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Region 13—Elementary: Allie Duffy, Joe Lee Johnson Elementary School, Round Rock ISD; Secondary: Tara Bordeaux,
Lanier High School, Austin ISD (Finalist)
Region 14—Elementary: Carolyn Mullican, East Ridge
Elementary School, Sweetwater ISD; Secondary: Monica Rogers,
Sweetwater Middle School, Sweetwater ISD
Region 15—Elementary: Leslie Anaya, Coggin Intermediate
School, Brownwood ISD; Secondary: Gary Strickland, Coleman
High School, Coleman ISD (Finalist)
Region 16—Elementary: Alicia Lohberger, Lakeview Elementary School, Canyon ISD; Secondary: Amanda Head, Caprock
High School, Amarillo ISD
Region 17—Elementary: Kelly Baum, Charles L. Waters
Elementary School, Lubbock ISD; Secondary: Rachel Wheeler,
Brownfield Middle School, Brownfield ISD
Region 18—Elementary: Edith Loya, Pecos Kindergarten,
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD; Secondary: Gena Lancaster, Alpine
High School, Alpine ISD
Region 19—Elementary: Christina Castaños, Purple Heart
Elementary School, Socorro ISD; Secondary: Luis C. Luna, Clint
Junior High School, Clint ISD
Region 20—Elementary: Andrea Lucas, Lamar Elementary
School, San Antonio ISD (Finalist); Secondary: Amanda White,
Somerset Junior High School, Somerset ISD
Finalist Interviews
The six finalists were invited to Austin in September for
interviews before a panel of judges composed of representatives
of educational leadership associations, community and business
leaders, a member of the State Board for Educator Certification, a
member of the State Board of Education, and prior Texas Teachers
of the Year.
The panel will select two state-level winners—Elementary
Teacher of the Year and Secondary Teacher of the Year—and designate one to represent Texas in the National Teacher of the Year
program. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony
September 15 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin,
where the 40 Regional Teachers of the Year will also be recognized.
The Texas Teacher of the Year program has honored excel-
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lence in classroom education since 1969. The program, facilitated
by TASA since 2011, annually recognizes and rewards teachers
who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and excellence
in teaching. In 2015, Texas Teacher of the Year Shanna Peeples of
Amarillo ISD became the second Texas teacher to be named the
National Teacher of the Year.
Learn more at tasanet.org/texas TOY.H
