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Couple Has Principaled Relationship By Lyn Rejahl Pry, Editor
Chris and Jennifer Mattingly share a great many things; from their childhoods in East Texas to their two daughters to being principals next-door to each other’s campuses-Briarhill Middle and McAuliffe Elementary Schools in Highland Village. “I grew up in Edgewood-- about ninemiles north of Canton--and there were 37 of us in my [high school] graduating class,” said Chris. His Bachelor’s Degree in English is from Texas A&M, with his Master’s from University of Texas-Tyler. Jennifer is originally from Carthage, approximately 50-miles from Nacogdoches, where she graduated in Public Relations and Journalism at Stephen F. Austin University (SFA). “I graduated on a Saturday and started teaching at Tatum High School on Monday,” she said. “I taught English 1-4, journalism, did the yearbook and newspaper, plus coach the cheerleaders.”
In December 1991, as Chris was being taken on a tour of the school at which he’d been hired to begin teaching, he was introduced to Jennifer in the teachers’ lounge. The two were the junior class sponsors and even planned the prom. “We met on Dec. 19, 1991 and were married a year later, on Dec. 19, 1992,” said Chris. “No one knew we were dating, except one student, who was a cheerleader and I coached her in basketball, so she was close to both of us. We named our first daughter after her.” Their daughter, Molly, 20, is a sophomore at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and younger daughter, Riley, 17, is a senior at Marcus High School. Both girls attended McAuliffe and Briarhill. The Mattingly couple moved to Lewisville after two years teaching at Tatum. See PRINCIPALS on Page A19
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Husband and wife principals Jennifer and Chris Mattingly oversee two Highland Village schools.
Cloud 9 Charities: A Tradition of Giving Back By Mark Miller, Contributing Writer
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Local business owner Kim Cloud gives back to the community that has given her so much.
Kim Cloud of Lantana admits giving back to the communities she served through her longtime area beauty business was not at the top of her mind many years ago. “I was benefiting from the community, but I wasn’t doing anything to give back to it,” said Cloud, who opened Cloud 9 Hair Design in Lewisville in 1992, moved to Highland Village in 2000, then to her current location in Flower Mound in 2005. “Then, I started going to chamber of commerce meetings and met Sandy Thermen (former director) of PediPlace,” said Cloud. “She took me under her wing and became a mentor to me about how important it was to give back. Once I had done it, it became an addiction.” It also became an official offshoot of her salon called Cloud 9 Charities. The non-
profit’s first event in 2004 was a Kids’ Cuts Day helping Kidd’s Kids, a charity started by the late radio personality Kidd Craddock. “That gave us a little taste of that to make a difference, it makes a difference in your business,” she said. Soon thereafter, Cloud 9 Charities introduced a fashion show that lasted several years and an art gala event that ran three years. See CLOUD 9 on Page A7
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