When the opening bell rings in the 2007-2008 school year on Aug. 28, there will be some new leaders greeting students and staff.

Seven new principals have been appointed throughout the district, including three at the elementary level and three at the secondary level. A new principal has also assumed the top administrative spot at the Guidance Center. Here’s a look at the principals who are assuming new duties with the start of the new school year.

Steve Fullen - South Houston High School
Steve Fullen changed from Longhorn orange to Trojan red, as he became the new principal of South Houston High School. Fullen has served as an assistant principal at Dobie High School for the past four years. He replaced Deborah Aubin, who retired in July.

Fullen began his educational career in 1995 as a bilingual fourth and fifth grade teacher at Kruse Elementary School. In 1997, he became the peer facilitator at Pomeroy Elementary School before moving to the district’s central office as a Bilingual/ESL Facilitator for the Alternative Teacher Certification Program.

The 12-year education veteran received his bachelor’s degree from Concordia Lutheran College in Mexican-American Studies in 1983 and then received a master’s from Concordia Seminary in 1987. He will receive his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies this fall.

Angela Stallings - Thompson Intermediate
Dr. Angela Stallings moved into another part of the South Belt community as she assumed the principal’s position at Thompson Intermediate School.

She replaces Greg Jones, who was named the district’s Director of Grant Writing and Technical Projects.

The South Belt area has been home for Stallings for some time. She has spent her 16-year career in education entirely at Dobie High School, where she first served as an English teacher, then as counselor, and, most recently as assistant principal. She is also a 1986 graduate of Dobie.

Stallings received her bachelor’s degree from Lamar University in 1991 and her master’s from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1998. She earned her doctorate in educational leadership from Sam Houston State University in 2000.

Frances Burley - Parks Elementary
Veteran educator Frances Burley is the new principal at Parks Elementary School. She replaces Sherry Meynier who retired recently.

Burley has spent 25 years in education and was an elementary principal in Champaign, Ill. for three years before being named to the position at Parks. She is a Texas native, as she began her teaching career in La Marque ISD, serving as a Special Education, first and second grade teacher from 1982-1993. She then went on to serve in teaching and assistant principal positions in Fort Bend ISD from 1993-2000.

Burley received her bachelor’s degree from Lamar University in 1992 and earned her master’s from the University of Houston.

Jill Lacamu - Moore Elementary
Jill Lacamu, former assistant principal at Frazier Elementary, is the new principal at Moore Elementary. She replaces Pat Granger, who retired this summer.

Lacamu began her career with Pasadena ISD in 1992 as a third grade teacher at Burnett Elementary. She served as a teacher and peer facilitator at Jessup Elementary from 1993-2000 and then became a fourth grade teacher at Atkinson Elementary in 2000. The 15-year veteran split time as an assistant principal at Fisher and Richey elementary schools in 2003 before assuming the position at Frazier one year later.

Lacamu earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1990. She received her master’s, also from UHCL, in 2002.

Becky Vargas - Matthys Elementary
Becky Vargas, former coordinator of Bilingual/ESL, is replacing Karen Hickman as principal of Matthys Elementary. Hickman recently accepted one of the district’s Executive Director of Campus Performance and Academic Assistance positions.

Vargas began her 23-year educational career in San Antonio ISD as a special education teacher. She served as a special education specialist for the Peace Corps for three years before Pasadena ISD became her home in 1988. For the next 11 years, Vargas was a special education teacher at Genoa Elementary, a bilingual teacher at Parks Elementary and a peer facilitator at Matthys.

Vargas took an administrative position in 1999 as an assistant principal in Houston ISD, but she returned home to Pasadena in 2003 as a special education specialist. She became the coordinator for Bilingual/ESL programs in 2004.

Trinity University in San Antonio awarded Vargas with her bachelor’s in elementary education in 1984, and she later received her Master of Education from the University of Houston in 1991.

Robert Stock - Sam Rayburn High School
Robert Stock has been long familiar with ‘The Rayburn Way’ at Sam Rayburn High School, as he as served as an assistant principal for the last four years, and he will now take the lead as principal at the school. He is replacing Troy McCarley who recently accepted one of the district’s Executive Director of Campus Performance and Academic Assistance positions.

Stock has an extensive background in private education serving as a physical education teacher at St. Augustine Catholic School, a social studies teacher and coach at St. Pius V Catholic School and St. Thomas High School and a social studies teacher and head football coach at Mt. Carmel High School.

Stock first joined the Rayburn in 1999 as a geography teacher and coach. He returned to Rayburn in 2002 as a social studies teacher and coach before he was named as assistant principal in 2003.

The 19-year veteran received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 1988 from the University of Houston. In 2003, Stock earned his master’s in educational management from University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Keith Moore - Guidance Center
Keith Moore, former assistant principal at Sam Rayburn High School, is the new principal at the Guidance Center. He replaces Doyle Alexander, who retired.

Moore began his educational career in 1983 as a high school band director in Mississippi and moved on to serve as a secondary band director in Arkansas for a couple years. Moore joined the Pasadena ISD family in 1986 serving the next 11 years as a band director at South Houston Intermediate and then at Beverly Hills Intermediate. In 1997, Moore took his first administrative position as assistant principal at Miller Intermediate and then moved to Rayburn in 2001.

Moore earned his Bachelor of Music Education from Delta State University in Mississippi in 1983, and he later received his Master of Education from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1997.