FBISD Board Appoints Four New Principals at Elementary, Middle Schools

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The Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees has appointed four new principals to lead elementary and middle schools in the District. All appointments are effective July 1st, 2022.

• Briargate Elementary School

Dr. Jonathan Sutton has been appointed as the new principal of Briargate Elementary. His work in training and educating children spans two decades ranging from behavior specialist, to teacher, to assistant principal, to his current role as a principal in Galena Park ISD. His experience also includes work as a field supervisor/instructor for Lamar University and a professor at Belhaven University.

Sutton has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Special Education from Jackson State University, and a Specialist of Education in Administration and Supervision as well as a Doctorate in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Southern Mississippi.

• Crockett Middle School 

Ms. Kyella Griffin has been selected as the new principal at Crockett Middle School. She has more than a decade of campus administration experience in Fort Bend ISD, as an assistant principal at Holley Elementary and currently as the principal at Dulles Elementary School.

Griffin has a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Concordia University and a bachelor’s degree in Child and Family Studies from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

• Rosa Parks Elementary School

Ms. Anitra Wilson has been appointed as the new principal of Rosa Parks Elementary School.  Wilson has 18 years of experience as a teacher, curriculum builder, professional development leader, campus administrator, and she has worked to bring about significant growth at schools that required improvement. She is currently an elementary school principal in Lamar Consolidated ISD.

Wilson has a master’s degree in Administration & Supervision with a concentration in Educational Leadership from the University of Houston – Victoria and a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Houston – Downtown.  She has numerous certifications including from the Rice Executive Education Academy.

• Schiff Elementary School

Dr. Gregory Foulds has been named as the new principal at Schiff Elementary. He has more than 20 years of experience in education and is a strong bilingual communicator who speaks, reads and writes Spanish fluently.

Foulds has more than a decade of campus administration experience in Fort Bend ISD as an assistant principal at Lake Olympia, Dulles and Sartartia middle schools. He is currently the assistant principal at Madden Elementary. He has an Ed.D. in Professional Leadership from the University of Houston, an M.Ed. in Educational Administration and a Master of Arts in Teaching in Spanish, both from Southwest Texas State University. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Communication Specialist from Baylor University.

“We are fortunate to have educators with these distinguished credentials and experience as new campus leaders at our schools,” Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Dr. Christie Whitbeck said. “We are confident they will do great work on behalf of each and every student to ensure our children continue to recover from learning loss and go on to achieve goals beyond what they can imagine.”