April 18, 2021
DOBSON ― Alicia Fallaw, second grade teacher at Flat Rock Elementary School, recently was named the 2021-2022 Surry County Schools Teacher of the Year. This announcement came as a surprise to Fallaw as she was named during a previously scheduled faculty meeting.
Her husband, Chris Fallaw, their three children, Anderson, Christopher, and Westin, as well as her parents, Jimmy and Jane McMillian, were in on the surprise along with the Flat Rock Elementary faculty and staff, Surry County Board of Education members, Superintendent Dr. Travis L. Reeves, and other district administrators.
Fallaw has taught since 2003 and is an 18-year veteran of the Surry County School System. She began her career teaching second grade at Dobson Elementary before transitioning to Flat Rock Elementary in 2010. She taught third grade at Flat Rock for two years before returning to second grade where she has remained since 2012.