June 12, 2006
NAMESAKES ANNOUNCED FOR NEW ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS
During its June 12 meeting, the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the namesakes for two future elementary schools and two middle schools honoring long-time educators Bob and Bobbie Warner, Patti Becker McFee, George E. Hopper, Jr. and Jodie Blair Smith.
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Bob and Bobbie Warner were selected as the namesakes for Elementary #46. Bob spent 30 of his 34 years in education working for CFISD prior to his retirement in June 2004. He was a teacher and swim coach at several secondary schools, an assistant principal at Cy-Fair High School and Dean Junior High School, and the principal at Labay Junior High and Cy-Fair High schools. While he was the principal at Labay, the school was named a National Blue Ribbon School for three consecutive years—the only Texas school to achieve this distinction. Bob was also named the 1992-93 Region IV Middle School Principal of the Year.
Bobbie spent 29 of her 35 years in education working for CFISD. She began her tenure with the district as a P .E . teacher at Yeager Elementary. She was a teacher and swim coach at Bleyl, the coordinating counselor at Cypress Creek High School, and was serving as the director of testing and research when she retired from the district in June 2004. Bobbie was the Harris County representative for five years on the TEA committee that developed the Texas Accountability Rating System. Bob and Bobbie have one son, Brady, who graduated from Cypress Creek in 1991.
Bob and Bobbie Warner Elementary School (Elementary #46) is currently under construction on our 130-acre multi-school site located at Fry Road and Cypress N. Houston near Blackhorse. The school was designed by PBK Architects, Inc. and is a new prototype design developed by the district utilizing some features of Danish, Black and Postma Elementary schools. Warner Elementary School is scheduled to be completed in August 2007 in time for the 2007-2008 school year. |
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Patti Becker McFee was selected as the namesake for Elementary #47. Patti worked in the district for 28 years. She worked as a paraprofessional at Matzke Elementary for eight years and spent the remaining 20 years in the district’s human resources office. Patti was named director for certification and records and then director of human resource systems before she retired in February 1995. Patti was instrumental in computerizing personnel records so that records could be shared with payroll and financial services. She also created a tracking system that paired personnel/applicant data with certification and other necessary information. She and her husband, James, have two children, Kerry and Kellye, who are both Cy-Fair High School graduates.
Patti Becker McFee Elementary School (Elementary #47) is currently under construction on a 14 -acre site recently purchased on Greenhouse Road south of W. Little York Road. This school was designed by Bay Architects and is a repeat design with modifications of Lee, Tipps and Farney elementary schools. McFee Elementary School will be ready for students in August 2007. |
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George E. Hopper, Jr. was selected as the namesake for Middle School #15. George spent 32 of his 42 years in education working in CFISD. He began his tenure with the district in 1972 as a teacher and coach at the inception of Jersey Village High School. He also served as assistant principal and associate principal at Jersey Village. George was the principal who opened Campbell Middle School, Langham Creek Interim School, Langham Creek High School and Cypress Falls High School. He served as the director of ancillary personnel and was serving as the director of athletics when he retired in June 2004. While serving as the principal at Langham Creek, the school was identified as a National Blue Ribbon School—the first high school in the district to receive this distinction. George and his wife, Pamela, have five children who were graduates of Cy-Fair and Klein schools.
George E. Hopper, Jr. Middle School (Middle School #15) is currently under construction on a 35-acre site located at the corner of Fry Road, and Rustic Lake Lane just south of Cypress-Springs High School. The school was designed by Bay Architects and modeled after Goodson and Kahla Middle Schools. Hopper Middle School is scheduled to open its doors to children in August 2007. |
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Jodie Blair Smith was selected as the namesake for Middle School #16. Jodie spent 30 of her 33 years in education working in CFISD. She began her career with the district as a teacher at Cy-Fair High School. She served as an assistant principal and an associate principal at Jersey Village High School. She returned to Cy-Fair High School where she served as the principal for 12 years. Jodie was serving as the assistant superintendent for secondary school administration when she retired in June 2003. She currently works part -time for Region IV administering principal assessments. Jodie was selected as Houston’s 2001 High School Principal of the Year by the Houston Chronicle. She and her husband, Dick, have one daughter, Stephanie, who graduated from Cy-Fair High School in 1988 and is currently an assistant principal at Lamkin Elementary. Their granddaughter, Madison, will be a member of the 2010 Cy-Fair High School graduating class.
Jodie Blair Smith Middle School (Middle School #16) will be constructed on our 130-acre multi-school campus site located on Fry Road near the intersection of Cypress N. Houston. Design work is scheduled to begin in March 2007 with the school opening for the 2009-2010 school year. |
For more information and news about these future schools, visit www.cfisd.net and click on the “campuses and facilities” link located under the Bond Update heading.
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