Edgecombe County Public Schools issued the following announcement on Nov. 11.
We are so very proud to announce that our very own Dr. Valerie H. Bridges was named the North Carolina A. Craig Phillips Superintendent of the Year at a ceremony held this evening in Greensboro!
This award is chosen jointly by the North Carolina Association of School Administrators (NCASA), NCASA’s core affiliate the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association (NCSSA) and the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA), with support and sponsorship from worldwide education leader Scholastic. The honor is awarded to a superintendent who exhibits outstanding leadership in service to K-12 public schools and is named in honor of the late A. Craig Phillips, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction in NC.
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