Today, Cumberland County Schools announced its 2025 Teacher of the Year Finalists who are representing each attendance area within the district. They are as follows:
Cape Fear Attendance Area: Shannon Edwards from Cape Fear High School
Douglas Byrd Attendance Area: Matthew Grant from Montclair Elementary School
E.E. Smith Attendance Area: Tyera Avery from Margaret Willis Elementary School
Gray's Creek Attendance Area: Janet Knotts from Alderman Road Elementary School
Jack Britt Attendance Area: Brittany Savoy from John Griffin Middle School
Pine Forest Attendance Area: Sara Coursey from Long Hill Elementary School
Seventy-First Attendance Area: Carlos Erepol from Seventy-First Classical Middle School
South View Attendance Area: Alianna Sigler from Elizabeth Cashwell Elementary School
Terry Sanford Attendance Area: Charlon Long from Cumberland Academy 6-12 (Virtual)
Westover Attendance Area: Shelly Atkinson from Ponderosa Elementary School
This fall, Cumberland County Schools' 2025 Teacher of the Year winner and runners-up will be announced at the district's Premier Professionals Gala.
