Innovation & Exciting Happenings in BISD

Audrey M. Collins is an instructional leader who proudly hails from Beaumont, Texas. Audrey has devoted the last 19 years to the education and the advancement of at-risk students. Audrey is a 1997 graduate of West Brook High School, a 2002 graduate of Sam Houston State University, a 2009 postgraduate of Lamar University, and she is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree from Lamar University with a concentration in Technology and Education Innovation.

As an educator, Audrey has worked as an assistant band director, special education teacher, curriculum coordinator, assistant principal, and for the past six years as an elementary school principal. In 2017, Audrey became the proud principal of Pietzsch-MacArthur where her primary focus is academic and character excellence for her students and developing her staff to be the best 21st century educators possible." She genuinely believes in tapping into the talents of those around her in order to enhance the learning environment of her campus and all stakeholders.

In 2020, under the leadership and innovative vision of Dr. Shannon Allen and Dr. Anita Frank, the expansion of Pietzsch-MacArthur Elementary was born. The campus will be expanded from a traditional PK-5 campus to a hybrid PK-8 campus, which will be a first for Beaumont Independent School District. The expansion will come full circle with the addition of 8th grade in 2022. The campus will focus on STEM, Fine Arts, Career and Technical Development, and of course doing what is best for all students as well as the community members that our educational institution serves.

Speaker will be introduced by Shannon Allen.