ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Ector County Independent School District (ECISD) teacher Grisela Montes was given the 2024 Elementary Educator of the Year award from Summit K12 in mid-October, according to ECISD's Chief Communications Officer Mike Adkins.
Montes has been an ECISD teacher for 29 years with 27 of those years at Murry Fly Elementary.
At Murry Fly Elementary, she is a 4th grade Bilingual teacher.
Adkins said Montes accepted the award on Oct. 19 during the 52nd Annual Texas Association for Bilingual Education conference.
According to Adkins, Montes was selected from over "100,000" Texas educators that utilize Summit K12's educational platform.