Front row: Fran Williams, Director of Instruction; Lanette Bellamy, Principal; Sandra Paiz, Associate Principal; Amber Bish, Lead Counselor

Second row: Heather Elliott, AP; Jose Perez, Behavior Interventionist; David McReynolds, Math coach; Ellen Holzhauer, English coach; Maribel Helton, AP; Paola Fernandez, Counselor

Third Row: Stacy Ache,Special Ed Admin; Courtney Farris, AAS; Erin Slavik, AAS; Philip Klespis, Social Studies Coach; Ashley Alexander, Counselor; Tiffany Simon, Counselor

Fourth Row: Hector Cano, AP; Michele Herman, College and Career Specialist; Jay Janca, AP; Tracy Orsak, Science Coach; Courtney Farris, AAS; Shirrey Burton, AP; Kay McDowell, AP; Andonnia Maiben, DIHT; Tanisha Simmons, Testing Coordinator; Rhonda Klaus, Counselor; Tina Schutte, Counselor; and Valerie Pierce, Counselor

Lanette Bellamy graduated from Channelview High school and received her Bachelors in English Literature from the University of Houston- Clear Lake. She also received her Masters in Counseling from UHCL and her Principal Certification from St. Thomas University.  She has earned her Doctorate in Professional Leadership K-12 from the University of Houston. 

Dr. Bellamy started her teaching career in 1995 at Park View Intermediate teaching language arts. After that, she taught English I at Katy High School. Dr. Bellamy first came to CFISD as a counselor at Thornton Middle School and went on to serve as a counselor at Cy-Fair High School and also Truitt Middle School before becoming the Director of Instruction at Truitt. In 2012, Dr. Bellamy became the Director of Instruction at Cypress Ranch High School. In 2016, she became the principal at Labay Middle School. Dr. Bellamy is excited to have recently been named the principal of Cypress Lakes High School and is excited to continue the great things Cy Lakes is known for.

Sandra Paiz has been in education for 20 years. She has been an assistant principal for 8 years and opened Cy-Lakes in 2008.

Fran Williams received a Bachelor and master’s degree from Prairie View A&M University. Ms. Williams began her career in education in 1998 at Aldine ISD where she served as a Math Teacher, Math Specialist, Testing Coordinator, and Curriculum & Instruction Assistant Principal. During her career she also served as Teacher Development Specialist for HISD. Her career in CFISD includes Math teacher, Academic Achievement Specialist and currently Director of Instruction.

Mrs. Burton graduated high school in 1992 from Dwight D. Eisenhower, then attended Stephen F. Austin and graduated in 1996 with a Bachelors degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.

She began teaching in 1997 at Truitt Middle School, then went on to receive her Masters in School Administration in 2002.

From 2002-2005, Mrs. Burton because the Academic Achievement Helping Teacher at ISC, followed by being the Academic Achievement Helping Teacher at Cypress Creek from 2005-2008. In the spring of 2008, Mrs. Burton became an Assistant Principal at Thornton Middle School.

Since, 2008, Mrs. Burton has been at Cypress Lakes as Assistant Principal.

Heather Elliott has 13 years experience in education at middle and high school levels. She has been an English teacher, Literacy Coach, Graduation Coach, and Assistant Principal. Before joining the Cy-Fair school district she had worked in Fort Bend ISD and Houston ISD.

Ms. Elliott earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston-Downtown, and her Principal Certification from the University of St.Thomas in Houston.

Susan Luce received her Bachelor’s of Science in Special Education from The University of West Alabama in 2004.  She began her career in Cypress Fairbanks ISD in 2004 at Hamilton Middle School as a PE teacher and coach.  Throughout her time in CFISD, she has served as a Resource Reading teacher and Special Education Liaison.  In 2017, she received her Masters Degree in Administration and Leadership from The University of North Texas.  She served as the High School Special Education Teacher Support at Cypress Lakes High School for two years before being named an Assistant Principal in 2020.