Boise City Public Schools is happy to introduce some new employees as well as some employees who have been here for a while, but are now assuming new roles in the district. Many of the names and faces of these individuals will be recognizable, while others may not. I want to welcome each of them to the Boise City Schools team, and hope that they will get a warm reception from the school district community.
Michael Bagwell moved back to Boise City in July of 2022. He is a Deputy with the Cimarron County Sheriff’s Office and has several years of experience of coaching and assistant coaching with Rec Baseball, Softball, and Traveling Wrestling teams Michael has four children who attend school in Boise City and he cannot wait to see where he and Coach Cobb can take the Junior High and High School Lady Cats softball team. Michael appreciates this opportunity and looks forward to being the Assistant Softball Coach.
Joe (Trey) Drinkard III brings 16 years of teaching and coaching experience to Boise City from various schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico. Trey graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in 1998 and he received his master’s degree in Secondary Education and Sports Administration from East Central University in 2021. Coach Drinkard will teach Elementary Physical Education and Drivers Ed along with coaching at Boise City Schools.
Samantha (Sam) Foust graduated high school in Keyes in 2011. She then attended Oklahoma Panhandle State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 2015. Sam taught Jr. High and High School Math at Keyes for two years and at Hardesty for three years. She will be teaching High School Math at Boise City School.
Roxanne Graciano was born and raised in Pomona, California. She is 24 years old, and is engaged to her fiancé. Roxanne has a 2-year-old daughter and a 1-year old son. In her spare time Roxanne likes to spend time with her family. Her kids love outside activities, so you will probably find her at water parks, zoos, or amusement parks.
Roxanne attended Mt. San Antonio Community College right after graduating from high school where her major was Law Enforcement, more specifically Corrections. As she made her way through college, Roxanne started working at a daycare. She worked there for about 2 years and as she was working there she began to love working with children. Interacting with each kid made her really rethink her “Law Enforcement career”. Now Roxanne is here in Boise City ready to continue working with children that one day will be the future. She will be employed as a paraprofessional at Boise City School.
Lucy Ledesma will be the assistant coach for High School and Junior High Cheer. She graduated from Boise City high school in 2016. Lucy has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Oklahoma Panhandle State University. She currently works in the Cimarron County Assessor’s Office at the courthouse. Lucy and head cheer coach, Kaylie Crawford, cheered for Boise City all through high school and stayed best friends since then. They have big plans for the cheer program, one of which is to compete in the game day competition in November. Lucy is thrilled to be able to come back and take over a coaching role for the team and is excited to see what the future holds for the program.
Steffani Perry has been in education for 29 years and has previously taught in Texas for 5 years, Oklahoma for 1 year, and Kansas for 23 years. For the last 23 years, she has been an upper-level mathematics instructor in Elkhart. Last year she also acted as the 5th-12th grade Student Services Coordinator (counselor) and will complete her Master of Education in School Counseling on August 12th through Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She is happily married and has a daughter that attends Oklahoma State University and a son that will be a junior at Elkhart High School next year. Mrs. Perry is excited for the opportunity to teach at Boise City High School and to be able to assist Mrs. Cayton in providing social and emotional support and counseling needs to the students of Boise City Public Schools
Breann (Bree) Phillips recently moved to Cimarron County with her family in March of this year. Her son will be attending Boise City Schools this year as a 3rd grader. Bree and her family moved to Boise City from Hawaii. Prior to getting this job she worked as a floating CNA. Bree has been a Teacher’s Aide and also helped run a Preschool/Daycare. She is very excited to be a part of the Boise City School system. Bree will be working throughout the district as a full-time substitute teacher in the upcoming school year.
Amber Robinson is joining Boise City Schools as the new Kindergarten teacher and she is “so excited to be teaching here”. She is married to her best friend, Joe, and is a mom to three wonderful kids. Although her husband was born and raised here, Amber and Joe lived in Weatherford, OK until about three years ago when they decided to move to Boise City. In Weatherford, Amber worked as a surgical technologist for several years and then owned and operated an in-home daycare for four years so that she could stay home after her youngest child was born. Since moving to Boise City, Amber has worked as a reading coach at Boise City Elementary. She attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where she completed her teaching degree this summer. Amber truly loves working with children and seeing their eyes light up as they learn and discover something new.
Cintia Rosas has lived in Boise City for 17 years. Before Pizza Hut was permanently closed, she worked for the company for seven years as a waitress, cook, and shift leader. Children are an enjoyable company to Cintia, and she strives to help them in any way she can. In 2016, Boise City schools gave Cintia the opportunity to pursue her vocation as a paraprofessional in the Pre-K class where she spent four years assisting Mrs. Robinson. After her time in Pre-K, Cintia was able to move up to Second Grade, which was a big change and she enjoyed two years with Mrs. Shannon. Cintia is extremely excited to start her seventh year at Boise City School as the new Second Grade teacher.