| Associate principal gets post as leader at Newman Smith 04/12/2001 By Daphne Brown / The Dallas Morning News Seventeen years after he started as a social studies teacher at Newman Smith High School, Joe Pouncy has been named the school's next principal.
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch public schools' first black male principal succeeds Dr. Lee Alvoid.
Trustees unanimously approved Mr. Pouncy as head of the district's second-oldest high school, effective for the 2001-02 school year. Dr. Alvoid will retire in June, ending 32 years with the district. About 1,000 north Irving students attend Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD schools.
Mr. Pouncy said he hopes to continue the atmosphere of teamwork and camaraderie at Newman Smith. He wants students to get better every day in order to be the finest school in the country.
"We're going to try to do what's best for learners ... because no one of is us is smarter than all of us together," Mr. Pouncy said.
"Joe is a mainstay at Newman Smith," said assistant superintendent Dr. Bobby Burns. "He has a great rapport with the students and staff, and, under his leadership, I am sure Newman Smith will continue its outstanding educational achievements."
Board President John Tepper said the job of a superintendent is tough, "but I have tremendous respect for anyone to take on the challenge of school principal."
Mr. Pouncy has been a part of the school's administrative team for the nine years she has been principal. He was assistant principal from 1989 to 1995. Dr. Alvoid promoted Mr. Pouncy to associate principal when former associate principal Susan Fogarty was promoted to director of student services for the district.
In addition to his duties as a campus leader, Mr. Pouncy has served as a United States Department of Education New American High School Program peer reviewer and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools district committee member.
Mr. Pouncy, 50, is a graduate of Dallas Lincoln High School. He received bachelor of fine arts and master of liberal arts degrees from Southern Methodist University and social science and mid-management certifications from the University of North Texas. Before entering teaching, he had been a reporter from 1974 to 1982 at The Dallas Morning News.
He and his wife, Laurette, have a son, Joseph, who is a senior at Baylor University.
This story also appeared in the Northwest Dallas Morning News. Staff writer Daphne Brown can be reached at 972-418-9999, ext. 2001, and at .
|
