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Lewisville ISD Tim Ford, the newly hired district athletic director, comes to his new job from Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, where he was director of athletics for seven years. He has coached for 30 years, ten of those as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for Colleyville Heritage High School. Marlin ISD
Amy Brown, a counselor for the past two years with the district, is the recipient of ESC Region 12’s Counselor of the Year award.
Marshall ISD Tina Brown now leads Marshall High School as principal after spending the past two years as principal of South Marshall Elementary. She has been an educator for 31 years, the past three with Marshall ISD. Prior to joining the district, she spent 12 years with Fort Bend ISD. The new principal of South Marshall Elementary School is Vickie Burns, who was the school’s assistant principal. The new assistant principal of Marshall Junior High School is Richard Cardin, who most recently served as substitute assistant principal at Jackson Middle School in Grand Prairie ISD. Prior to that assignment, he was a computer maintenance teacher at Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie ISD and a technology trainer in Hudson ISD. Kevin Guerrero has been named associate principal of Marshall Junior High School, coming to his new job from Louisiana, where he was athletic director of the Magnolia School of Excellence, a charter school. The academic year began with Stephanie Henderson leading Travis Elementary School as principal. She was principal of Washington Early Childhood Center for the past two years. Lenny Jackson is now principal of Travis Elementary School. For the past year he held a dual role in the district, serving as assistant principal of Moore and Lee elementary schools. The new principal of Moore Elementary School is Melinda Jennings. She comes to MISD from Longview ISD, where she was assistant principal of Forest Park Magnet School since 2012. She was also assistant principal of Ware and Valley View elementary schools in that district. Lashunda Minix is now serving as principal of Young Middle School. She was most recently with Longview ISD, working as Amy Brown
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a curriculum and instruction academic advisor at Longview High. The new assistant principal of Marshall High School is Francine Sparks. She previously served as the lead English language arts teacher at Longview High School, where she also was the advanced debate coach and TAKS and STAAR remediation teacher. Patricia Tiller is the assistant principal of Marshall Junior High. She comes from Center ISD, where she was that district’s middle school principal since 2012. She also has taught and held administrative positions in Irving, Longview, Beckville, Liberty City and Ore City ISDs. Larry Wade is the new associate principal of Marshall High School. He was a counselor and testing coordinator at Longview ISD’s LEAD Academy Alternative High School since 2010 and has also held teaching and administrative positions in Tyler ISD. Precious Wafer is the assistant principal of Marshall Junior High. Most recently a sixth grade teacher in Tatum ISD, she was previously a teacher in Cedar Hill and Houston ISDs and an instructor at Jarvis Christian College. Midland ISD The following principal appointments have been made for the 2014-2015 school year: • Sha Burdsal, Bunche Elementary School; • Carlin Grammer, Midland High School; • Melissa Horner, Bush Elementary School; • Tracy Phernetton, Emerson Elementary School; • Alex Salazar, Abell Junior High School; and • Aimee Stroope, Scharbauer Elementary School. Millsap ISD New Millsap Elementary Assistant Principal Roxie Bean has been with the school since 1998. She began her career there as a second, fourth and fifth grade teacher, going on to serve as a counselor since 2008. She was Millsap’s Teacher of the Year in 2005. Bean earned her bachelor’s degree and her master’s degree in education from Tarleton State University. A new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction has been named for the district. She is Deann Lee, a 25-year veteran of Texas public education. She began her career in Arlington ISD and spent the past 22 years in Paris ISD as a teacher, special education supervisor and director of federal programs. Denise Lee is the district’s new head volleyball coach. She has been an educator for seven years, coaching in Strawn ISD be-
fore joining Gorman ISD, where she was head coach for volleyball, girls’ basketball, track and tennis. She also served as girls’ athletic coordinator. Ed Padalecki has been chosen to serve as head baseball coach. He comes to his new position from Hutto High School in Hutto ISD, where he was varsity assistant and head junior varsity baseball coach and varsity assistant football coach for the past two years. He began his career as a teacher and coach in Bloomington ISD, then joined Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD as a teacher and middle and high school coach. In addition, he has been a summer baseball coach at Texas Christian University and Texas A&M University. Nacogdoches ISD A former Galveston ISD educator, Nancy Chapa is now principal of Fredonia Elementary School. She was assistant principal of Morgan Elementary in Galveston. Normangee ISD The district’s new superintendent, Luke Allison, was most recently a high school principal in Groesbeck ISD. Northwest ISD (Fort Worth) Jamie Farber has been appointed the district’s director of counseling. With 19 years of experience as an educator, she has been with the district since 2007, most recently serving as lead counselor at Northwest High School. Prior to that, Jamie Farber she was a teacher and counselor in Arlington ISD. Farber, who received her bachelor’s degree in biology from The University of Texas at Arlington, holds a master’s degree in counseling from the University of North Texas. Kyle Seipp is now the district’s director of career and college readiness. He was a high school math teacher and coach with Northwest ISD and most recently served at The University of Texas’ Institute of Public School Initiatives, where he worked in partnership Kyle Seipp with school districts to achieve college-readiness goals. Seipp earned his bachelor’s degree in math from Texas State University and his master’s degree in educational leadership from Lamar University. Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD The district’s new superintendent is Stetson Rhone, who comes to his job from Aransas Pass ISD, where he was assistant superintendent.