{"id":316783,"date":"2026-05-31T19:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/316783\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T19:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:34:29","slug":"with-schools-closing-corpus-christi-isd-shares-two-principal-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/316783\/","title":{"rendered":"With schools closing, Corpus Christi ISD shares two principal moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corpus Christi ISD announced leadership changes at two elementary schools for the 2026-27 school year on May 28.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Vasquez-Kotch will lead Berlanga Elementary School next year. Vasquez-Kotch is currently principal of Kostoryz Elementary School, but the campus is closing before next year due to district school consolidation plans.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Amanda Vasquez-Kotch will lead Berlanga Elementary School in 2026-27.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_corpus_christi_caller_times_136\/3fbce94b0f36e8d077602c2736870b68.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Vasquez-Kotch will lead Berlanga Elementary School in 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez-Kotch&#8217;s career history includes time as a teacher, instructional and assistant principal at Kostoryz Elementary School but her first job in Corpus Christi Independent School District was at Berlanga Elementary School, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Current Berlanga Elementary School Principal Mellissa Clearman is leaving the campus to lead Kolda Elementary School. Clearman&#8217;s previous experience includes time as an assistant principal at Moody High School and Adkins Middle School.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mellissa Clearman will lead Kolda Elementary School in 2026-27.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_corpus_christi_caller_times_136\/94d53db08f4d82a1e9366d794c2e2fca.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mellissa Clearman will lead Kolda Elementary School in 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are grateful to these two exemplary leaders for their enthusiastic willingness to serve our district,&#8221; Superintendent Roland Hernandez said in a news release. &#8220;Through our partnership with The Holdsworth Center, we have grown in our ability to make strategic placements to ensure the continued success of our district.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The district announced other leadership changes earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Current Browne Middle School Principal Jenifer Guerra-Leos, whose campus is also closing, will lead Carroll High School next year.<\/p>\n<p>Current Sanders Elementary School Principal Marcos Aguilera will lead Windsor Park Elementary School. Sanders Elementary School is another closing school.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the district is closing seven campuses before next year. The district has previously announced that these closures will result in salary savings of over $13.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to a district news release, the district is working with employees of closing schools to find new placements filling vacancies at other Corpus Christi Independent School District campuses.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Corpus Christi ISD appoints two principals to new schools;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/education\/2026\/05\/29\/corpus-christi-isd-appoints-two-principals-to-new-schools\/90301877007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Corpus Christi ISD appoints two principals to new schools<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi ISD announced leadership changes at two elementary schools for the 2026-27 school year on May 28.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[28693,113759,155,157,17118,17117,156,17505,113760],"class_list":["post-316783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-assistant-principal","tag-closing-school","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-independent-school-district","tag-corpus-christi-isd","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-elementary-schools","tag-vasquez-kotch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}