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North Lamar welcomes new staff || Assistant superintendent and teachers join a winning team

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Doors open for North Lamar ISD on Thursday, August 15 with students returning for the 2019-2020 school year.  Teachers are back preparing their classrooms and helping those new to their campuses get familiar with their surroundings.

Teachers new to the district attended a two-day orientation this week prior to all staff returning on Thursday.  Among the new hires is Leslie Watson, who began serving as North Lamar’s Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Student Services in July.

Watson began his teaching career at North Lamar in 1987.  He remained at the district for 22 years leaving the position of assistant principal at Stone Middle School to become the middle school principal at Prairiland ISD.  In June of 2018, he retired to give his successful construction business his full attention.  After taking a year off, North Lamar welcomes Watson back into the education field to a district filled with new challenges and anticipated greatness.

“I’m super excited to return to North Lamar,” said Watson. “I look forward to working with the staff and community.”

Leading North Lamar’s elementary team, beginning front row left, are Laci Carr, Higgins kindergarten, Miranda Hale, Everett second grade, and Paula Liles, Bailey ECC; second row, Lisa Dawes, Higgins kindergarten, Michelle Ballard, Higgins ECC, and Abbey Blake, Bailey ECC; and back row, Valerie Wood, Higgins kindergarten, and Jonah Hubbard, Bailey math and science.  Not pictured are Shawna Brown, Higgins counselor, and Randy Woodard, Bailey Autism.

Taking the lead in the secondary campuses are Eva Cepeda, NLHS Spanish, Jill Bright, NLHS English, Brenda Cruz, NLHS Special Education, Lucia Bunch, Stone English Language Arts,Ashley McCormack, Stone English Language Arts and Reading, Melissa Arnold, NLHS English,Callie Johnson, Stone science, and Britney Humphrey, NLHS P.E. and coach.  In back are Bryan Ballard, Stone P.E. and coach, Dalton Flowers, Stone science, basketball and tennis, Nancy Rodgers, Stone Special Education Behavior Adjustment teacher, Keith Spangler, Stone Garden Science and coach, Karen Batsel, Stone choir, Danielle Scoggins, NLHS Ag Science, Marcus Lutz, NLHS Assistant Band Director and Christopher Garza, Stone band.  Not pictured is Billy Copeland, NLHS CTE instructor.

Pictured above NLISD Secondary Teachers

NLISD Secondary Teachers

NLISD Assistant Superintendent Leslie Watson

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