Principal

Cindy DeFrances

Principal DeFrances is an alumna of the University of Southern Mississippi where she attained a  Masters Degree in Elementary Education and
Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision.

Mrs. DeFrances began her career as a Teacher at East Ward Elementary.  She was later promoted to the positions of Assistant Principal at West Elementary then at Pass Road Elementary where she was also promoted to Principal. Mrs. DeFrances left Pass Road Elementary to become the Community Relations Coordinator for the Gulfport School District, where she received numerous commendations from the Mississippi Department of Education.  In Spring of 2009 circumstance laid way to a Principal position being available at Central Elementary.  Mrs. DeFrances made the decision to return to the schools and carry on a tradition of  teaching our future leaders of tomorrow!

 

'To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.'

Gordon Brown former Dean MIT

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