The School District of Manatee County has announced the District Principal of the Year as Ann McDonald of Sugg Middle School in West Bradenton, and Assistant Principal of the Year as Bernadette Pletcher of Tillman Elementary School in Palmetto. Both are eligible to be named Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year for the State of Florida by the Florida Department of Education. The recognition will be announced during the State Board of Education Meeting on March 19 in Tallahassee.

McDonald has served as Assistant Principal of Manatee High School; as well as being the Principal of Daughtrey Elementary, Manatee Elementary, Johnson Middle and currently, Sugg Middle School. She has been with the School District since 1989. Pletcher has served as an Assistant Principal at Anna Maria Elementary, G.D. Rogers Garden Elementary and Tillman Elementary Schools. She has worked for the district since 2009.

School District of Manatee County