{"id":1814,"date":"2026-02-06T13:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:25:26","slug":"e-c-brice-elementary-school-principal-named-tepsan-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/2026\/02\/06\/e-c-brice-elementary-school-principal-named-tepsan-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Brice Elementary School Principal Named TEPSAN of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Amanda Jones, Principal of E.C. Brice Elementary in Mount Pleasant ISD, has been named the 2026 Region 8 TEPSAN of the Year by the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). Each year, members from the 20 TEPSA Regions throughout the state recognize a colleague for their exemplary service to the association. Recipients of this award must show a strong commitment to advancing the principalship and advocating for Texas PK-8 students and educators. Honorees will be recognized at the Legacy Leaders Celebration, Monday, June 8 at the Round Rock Kalahari.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWe are proud to recognize Amanda\u2019s outstanding contributions to our Association,\u201d said TEPSA Executive Director Harley Eckhart. \u201cMembers like Amanda are the backbone of our organization, playing a pivotal role in shaping its direction and ensuring its success. Their active participation and innovative ideas help us build a robust network, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful change within our community.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>TEPSA, whose hallmark is educational leaders learning with and from each other, has served Texas PK-8 school leaders since 1917. Member-owned and member-governed, TEPSA has more than 5,900 members who direct the activities of more than 3 million PK-8 school children. Learn more at www.tepsa.org.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Photo:<\/h3>\n<h3>E.C. Brice Elementary School Principal, Amanda Jones<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Jones, Principal of E.C. Brice Elementary in Mount Pleasant ISD, has been named the 2026 Region 8 TEPSAN of the Year by the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). Each year, members from the 20 TEPSA Regions throughout the state recognize a colleague for their exemplary service to the association. Recipients of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/brice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}