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Kathy Caraway Elementary
Kathy Caraway Elementary School, formerly North Oaks Elementary School is located in the Round Rock Independent School District.

A few people at Caraway Elementary are in the following table:

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Kathy Caraway
Mrs. Kathy Caraway was former principal of Kathy Caraway Elementary, which was then called North Oaks Elementary School. She was principal from 1970 -- 2002. In 2002, Kathy Caraway retired because with breathing problems, she thought it was too hard to work as a principal. Shelly Hohmann became principal in 2002. In 2004, Kathy Caraway died, and North Oaks Elementary was renamed to Kathy Caraway Elementary.

Shelly Hohmann
Shelly Hohmann is the current principal of Kathy Caraway Elementary School. She became principal in 2002, after Kathy Caraway retired. She has achieved her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Curriculum and Instuction from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. She has also achieved her mid-management degree at Texas State University. All of her teaching experience has been in the Round Rock Independent School District, where she taught second grade and forth grade at a nearby school, Spicewood Elementary School. 2013 has been her 29th year in education. Her husband's name is David, who is a structural civil engineer. Their children, Kyle and Emily, are both products of Round Rock Independent School District, and have graduated from college. Where they graduated is unknown, but known to not have graduated from Austin. Today, though, they do live in Austin. Kyle, Shelly Hohmann's son, is a landscape architect. And Emily, Shelly Hohmann's daughter, works as a production assistant for a movie studio. Shelly Hohmann's hobbies include traveling with her family and friends, reading, and exercising.

Like Mrs. Caraway, she is very friendly to both students and parents

Denise Thompson
Denise Thompson is the current vice principal of Kathy Caraway Elementary. She has been vice principal since 2010. Possibly former secretary. Denise Thompson has had over 20 years in education. As a native Brazilian, she has achieved a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2008, she completed her Master's Degree in Education Administration from Concordia University. During her career, she spent 20 years as a classroom teacher before moving to administration level. She has served the last 3 years at Round Rock Independent School District as an ESL district instructional coach and an assistant principal. She is married to Bill Thompson who is an energy consultant for Fowler Energy Company. Denise Thompson and Bill Thompson have two children, Tales and Artur. Her hobbies are spending time with family and friends, reading, cooking, painting, gardening, and playing piano.

Pam Bauerkemper
Pam Bauerkemper is the current secretary at Kathy Caraway Elementary. She is married to her husband, Tim, and has grown 3 grown children who were all student at Caraway (then North Oaks), went on through the nearby middle school, Canyon Vista Middle School, and then to the nearby high school, Westwood High School. One of her children, Tim Jr., is married to his best friend, Jennifer, and is a pastor for a congregation in Sequin, Texas. Tim Jr. and Jennifer gifted Pam and Tim with their first grandchild, Lukas, in April 2007, and then Benjamin in July 2010. Pam and Tim's second child, Joseph is married to his best friend, Kristen, and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Joseph and Kristen, then gifted Pam and Tim their first granddaughter, Eliza, born in March 2010. Pam and Tim's third child, Paige, is a graduate student at the University of Texas. Eliza taught high school mathematics for 3 years, and 2 years of elementary intervention, before starting this new adventure. All three of Pam and Tim's children have love for education and sharing possibilities.

Nancy Richards
Nancy Richards keeps track of student grades, teacher and parent paperwork, student tardies, and student absents.

Otherwise, no information listed so far.

Susan Creason-Vrazel
Susan Vrazel is the current counselor at Kathy Caraway Elementary. She has been counselor since 2009. She used to be a school counselor at 2 other Texas schools before being a Caraway counselor. She also used to be a para-professional for a year and a 2nd grade classroom teacher for 8 years at Kathy Caraway Elementary when it was known as North Oaks Elementary. Her family made a move to the Dallas area where she became a school counselor at J.O.Davis Elementary for 3 years in Irving, TX. In 2004, a while before Mrs. Kathy Caraway died, Susan Vrazel and her family moved back to Austin, TX where she became one of the counselors at Wells Branch Elementary for 5 years. Susan Vrazel's children attended Kathy Caraway (then North Oaks) while she was a teacher. She is married to her husband and she and her husband have 5 children that are now in their 20's. She has four boys, and the youngest child is a girl. Susan Vrazel grew up in Brownsville, TX for 19 years and had the opportunity to acquire the spanish language which has been greatly beneficial for her and helpful for others who do not speak well English but speak fluent Spanish. Though, Susan Vrazel now does not use Spanish often anymore because she doesn't have any people to speak Spanish to other than a few janitors at Kathy Caraway Elementary.

Judy Gullen
Judy Gullen is the current main nurse. She used to be the only nurse at Kathy Caraway Elementary, but now that she has a few more jobs at Kathy Caraway Elementary, she is likely to retire soon.

Otherwise, no other information listed so far.

"Alice" Bunny Barnard
Alice Barnard is the person at Kathy Caraway Elementary who helps out with technology at the school. She works at two schools at once: Kathy Caraway Elementary and nearby Purple Sage Elementary.

2013 marks Alice's 23rd year of teaching in Round Rock Independent School District. That means that Alice has been working at Round Rock Independent School District since 1980. 17 of those years were spent in teaching 5th grade. 2013 also marks her 6th year as an Instructional Technology Specialist. That means she's been doing that since 2007. As a child, Alice grew up in a military family, and they moved a lot. Alice attended school in Virginia, California, Hawaii, and graduated high school in Newport, Rhode Island. Then, she finally moved to Texas. She graduated college at the University of Texas in Austin, TX with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics, Textiles, Clothing, and Fashion Designing. She later received her middle and elementary teacher's certificates from the University of Texas, and got ESL certification. Alice and her husband have three married sons. Her husband's side of the family lives 8 hours away in Witchita, Kansas. Alice and her husband also has 3 grandsons and 2 granddaughters.