Karen Harris is the principal of Cunningham Elementary School. Harris has served HISD for the past eleven years. She began her career as a teacher with Beaumont ISD at Regina-Howell Elementary School for six years. She continued her career at Bonham Elementary School in HISD as a first-, third-, and fifth-grade ESL teacher for six years. At Bell Elementary School, she served as a teacher specialist, where she spearheaded and established a K-5 campus-wide system for guided reading, prior to the development of Literacy by 3. Harris served in various roles over the past eighteen years, including teacher specialist, Baylor Master Teacher, University of Houston/HISD mentor teacher, and curriculum writer for both HISD and Beaumont ISD. At Milne Elementary School, she served as the interim principal and assistant principal. Harris most recently served at the assistant principal at Cunningham. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and her Master of Education Degree in Administration from Lamar University.