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Who's News January 2010
Avinger ISD Birdville ISD Carroll ISD Clint ISD (El Paso) A new assistant principal, Hilda Dominguez, has joined the staff of Horizon High School. She comes to Clint ISD from Ysleta ISD, where she served as a social studies teacher and itinerant teacher for the teen parent program since 1999. Her bachelor of science degree in secondary education and her master of education degree are both from The University of Texas at El Paso, where she also earned her certification in educational leadership. College Station Benden replaces Ann Ganter, who began her career as a first grade teacher and retired after 24 years with the district. In 1999, Ganter helped to found College Station ISD’s Education Foundation. She spent the past six years of her time in College Station as the district’s public information officer while continuing to lead the foundation. Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Farwell ISD Grandview Hopkins ISD Hamlin ISD Houston ISD Irving ISD Jarrell ISD Keene ISD Liberty-Eylau ISD (Texarkana) Little Elm ISD Lubbock ISD A native of New Mexico, Rodriguez has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Eastern New Mexico University and a master’s degree and mid-management certification from Prairie View A&M University. Chad Elliot is now the assistant principal of Lubbock High School. He comes to his Elliot earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Lubbock Christian University, from which he graduated summa cum laude. Montgomery ISD Pine Tree ISD (Longview) During her time in Amarillo ISD, Strauss also served as an adjunct professor of education administration at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Strauss earned both her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and master’s degree in education from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). Her doctorate in education administration is from Texas A&M University. Rio Vista ISD San Diego ISD Tomball ISD White Deer ISD
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superintendent, replacing Kenny Don Abernathy, who passed away recently. Morrison was superintendent of Gladewater ISD, retiring from that post after serving 32 years as a Texas educator. In addition to being superintendent in Gladewater ISD, where he also served as assistant superintendent, he was superintendent of Jefferson ISD.
A registered nurse since 1995, she has been with Birdville High School since 1999, working as a school nurse and coordinating employee wellness, parent education and Assistance for School-Aged Parents (ASAP) programs. Additionally, she served as a CPR instructor trainer, preceptor for health occupation students, and senior class sponsor for several years. Outside of her work in public schools, Howard has been a registered nurse at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, a field RN case manager for Pacesetter Home Health in Fort Worth, a weekend charge nurse at John Peter Smith Hospital (also in Fort Worth) and a nurse at Tarrant County College. Her degrees are from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Lubbock and The University of Texas at Arlington.
who previously was a secondary coordinator for the district. This is a new position, created as part of the realignment and reorganization of the instructional services and student services departments. Now beginning his 19th year as an educator, Brown has been a classroom teacher, a technology supervisor, and a director of curriculum and technology. His bachelor’s degree is from Hardin-Simmons University and his master’s degree is from Southwestern Seminary. He has done additional studies in educational administration at Texas Christian University.
School. An educator since 1991, she began her career with Killeen ISD. She came to Clint in 2000 as a math teacher and instructional facilitator at Mountain View High School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She received her principal certification through ESC Region 19’s alternative program.
District Education Foundation, an organization that helps fund student projects with contributions from local businesses. Benden has served with the Texas A&M Foundation and the development office for the Texas A&M College of Medicine; most recently, she was account manager for Vanguard Environments.
education coordinator, was honored with a National Federation of State High School Associations citation during the National Athletic Directors conference in Dallas in December. Citations are presented each year to outstanding athletic directors to honor their work in interscholastic athletics at local, state and national levels. Stice began her career as a health and physical education teacher and head coach of four sports at Houston’s St. Pius X School. She came to Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in 1978, working for six years as a middle school teacher and coach, after which she spent 11 years as assistant principal of two middle schools. She has been an athletic director for 13 years. Nine years ago she began a Soccer Start program for at-risk middle school students. Stice also has coordinated the district’s Special Olympics program for the past three years, and created a sportsmanship initiative called Victory with Honor, which defines accountability and procedures for all district schools. Stice holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Sam Houston State University.
