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Ryan DuBose discusses promoting unity in the community at a Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Ryan DuBose, a family man, has now shifted his focus from building relationships with students to continuing the growth of his family relationships. 

DuBose has been in the teaching industry for 15 years, teaching a range of subjects and being in many different positions. Most recently he was the principal of LCM High School for six years and has now switched to his new position of Director of Student and Employee Programs. In this new position, DuBose has a role of teacher mentorship and recruitment. 

“The days are flexible and different,” DuBose said. “Most (of) the days I am in teachers’ classrooms. I have about 40 teachers under my belt.” 

When DuBose was a teacher and a principal, he was able to develop relationships with the students that would help the students through life. When switching to his new position, he has less interactions with students – which he has grown to miss. 

“That’s the part that has kind of been cut from me – my close relationships with students,” DuBose said. “I’m in kindergarten classes now, sitting in the little chairs with my laptop. That’s been a cool thing that I’ve never experienced.” 

DuBose made the job switch so he could spend more time with his wife and kids. With two daughters at home, building his family relationships became his focus while maintaining the relationships that he’s built with the school. 

“I have two young kids,” DuBose said. “I’d rather be there for them. I want to be the type of father they can always rely on. I’ve enjoyed raising the girls and being able to do it the way it needs to be done.”  

Becoming a teacher wasn’t DuBose’s first choice. He originally attended college for pre-med, then switched to dentistry and then ended up getting his master’s in business. After finding himself at a crossroads, his former high school principal encouraged him and gave him the push into the teaching industry. 

DuBose ended up teaching for three years, then became an assistant principal at the high school. Two years later, he got hired as the principal of Little Cypress Junior High and after three years there, he transitioned to the high school as the principal.

According to DuBose, his parents have been among his biggest supporters throughout his career in education.

“They pushed me because they strove for success,” DuBose said. “I felt like I could jump for the stars because I knew they would be there if I failed.” 

When looking back on his years as principal and as a teacher, DuBose said he is proud of the impact he has made. Although he had to make some tough decisions throughout the years, even made some mistakes, every decision he made was for the benefit of the school and the students within.  

“I don’t know if I’d be where I’m at if I hadn’t learned from those mistakes,” DuBose said. “Not everyone is going to like the decisions I make, (but) you know dang sure I love and care for you.”