Troy School District announces teachers of the year; top winner gets car lease

Kristy Pierce, a social studies teacher at Athens High School, will soon pick out a new car, after she was named the 2017 teacher of the year for the Troy School District.Pierce joined Kimberly Phillips, fourth-grade teacher at Wattles Elementary, and Lindsey Becker, math teacher at Baker Middle School, in the surprise announcements Wednesday, Feb.