Our mission statement at Baines Middle School is:
Dream - Lead - Succeed

Please see the attached document for our 2010-11 School Report Card.

See the "Related Document" for a copy of our bell schedule.

Front Office - 281-634-6870
Fax - 281-634-6880
Attendance - 281-634-6890
Nurse - 281-634-6884
Registrar/Data Entry - 281-634-6883
Library - 281-634-6907
Counselor's Office - 281-634-6897

Please see the attached document for our 2011-12 Campus Improvement Plan.

From Highway 6 turn onto Sienna Parkway.
Stay on Sienna Parkway 1.8 miles.
Turn right on Sienna Ranch Road.
Baines Middle School is on the left - 9000 Sienna Ranch Road.

Baines Middle School opened in August 2006, and is named in honor of Mr. Billy Baines. BMS is Fort Bend ISD's 12th middle school and is located in Sienna Plantation. In 1959 after Missouri City School District and Sugar Land School District merged to become Fort Bend Independent School District, Superintendent L.P. Rodgers hired Mr. Billy Baines as principal of Arcola Elementary School. Approved by the School Board, Mr. Baines became the first African American Principal named in the newly formed Fort Bend ISD and went on to serve in several leadership roles before retiring in 1990.
 
School Colors: Navy, Orange and white
Mascot: Longhorn

David Yaffie is the founding principal of Baines Middle School, which opened in the fall of 2006. The campus is located at 9000 Sienna Ranch Road in Sienna Plantation in the eastern part of the district.
 
Yaffie has proudly served all 26 years of his education career in Fort Bend ISD. He taught science and history at Quail Valley Middle School for 10 years, and also served as the Science Department Head for three years. He was named the Quail Valley Middle School Teacher of the Year in 1993. Yaffie left Quail Valley to become an assistant principal at Clements High School in 1995, and served as the Associate Principal at Clements from 2001 - 2005.
 
Yaffie has a Master of Education degree in Education Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from The University of Texas at Austin. While completing his Master's degree, David was listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers and earned membership in the Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society.
 
Yaffie has been a presenter at numerous professional development seminars and workshops, including, "Basics of NOVA Training," Effective Classroom Management, "Suicide Awareness," "Teaching and Learning with Teachnology for The NExT Generation (co-presenter)," and others.
 
Mr. Yaffie completed Fort Bend ISD's "Future Principal Academy" program, and has served on the Region VIII Academic Decathlon Steering Committee, FBISD's Task Force on Reconnecting At-Risk Youth, and served as Coordinator of FBISD Academic Pentathlon Meet. Mr. Yaffie was named Administrator of the Year by the National Business Education Alliance in 2007.
 
For more information about Baines Middle School, contact the school's office at (281) 634-6870, or email the principal at dyaffie@fortbendisd.com.