Kristen Alex was named the new principal of Cypress Elementary School, and Matt Calkins was named the new principal of Deer Creek Elementary School, Leander ISD Superintendent Dan Troxell announced April 30. Alex started working as a teacher in 1996, in Lake Travis, Somerville and Gonzales ISDs, according to Leander ISD’s website. She was an education coordinator and special education teacher at The University of Texas Charter School Texas NeuroRehab Center from 2001 to 2006 and began working for LISD at River Place Elementary School as a special education instructional assistant in 2011. She served as the special education team lead at Grandview Hills Elementary School, and she is the assistant principal of the school, according to the site. Calkins started working as an English teacher in 1994 in Houston ISD, and moved to Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD in 2005. He later became an AVID (Advanced Via Individual Determination) coordinator and middle school assistant principal in the district, according to LISD’s site. Since 2016, he has held the position of principal of Fort Stockton Intermediate School in Fort Stockton ISD.