Waco ISD mourns the loss of longtime educator
Posted at 4:47 PM, Jan 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-08 17:47:04-05
WACO, TX â Waco ISD is mourning the loss of longtime educator Lester McDowell.
McDowell joined Waco ISD as a teacher at Brook Avenue Elementary School in 1976 and continued as a teacher for 13 years, including time at G.L. Wiley and G.W. Carver middle schools.
He went on to serve as an assistant principal and principal at G.W. Carver, then as principal at Lake Waco Elementary School, Provident Heights Elementary School and finally G.L. Wiley Middle School, where he led the campus from 1999 until his retirement in 2003 after 28 years with Waco ISD.