Brownwood ISD (BISD) has announced its 2025-2026 End-of-Year Employee Awards. The awards are sponsored by the Brownwood Education Foundation (BEF) and include service awards, retiree recognitions, employees of the year, teachers of the year from each campus, as well as the BISD regional teacher of the year nominees. BISD congratulates all the honorees and award-winners and would like to thank BEF for their support of these annual recognitions. BEF representatives in attendance included Ashley Martin (Chair), Eric Evans (Vice Chair), Draco Miller, Sam Stewardson, Brad Wells, and Danielle Rosborough (Executive Coordinator).
DISTRICT TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
BISD announced Northwest Elementary teacher Jana Roan (left) as the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Brownwood High School teacher Megan Norvil (right) as the Secondary Teacher of the Year. These teachers will move on to represent BISD as regional teacher of the year nominees.
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SERVICE AWARDS
The following employees were recognized for their years of service at BISD.
5 YEARS
Angela Agan, Ginger Alford, Danielle Badillo, Tosha Blake, Ricky Cardenas, Megan Carrillo, Julie Cisneroz, Kelly Eddy, Sonny Garman, Amy Goodgoin, Katisha Goodrich, James Hair, Melody Hashberger, Victoria Hill, Tami Hull, Trisha Ingram, Craig Jackson, Christian Lewis, Maura Lillibridge, Skye Means, Jessica Middleton, Stephanie Miller, Susan Mora, Simone Morris, Maggie Newton, Megan Norvil, Kassie Parrish, Rudy Perez, Grace Randolph, Haylee Ratliff, Adam Rohbach, Alexis Senkirik, Stephen Skelton, Alicia Stacks, Barbara Stewart, Kimberly Watson, Michael Westerman
10 YEARS
Laura Alexander, Elizabeth Clevenger, Erika Garcia Mendoza, Ashley Harrell, Danielle Howard, Blanca LaFuenta Martinez, Jana Long, Kim Nolen, Jennifer Reeves, Stephanie Ruth, Rachel Smiley, Emily Wilson
15 YEARS
Lindsey Bigham, Eric Green, Blanca Hardy, Elvia Ibarra, Mysti Mitchell, Charles Musgrove, Heather Nix, Micah Ripley, Laura Stewardson, Sandra Vara, Michelle White
20 YEARS
Brandon Brown, Nereida Ceniceros, Kimberly Harvey, Gayla Lishka, Jessica Morgan, Janet Nash, Gloria Salazar
25 YEARS
Stephanie Brownlee, Stacee Hetzel, Tonya Kinzler, Kimberly Van Huss
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RETIREES
BISD retirees were recognized for their years of service at BISD and are pictured below along with their principal or supervisor. Retirees included Stephanie Ruth (10 Years), Amy Hall (18 Years), Kathryn McSwain (1 Year), Ermelinda Zertuche (12 Years), Natasha Gill (23 Years), Stacee Hetzel (25 Years), Jessica Murphy (28 Years), Pettis Allgood (29 years), Rebecca Holcomb (31 Years), and Mitch Moore (31 Years). Staff pictures are included below for retirees Amy Stanley (21 years), Stacy Loftin (12 Years) and Ginger Alford (5 Years).
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DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Honorees are pictured below individually or with an administrator and/or department director.
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Brynn Singleton
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PARAPROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Renaee Aleman
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TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Richard Ferrerira
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MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Justin Maxwell
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GROUNDS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Justin Wallace
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CUSTODIAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Erika Garcia Mendoza
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TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Jay Chandler
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FOOD SERVICES EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Cornelius
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VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Martha Woods
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RISING STAR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Honorees are pictured below along with their campus principal.
COGGIN ELEMENTARY RISING STAR TEACHER
Rilee Prestwood
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EAST ELEMENTARY RISING STAR TEACHER
Amanda Davis
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NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY RISING STAR TEACHER
Tori Trevino
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WOODLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY RISING STAR TEACHER
Reagan Maxfield
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BROWNWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL RISING STAR TEACHER
Caleb Schoen
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BROWNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL RISING STAR TEACHER
Lillian Wilson
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DISTINGUISHED TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Honorees are pictured below along with their campus principal.
COGGIN ELEMENTARY DISTINGUISHED TEACHER
Emily Lacy
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EAST ELEMENTARY DISTINGUISHED TEACHER
Keri John
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NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY DISTINGUISHED TEACHER
Jana Roan
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WOODLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY DISTINGUISHED TEACHER
Leah Loftin
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BROWNWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED TEACHER
Amber Villalpando
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BROWNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED TEACHER
Megan Norvil
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BROWNWOOD ISD TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Jana Roan & Megan Norvil
This year, to celebrate the BISD Teachers of the Year, Brownwood ISD and the Brownwood Education Foundation partnered with community sponsors to provide the award winners with extra special acknowledgments. BISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Jana Roan and Secondary Teacher of the Year Megan Norvil each received a 2026 Toyota Rav 4 FREE one-year lease provided by Bruner Auto Group. Community sponsors supporting this project were: Bruner, Teinert Construction, Claycomb Associates, TexasBank, Citizens National Bank, Matthew Williams State Farm, SONIC, and Willie’s T’s.
