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The reigning Miss Gastonia has had to wait longer than most for her shot to upgrade her crown.
Julia DeSerio originally brought home that win some 16 months ago. That punched her ticket for a chance to become Miss North Carolina and, perhaps, Miss America.
COVID-19 crushed any chance to make a run at the state title in 2020 but a dream deferred is anything but dead. DeSerio said she s ready to take the stage again in June. There s never been a Miss Gastonia who s won before so for me the stakes are high, DeSerio said. But you walk in with the same incredible opportunity as everybody else.
Gaston County Schools has nominated five principals for the school district’s annual Principal of the Year recognition.
The finalists are Loretta Reed of Woodhill Elementary, Torben Ross of Robinwood Elementary, Jill Payne of Hawks Nest STEAM Academy, Kevin Doran of Cherryville High and Tyler West of Pinewood Elementary.
Gaston County s 2021-22 Teacher of the Year will be named spring 2021 during the district s Evening of Excellence program.
About the finalists:
Loretta Reed began her Gaston County Schools career as a teacher at Hancock Elementary School, which was replaced by Brookside Elementary when it opened in 1994.
She taught at Brookside, Holbrook and Southwest middle schools and Ashbrook High. After teaching in Charlotte briefly, she became assistant principal at North Gaston High School and later moved on to York Chester Middle School. She served Grier Middle School as principal for four years before transferring to Woodhill Elementary ahead of the 2018-19 school y