Dr. Kathryn (Kathy) Brown, an associate principal of Klein High School), has been named as principal of Ulrich Intermediate School. This school will open for the 2010-2011 school year at 10103 Spring Cypress Road. Voter approval of the Klein ISD 2008 bond proposal allowed the district to construct this school in the northwest portion of the district. 

Dr. Brown has classroom experience that includes teaching at Wunderlich, Hildebrandt, and Strack intermediate schools and Klein Forest High School. Her career as a school administrator began in 1988 when she became an assistant principal at Strack Intermediate School. She worked as an  assistant principal at Twin Creeks Intermediate School in the Spring ISD, the principal of Oakwood Intermediate School in the College Station ISD, and associate superintendent in the Castleberry ISD before returning to Klein in the position she now holds. For three years, Dr. Brown also served as a consultant, and she taught at Sam Houston State University for a year. 

As a girl, Dr. Brown was drawn to a career in education. In fact, by the time she was in junior high school, she knew she would become a teacher. 

In reflecting on her career, Dr. Brown noted, “I grew up professionally in the Klein ISD. I was thrilled to come back to Klein High School. My previous Klein experiences are ingrained, and they influenced my career as a public school administrator. Because most of my teaching was at the intermediate school level, I have a heart for intermediate school students. At that level, it is easy to see the impact that a teacher makes on students.”

In preparation for the opening of Ulrich, Dr. Brown is already reading research on the opening of a new school. Other facets of her preparation will be meeting with key Klein personnel who will guide in the organization and instruction plans for the school, hiring staff members, and meeting with others who have opened new schools to learn from their experiences. 

Dr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) from Louisiana Tech University, a Masters of Education from Sam Houston State University, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.