Introducing...
LaShun Gaines
Principal - Red Rock Elementary Bastrop ISD
President - Bastrop Area ABSE

LaShun Gaines serves the students of Bastrop ISD as the Principal at Red Rock Elementary.  Mrs. Gaines joined the district in 2006.  She began her career as an educator in 1999 as a first grade teacher in Austin ISD and has taught various levels of elementary curriculum from first to fifth grade.  She has also served as Reading Interventionist with Hays CISD.  Mrs. Gaines has presented on the local, state, and international levels.  She was named Texas Outstanding Elementary Teacher of the Year for 2004. For the past four years she has served the students of Bastrop Intermediate as Assistant Principal.

Mrs. Gaines received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a minor in English in 1998 from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.  She received her Masters of Education degree in Elementary Education with a cognate in Reading in 2002 from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.  Mrs. Gaines is the newly elected President of the Bastrop Area Alliance of Black School Educators.  She has been a member for the past four years.

Mrs. Gaines resides in Bastrop, Texas with her husband, Jason Gaines, and three children.

"LaShun is a visionary.  She desires what is best for each student and each teacher in her school. 
She is someone who encourages 'out-of-the-box' thinking as a means to problem solve."
- Demetria Cummins, Ed.D Principal, NBMS 

"A transformational leader, she is honest, loyal, and compassionate. "
 - Merv Doherty COL