The Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees hired Marti Makuta as principal at Cavazos Middle School at their workshop meeting this morning. Makuta had served as the assistant principal at Cavazos since 2006.
A 19-year veteran with the Lubbock Independent School District, Makuta began her career as a teacher at Haynes Elementary School in 1997 where she taught for nine years. Following an assistant principal internship at Lubbock High School in 2006, she began her career as an administrator at Cavazos.
A native of Bangs, Texas, Makuta earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from Texas Tech University in December of 1996. She earned her Master of Education and Principal Certification in August of 2007, also from Texas Tech.
Makuta is married and has three children in Lubbock ISD.
(Press release from Lubbock ISD)