24-04-2025
Weatherford ISD superintendent gets 'positive' evaluation, Swanson named Curtis Elem chief
Weatherford school trustees on Monday named a new principal for Curtis Elementary and hired a communications director.
Both officers succeed retiring Weatherford ISD leaders.
Trustees also emerged from closed session to give Superintendent Beau Rees a positive annual performance evaluation.
Rees said Tuesday any changes to his contract will be considered when the board writes next year's budget this coming summer.
Trustees also named Brandi Swenson to succeed Lorie Bratcher at the elementary school Monday.
Swenson arrives from Iowa Park Consolidated ISD northwest of Wichita Falls, where she has served the past decade as principal of Bradford Elementary.
A news release Tuesday morning said Swenson served in assistant principal roles there since 2011, after starting out as a third grade teacher in Iowa Park in 1999, according to WISD.
Swenson was named Assistant Principal of the Year in 2012 for the Region 9 Education Service Center region.
She holds a master's degree in education from Wayland Baptist University.
Weatherford trustees also named Reid Blackwell to succeed retiring Charlotte LaGrone as director of communications.
Blackwell comes from the Mesquite ISD communications department where the Baylor alum has served since 2019.
There, he developed a districtwide messaging system and led multi-media projects.
LaGrone is set to retire at the end of June.
