West Virginia School Service Personnel Of The Year Finalists Announced

West Virginia’s School Service Personnel of the Year finalists were announced Monday.

A yellow school bus driving away from a school.

West Virginia’s School Service Personnel of the Year finalists were announced Monday.

According to a press release, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) honor recognizes the outstanding contributions of public education staff members who have shown exceptional skill, and commitment and have earned the respect and admiration of students, teachers, administrators, co-workers and parents. 

The five finalists are Gary Brydie, a school bus operator from Cabell County, payroll secretary Melissa Faw from Raleigh County, secretary Susan Moran from Preston County, Mineral County secretary Darlene Wiltinson and  Donna Summerlin, a teacher’s aide at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

West Virginia’s School Service Personnel of the Year and Teacher of the Year will be announced on September 12, 2023, during a ceremony at the Clay Center in Charleston.

For more information about the West Virginia School Service Personnel of the Year, please visit the WVDE website.  

Author: Randy Yohe

Randy is WVPB's Huntington Reporter, based at Marshall University. He hails from Detroit but has lived in Huntington since the late 1980s. He has a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Missouri. Randy has worked in radio and television since his teenage years, with enjoyable stints as a sports public address announcer and a disco/funk club dee jay.

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