Dr. Annette Tudor, Director of Schools for Bristol Tennessee City Schools, received the 2026 First Region Superintendent of the Year award from Dr. Gary Lilly, executive director of the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS), during special recognition at the Aug. 18 board meeting.
In the director’s report, Dr. Tudor thanked Dr. Gary Lilly and recognized district staff, including Kelli Campbell for Accelerated Learning leadership and CTE teachers Brad Goodman and Lori Givney for recent recognitions. She also announced Dolly, the district’s new therapy dog sponsored by Friendship Enterprises, will be based at Tennessee High, and that the 2025 BTCS Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled Sept. 7 at 3 p.m.
These items were presented as recognitions and announcements; no formal board action was recorded related to the award presentation or the therapy-dog sponsorship at the meeting.