Staff Report
Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright presented Lehman High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) instructor 1st Sgt. Donald Griffith with a Coin of Excellence for his leadership during a ceremony Thursday, May 21, that also honored NJROTC senior students. Along with Wright, principal James Cruz, assistant principal Sara Sparks, LHS NJROTC Senior Naval Science instructor CWO5 Carlos “Cinco” Cruz, as well as numerous administrators, the Mariachi Los Lobos, Hays County Justice of the Peace Pct. 2-1 Beth Smith and Hats Off for Veterans vice president Andy Hentschke and scholarship benefactor Jimmie Quintero, along with Commander John Berry, were at the ceremony. Griffith is planning to retire after 24 years as an educator, which followed a distinguished 20-year career in the United States Marine Corps.
