Budd earns principal award
By From staff reports
Published in News on August 19, 2016 1:46 PM
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Valerie Budd
Valerie Budd, principal at Speight Middle School, received the David Simon Excellence in Education Award for Principal of the Year Wilson County Schools 2016-2017.
She is a graduate of Southern Wayne High School in Dudley.
She received her BS degree from Barton College in Wilson and holds a masters in administration from East Carolina University.
She began her career in education as a teacher at Grantham School in Wayne County. Ms. Budd was a teacher at Toisnot Middle School in Wilson County, Zebulon GT Magnet Middle School and Heritage Middle School in Wake County.
She also served as the beginning teacher coordinator for Wilson County Schools.