The Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees approved the appointment of a new principal for Sparks Elementary School and filled two assistant principal positions at its March regular meeting.

Sherri Means was named the new principal at Sparks, replacing longtime principal Gayle Holder, who will retire at the end of the school year.Means came to the school in 1990 and has served as assistant principal since 1994. She began her career as a third grade teacher at Gardens Elementary in 1989. She earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Houston and her master’s in educational management from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.                    Sherri Means

J.P. Rodriguez was named assistant principal at Pomeroy Elementary School. He has served as counselor at Morris Fifth Grade Center since 2004. He began his career in 1997 as a bilingual teacher at Morales Elementary and has also worked as a bilingual peer facilitator at De Zavala Fifth Grade Center.

Cindy Owens is now one of the new assistant principals at De Zavala Fifth Grade Center. She has served as the school’s peer facilitator since 2002. She has also worked as a fifth grade reading teacher at Morales Elementary and at Richey Elementary in her 17-year career.