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Shauna Koehne is proud to be in her fifth year as Principal at Carpenter Middle School. Prior to joining the Carpenter staff, she spent six years at Wilson Middle School as an eighth grade English Teacher, Team Leader, Dean of Students, and Assistant Principal. This is her fifteenth year in education, ten of which have been in Plano I.S.D. Previous districts include Austin I.S.D., Pine Tree I.S.D., Marshall I.S.D., and North East I.S.D. Although she taught second grade one brief year, nearly all of her experience is in middle school where she truly enjoys working with young adolescents and the teachers who share her passion to teach them.

Ms. Koehne is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She holds both a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Learning and Development and Master's Degree in Educational Administration. Hook 'em Horns! She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where she attended Tom C. Clark High School in Northside I.S.D.

When away from Carpenter, Ms. Koehne enjoys spending time with her two young daughters, (both future Cowboys!), reading, gardening, and wearing burnt orange as often as she can stand to support her beloved Longhorns!

Ben Benavides has been in Plano ISD for 12 years as a teacher and administrator. This is his 6th year at Carpenter as the Assistant Principal. He was previously at Hendrick middle school where he taught Spanish I. Over all, Mr. Benavides has 21 years in education where most of that time has been at the middle school level.

He has a Bachelor of Arts and a minor in Spanish from UT Pan American. His masters is in Educational Administration from A&M Commerce.

His wife is a teacher of the visually impaired in PISD. They have a son in 4th grade and a young preschool daughter.

Todd McConaughy is in his second year at Carpenter. His previous experience includes 5 years at Frankford Middle School where he lead the 7th grade Texas and U.S. history team from 2002-2007.

He is a former Carpenter student (Yahoo!) and Plano East graduate. He earned his B.A. from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2000 and his Master's in Education Administration from Texas A&M - Commerce, May, 2008.
 
Mr. McConaughy currently resides in Plano with his wife and daughter. His interests are NASCAR, hockey, football, movies, and spending time with family and friends.