Community Impact reports that Conroe ISD finalized the hiring of five new principals at their June 2nd special board meeting. The principals will serve the district for the 2026-27 school year.
At Gordon Reed Elementary School, Amy Barber will serve as the new principal. She served in several positions at Giesinger Elementary, including classroom teacher, assistant principal and coach.
Angela Akin Fonville will become the new principal of Giesinger Elementary School. She brings 20 years of educational leadership to the job. In her work at Cy-Fair and Conroe ISD, she had roles of summer school principal, trainer, data analyst and classroom teacher.
At San Jacinto Elementary School, Lara Vasquez will fill the job of new prinicipal. In the education field, she has almost three decades of experience. She served as a literacy coach, teacher, educational diagnostician and assistant principal at Runyan Elementary School.
Barbara Solbert will be signing on as principal at Oak Ridge Ninth Grade campus. At Conroe High School she served as associate principal. She brings with her 31 years in the education field with 19 years in administration.
At Birnham Woods Elementary School, Tonya Smith will become principal. She is a former principal at Buckalew Elementary. She also held the position of assistant principal there for over ten years.
