On Tuesday, November 18, the number of campus principals in Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) doubled; but only for one day and it didn’t cost the district any additional money for salaries. On November 18, each Mission CISD had a business or community leader experience the life of a principal by becoming a Principal for a Day.
These Principals for a Day reported to their respective schools at 7:30 a.m. and then shadowed the real campus principal through their regular duties. The Principals for a Day had a shortened work schedule that ended with a luncheon at the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce. The real campus principals then reported back to their schools to complete their work days.
Mission CISD first started the Principal for a Day program in 2006 as a way to help educate the local business and community leaders about the rewards and rigors of the principalship. Principal for a Day also gives the participants an unfiltered look into what goes on in a school on a regular day. It is also meant to help build relationships between the district and the communities it serves.
The list of participants for the ninth annual Principal for a Day program is quite varied. The year’s Principals for a Day were: Richard Arevalo, Alton City Council; Aida Lerma, deputy city manager, City of Mission; Ruben Plata, Mission City Council; Petra Ramirez, Mission CISD Board of Trustees; Jesus P. Cano, manufacturing engineer, GE Aviation; Dr. Armando O’Caña, Mission City Council; Cesar Suarez, SVP/Mission market president, Texas Regional Bank; Julie Silva, editor, Progress Times; Sergio Munoz Jr., state representative; Roy Cervantes, US Border Patrol; Cipi Saenz, general manager, Bert Ogden Chevrolet; Veronica Mendoza, Mission CISD Board of Trustees; Patricia O’Caña-Olivarez, president, Mission CISD Board of Trustees; Jesse Gonzalez, attorney at law, J. Gonzalez Law Firm; Pedro Perez, editor, Valley Town Crier; Jessica Ortega-Ochoa, Mission City Council; Patty Bazaldua, vice president; Mission CISD Board of Trustees; Silvestre Treviño IV, publisher, Texas Scholars Magazine; Dr. Shirley Reed, president, South Texas College; Paul J. Curtin, vice president, Hunt Valley Development; Minnie Rodgers, Mission CISD Board of Trustees; Roy Vela, Mission CISD Board of Trustees.
Pictured next (center) is Dr. Shirley Reed, president, South Texas College as she is shown work being done on special calculators by Nereyda Trevino, math coach, Mission High School (left). Reed was shadowing Edilberto Flores, principal at Mission High School (right).
Pictured next is Alton Elementary School Principal for a Day, Richard Arevalo, Alton City Council Member, as he prepared for morning announcements.
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