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Board of trustees names principal of Shackelford Junior High
The AISD Board of Trustees announces its selection of Jerod Zahn as principal of Shackelford Junior
High. Zahn has served as the principal of Ferguson Junior High since May 2014, and he was an
assistant principal at Boles Junior High from 2011 to 2014. He was a physical education teacher and
coach at Bailey Junior High from 2009 to2011, and he taught English at Bailey for two years prior to
that. Zahn has also served as an assistant principal at Young Junior High (2004-2007) and an English
teacher and coach at Gunn Junior High (2001-2004). He started his teaching career in 2000 in the
Venus ISD. Zahn holds a bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and a master’s degree
from the University of North Texas.

Board Of Trustees Names Assistant Principals
The AISD Board of Trustees announces assistant principals for Bowie and Sam Houston high schools, Carter Junior High
and Thornton Elementary.
Lee Jones has been selected as an assistant principal at Bowie High School. Jones has been a science teacher and coach at
Workman Junior High since 2012. Prior to that, he was a physical education teacher at Berry Elementary from 2009 to 2012,
the sports director of the 21st Century Program at Nichols Junior High from 2008 to 2009, and an elementary tutor and
kindergarten teacher assistant at Berry Elementary from 2006 to 2009. Jones has both a bachelor’s and master’s from the
University of Texas at Arlington.
Dr. Angela Bicknell has been selected as an assistant principal at Sam Houston High School. Bicknell has been the 21st
Century Community Learning Centers grant coordinator in the Birdville ISD since 2009. Previously, Bicknell was an
assistant principal at Lake Point Elementary in the Eagle Mountain- Saginaw ISD from 2008 to 2009. She was also a grant
coordinator in the Birdville ISD from 2006 to 2008 and an English/language arts teacher at Haltom High School from 1993
to 2006. Bicknell has a bachelor’s from the University of North Texas, a master’s from Texas Wesleyan University and a
doctorate from Walden University in Minneapolis.
Brandon Howard has been selected as an assistant principal at Carter Junior High. Previously, Howard has been the assistant
principal at Key Elementary since 2012. Howard was a physical education teacher and coach at Bailey Junior High from 2006
to 2012, and he was a Texas and U.S. history teacher and coach at Bailey from 2000 to 2006. Howard has a bachelor’s from
McMurry University and a master’s from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Carlos Lopez has been selected as the assistant principal at Thornton Elementary. Lopez has been a second-, third- and
fifth-grade and Title I teacher at Helbing Elementary in the Fort Worth ISD since 2007. Prior to that, he was a vocational
rehabilitation counselor with the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services from 2005 to 2007. Lopez has a
bachelor’s from UT Southwestern Medical Center and a master’s from American College of Education in Indiana.

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