Rebecca Serrano is a new assistant principal at Bryan Adams High School. Photo courtesy of Ryan Bott

After an unprecedented school year, a new assistant principal is joining a team of Bryan Adams High School administrators who are working to educate students safely this fall during the coronavirus pandemic, the principal said Monday.

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Four-year educator Rebecca Serrano will take over the position after teaching English Language Arts courses at Uplift Education to struggling scholars not meeting grade level. In her third and fourth year, she received recognition for common assessment scores that ranked in the top three throughout the district.

In her new role, she will work with the ninth grade, as well as the math and social studies departments.

Serrano is a first-generation high school and college graduate. She earned a bachelor’s in English literature and a master’s in educational leadership from the University of North Texas. She is in her second year working toward a doctoral degree in leaning and organizational change at Baylor University, where she focuses on increasing teacher retention in Title I schools.