We have a great bunch of superintendents in the CCRESA, and Dr. Merrill will be an excellent representative at the state and national level. This is the third time that Dr. Merrill has been named a state Superintendent of the Year, twice in North Carolina and once in Virginia. As the 2017 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year, Dr. Merrill will compete on the national level for Superintendent of the Year at the American Association of School Administrators’ National Conference on Education, to be held March 2-4, 2017 in New Orleans, LA.