{"id":293009,"date":"2026-05-14T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293009\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:24:10","slug":"pisd-honors-teachers-of-the-year-pride-corps-inductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293009\/","title":{"rendered":"PISD honors teachers of the year, Pride Corps inductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Princeton ISD\u2019s 2026 teachers of the year are Natalie McElroy, a fourth-grade teacher at Lowe Elementary School and Kuang Jen Lu, an algebra teacher at Southard Middle School. Courtesy Photo<\/p>\n<p>Princeton ISD\u2019s top two teachers were the center of attention at the annual banquet to honor the district\u2019s best and brightest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou put in long hours and so much effort, and it\u2019s not easy,\u201d Superintendent Donald McIntyre said at the Wednesday, May 6, event. \u201cIt can be a thankless job, so we are here to show our appreciation for all that you do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southard Middle School Algebra I teacher Kuang Jen Lu was named Secondary Teacher of the Year. Lu has been with Princeton ISD since 2012 and has worked in education for 21 years.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story, stay informed, and support your local community newspaper, subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/publisher1.etype.services\/Princeton-Herald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Princeton Herald<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princeton ISD\u2019s 2026 teachers of the year are Natalie McElroy, a fourth-grade teacher at Lowe Elementary School and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-293009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}