Darcele Lofton has been selected as the new principal for Hines-Caldwell Elementary School. Lofton most recently served as principal at Bellfort Early Childhood Center.

She began her career in 2008 as a first-grade teacher at R.P. Harris Elementary School. Lofton also served as a teacher specialist at Tinsley Elementary School. In 2018, she was appointed as principal at Bellfort Early Childhood Center. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Sports Science from Texas State University in San Marcus, and her Master of Education from Houston Baptist University.