree in education administration from the University of North Texas. Cleburne ISD Kyle Heath, who was an associate superintendent in Mansfield ISD, is the new superintendent. An educator for 26 years, he began his career as a social studies teacher and coach in Perry, Okla. He took his first adminisKyle Heath trative position in 2000 as assistant principal at Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Okla. Three years later, he became that school’s principal. Heath holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Oklahoma State University, a master’s degree in secondary administration from the University of Central Oklahoma and a doctorate in education from Walden University.