Barton Middle School teacher Michael Snead (left) and Tom Green Elementary second-grade teacher Javier Gonzalez (right) are, respectively, the Hays CISD Secondary and Elementary Teachers of the Year. The two were named by Superintendent Mike McKie at the Education Foundation’s annual Teacher of the Year Luncheon, where all 23 of the district’s campus Teachers of the Year were honored. Former HCISD Board Trustee Ralph Pfluger (right) delivered the event’s keynote speech, relating some of his many memories dating back to his trustee days with Buda ISD. The district’s elementary campus Teachers of the Year this year include Diana Muniz (SHES), Melissa Ivicic (TES), Lucila Bosquez (BVES), Teresa Aziz (KES), Mandy Borrel (CHES), Christina Harlan (FES), Javier Gonzalez (TGES), Victoria Zimmerman (CRES), Natalie Martinez-Esparza (HES), Sarah Hussein (PES), Christy Steubing (NES), Tracy Harris (BES), and Sharon Adams (EGES); our secondary campus honorees include Leslie Spinder (SMS), Kelly Reyes (WMS), Marylou Insisengmay (DMS), Michael Snead (BMS), Rachel Gomez (MMS), Adam Poynor (CMS), Elisabeth Phillips (Impact), Shawna Mayerson (LOA), Joana Tegtmeyer (HHS), and Amanda Gay (LHS).
