School safety: No clear solution

Background CFISD Superintendent Dr. Mark Henry is entering his 37th year as an educator, and began as a teacher and coach in the Dallas area. Later on he became an assistant principal and principal in Dallas. He had his first superintendency in 1991, in the small town of Milford, south of Dallas. There were 230 students in Milford at the time, in grade levels K-12. After a few years in Milford,...

Background CFISD’s Chief of Police Eric Mendez has been in law enforcement for 28 years, starting out in Kingsville,  a small city just south of Corpus Christi where he worked for nine years.  After a year and a half of convincing, Mendez finally joined a friend in Austin ISD, and spent the next 18 years working for the police force there. He worked his way from the bottom to the top, start...

Background Dr. Hafedh Azaiez was born and raised in Tunisia, located in North Africa, and came to the U.S. to pursue grad school. He had a background in physics and chemistry, and planned on going into geophysics, but later changed his plans to become an educator. Dr. Azaiez went back and got his master’s and eventually doctorate in education, and advanced from teacher, eventually to his current...

Background Mrs. Kathryn Zepeda started her career as a music teacher, but realized she wanted to do something where she could use her brain more, and became an engineer. Later on Mrs. Zepeda realized her passion was in teaching children, and earned her certification in Virginia. She taught in Virginia,  and Washington D.C. before finally moving to Texas. Mrs. Zepeda began at Cypress Springs High...

Background Mark Bentick, a sophomore at Bridgeland High School, was born in Dubai, and moved to the U.S. at 5-years-old due to his dad’s job. He loves going to school, especially to learn math. Bentick enjoys physics the most since it’s a “wonderful combination between math and science.” He is a member of the math honor society, Science Olympiad, FCA, and Key Club. During his free time he likes...