Anton ISD, where he was a high school principal. He began his 22-year career as a classroom teacher and coach in Anton ISD, moving to Lubbock-Cooper ISD in 1995 to teach and coach. He then became assistant principal of Lubbock-Cooper Intermediate School, before serving as the district’s grant coordinator, textbook coordinator and attendance officer. Beginning in 2004, Hamlin was director of the 21st Century Community Learning Center for Lubbock-Cooper, Smyer, Seagraves, Loop and O’Donnell ISDs. In 2006, he served in the same capacity for Slaton ISD and the South Plains Academy. He moved to Anton ISD as the principal of Anton High School in 2007, where he remained until taking on his new role in 
California, where he was chief curriculum and staff development officer for the San Diego United School District. In North Carolina, he served as chief of staff and associate superintendent of the Guilford County Schools, superintendent of Mount Airy City Schools and assistant superintendent of Alamance County Schools. Morris has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. He earned a graduate degree from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
She began her career in 1974 as a general and special education teacher in Dallas ISD, coming to Irving ISD in 1985 to serve as a special education teacher at Crockett Middle School. She was appointed the district’s inclusion specialist in 1994. In 1996, she became Irving ISD’s middle school special education coordinator. Lusty’s bachelor of science and master of education degrees are from Texas Woman’s University.
Kaufman ISD. His education career began in 1985, when he served as a social studies teacher and coach in Garland ISD. In 1986, he moved to fill the same position in Richardson ISD. Rouse then taught and coached at Newman Smith High School in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. He spent 1991 to 2005 with Crandall ISD, serving as the varsity head coach for track and baseball, varsity football offensive coordinator, high school social studies teacher, assistant high school principal and principal of the intermediate school. In Kaufman ISD, he was the high school principal before taking on the role of assistant superintendent. His bachelor of science degree in education is from East Texas State University, and his master of education degree is from Texas A&M University at Commerce.
superintendent, is now the district’s superintendent. An educator for more than 40 years, he began his career as a teacher in Florida’s Nassau County School System, first in Hilliard and then in Callahan. Upon his arrival in Texas, he spent 11 years as a teacher in Greenville ISD before moving to Liberty-Eylau ISD in 1984 to be a vocational director. The balance of his career has been spent there, subsequently as an assistant principal, director of secondary instruction, director of instruction and personnel and ultimately the superintendent — a position from which he retired in 1999. Blain’s bachelor of science and master of science degrees are from Texas A&M University at Commerce, as are his mid-management and superintendent certifications.
ISD, is Lubbock ISD’s new assistant superintendent of human resources. Rodriguez was an academic counselor for Upward Bound, and then he began his public school career as a high school Spanish teacher at Katy ISD’s Mayde Creek High School. He went on to serve as assistant principal for Beck Junior High and Mayde Creek High before assuming the principalship of Katy ISD’s junior high summer school program. He was the district’s personnel coordinator for secondary education prior to transferring to his most recent position as Waxahachie ISD’s executive director of human resources.
new assignment from Cavazos Middle School, where he held the same position. Before joining Lubbock ISD, he was a high school principal in Anton ISD; he also has been a high school science teacher and coach.
administration. He was a physical education instructor, assistant football coach and intramural director at Howard Payne University before beginning his public school career as a business teacher and coach in Waller ISD and at Westfield High School in Houston ISD. It was there that he also served as interim assistant principal. Morris then served as assistant principal and associate principal of administration at Spring High School in Spring ISD, coming to Montgomery as high school principal in 1998. Morris has a bachelor’s degree from Howard Payne University and a master of education degree in physical education from Tarleton State University.
since July. She began her career teaching elementary school in Sweet Home ISD, later serving as the district’s superintendent. She then spent two years as the high school and elementary principal in Somerville ISD, before becoming superintendent there in 1992. Her next superintendent assignment was in River Road ISD in Amarillo, where she served for six years. Then Strauss transferred to the top position in Wimberley ISD, where she remained until accepting her new job.
ISD, he spent five years as principal of Tomball High School and six years as assistant superintendent for administrative services. Before coming to Tomball ISD, Kinchen was with Humble and Spring ISDs. Kinchen holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a master’s degree in education from Southeastern Louisiana University.