C-FB ISD Announces New Principals for 2010-2011 School Year

Joe LaPuma will lead Creekview High School. Mr. LaPuma is currently the principal at DeWitt Perry Middle School. He has worked in C-FB ISD for five years. Mr. LaPuma has nineteen years of experience in education.

Before coming to C-FB ISD, Mr. LaPuma served as the assistant principal at Stephen F. Austin Middle School in the Irving ISD. He was an ESL teacher and coach at Chester W. Nimitz High School in Irving ISD for six years and at North Dallas High School in Dallas ISD for one year. Mr. LaPuma was a physical education teacher and coach at Lincoln Junior High School in El Paso ISD for two years. Mr. LaPuma has a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of North Texas as well as a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Matthew R. Warnock will lead Barbara Bush Middle School. Mr. Warnockis currently the associate principal at Ranchview High School and has worked for C-FB ISD for twelve years.

Mr. Warnock has been an assistant principal at Ranchview High School, science department chair at Creekview High School and science teacher at Creekview High School. Mr. Warnock has also served as the assistant principal for summer school at R. L. Turner High School.

Joseph R. Copeland III will lead Dan F. Long Middle School. Mr. Copeland comes to C-FB ISD with twelve years of education experience. Mr. Copeland has served for the past five years as the assistant principal at Lake Highlands High School in the Richardson Independent School District.

He also taught Spanish at Lake Highlands High School. Mr. Copeland hasserved as a physical education instructor and dean of discipline at HenryClay Middle School in the Los Angeles United School District. Previous tohis tenure in Richardson and Los Angeles, Mr. Copeland worked at Wilmer Hutchins High School as a Spanish and English as Second Language (ESL) instructor and department chair.