Jodie Blair Smith was selected as the namesake for Middle School #16. Jodie spent 30 of her 33 years in education working in CFISD. She began her career with the district as a teacher at Cy-Fair High School.   She served as an assistant principal and an associate principal at Jersey Village High School. She returned to Cy-Fair High School where she served as the principal for 12 years.   Jodie was serving as the assistant superintendent for secondary school administration when she retired in June 2003.   She currently works part -time for Region IV administering principal assessments. Jodie was selected as Houston’s 2001 High School Principal of the Year by the Houston Chronicle. She and her husband, Dick, have one daughter, Stephanie, who graduated from Cy-Fair High School in 1988 and is currently an assistant principal at Lamkin Elementary. Their granddaughter, Madison, will be a member of the 2010 Cy-Fair High School graduating class.

Jodie Blair Smith Middle School (Middle School #16) will be constructed on our 130-acre multi-school campus site located on Fry Road near the intersection of Cypress N. Houston.   Design work is scheduled to begin in March 2007 with the school opening for the 2009-2010 school year.