Superintendent to speak at meeting

The featured speaker at Thursday’s Rotary Club meeting will be Roswell Schools Superintendent Brian Luck.

Brian Luck

Luck, 49, was born in Portales and moved to Roswell in 1972 when his mother took a teaching position at Del Norte Elementary School. He attended Washington Avenue Elementary School, Del Norte Elementary School, Berrendo Middle School, and graduated from Goddard High School in 1990.

He then attended Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell for two years before transferring to South Plains Junior College. Luck then changed degree plans and finished up with a Bachelor’s in Science from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales in the fall of 1996.

He began his teaching career at Goddard High School in the spring of 1997, teaching general science, biology, honors biology, and honors integrated science.

Luck then pursued a degree in Education Administration. After graduating from Grand Canyon University in 2008, he was appointed assistant principal at Goddard High School.

In the fall of 2011, he served as interim principal of Berrendo Middle School and was appointed principal of Goddard High in the spring of 2012. He served as principal for 9 years until he was named superintendent of the Roswell Independent School District.

Luck and his wife Shelby have been married for almost 22 years. They are the parents of Addycen, a ninth-grader at Goddard High, and Ayden, who is in the sixth grade at Berrendo Middle School.

In his spare time, Luck officiates basketball games.