Danny Fracassi was named principal of the Leadership Academy at Mitchell Boulevard Elementary School. Fracassi previously served as an assistant principal for the Leadership Academy at Forest Oak Middle School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Buffalo State College in Buffalo, N.Y. He later earned a master’s degree in educational administration from Niagara University, N.Y. Fracassi began his career teaching in Western New York. He then accepted a middle school teaching position at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, Nev. In 2005, he joined Fort Worth ISD and worked as a teacher and an instructional coach at J.P. Elder Middle School before being promoted to assistant principal at Morningside Middle School.